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US 6,183,641 B2Granted
Prandtl layer turbine
AssigneeFantom Technologies Inc.
InventorsWayne Ernest Conrad, Helmut Gerhard Conrad, Ted Szylowiec
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a longitudinally extending housing having a fluid inlet port; a plurality of spaced apart members rotatably mounted in the housing to transmit motive force between fluid introduced through the fluid inlet port and the members and to separate the fluid into at least two fluid streams; and, a fluid outlet port positioned on the housing for receiving each fluid stream.
Claims23
An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a longitudinally extending housing having a fluid inlet port;
- (b) a plurality of spaced apart members rotatably mounted in the housing to transmit motive force between fluid introduced through the fluid inlet port and the spaced apart members and to separate the fluid into at least two fluid streams by centrifugal forces imposed on the fluid by the rotation of the spaced apart members, an annular gap extending between the spaced apart members and the housing;
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- (c) at least two outlet ports provided in the housing directly outwardly from the annular gap and the spaced apart members, each fluid outlet receiving a fluid stream.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a longitudinally extending housing having a means for permitting a fluid to enter the housing;
- (b) means for transmitting a motive force between the fluid and a plurality of spaced apart members and separating the fluid into at least two fluid streams;
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- (c) separate means positioned directly outwardly to the means for transmitting motive force between the fluid and a plurality of spaced apart members for separately removing each fluid stream from the housing.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a Prandtl layer turbine positioned in a longitudinally extending housing having a fluid inlet port;
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- (b) at least two fluid outlet ports provided in the housing directly outwardly from the Prandtl layer turbine each fluid outlet receiving a fluid stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.