公开(公告)号：US20230330568A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US17754650

申请日：2020-10-08

申请人： INHERITING EARTH LIMITED

发明人： Adam ROOT ,  Reuben KETTLE AIERS ,  Thomas RUDDELL ,  Reuben D'ORTO-GIBSON

IPC分类号： B01D29/64 ,  B01D29/90 ,  B01D29/68 ,  B01D29/58 ,  B01D29/15 ,  B01D29/94 ,  B01D35/157 ,  D06F39/10

CPC分类号： B01D29/6438 ,  B01D29/908 ,  B01D29/68 ,  B01D29/58 ,  B01D29/15 ,  B01D29/94 ,  B01D35/157 ,  D06F39/10

摘要： The invention relates to preventing microplastics from the entering the environment. In particular the invention is directed to regenerating the efficiency of filters for removing microfibers from washing machine waste water, as well as waste from other appliances and other sources of effluent with entrained microplastics. A separator is therefore provided for separating microplastics from waste water comprising a chamber with an inlet and an outlet, at least one sieve structure forming a permeable barrier between the inlet and the outlet and a wash apparatus for washing the sieve structure.

公开(公告)号：US20230030772A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17757002

申请日：2020-12-09

申请人： INHERITING EARTH LIMITED [GB]/[GB]

发明人： Adam ROOT ,  Reuben KETTLE AIERS ,  Thomas RUDDELL ,  Ntani KOKKINOS

IPC分类号： D06F39/10 ,  D06F39/08

摘要： The invention relates to preventing microplastics from entering the environment. The invention is directed to filtering and compacting microplastics from any effluent, but in particular to filtering and compacting microfibers from the wastewater of washing machines and other appliances. However, the invention may also be applied in any industry where microparticles are generated, e.g. the industrial manufacture of textiles, or in treating roadside runoff, or where microparticles are handled, e.g. in Waste Water Treatment Plants. The invention is a compactor for automatically extracting and compressing microplastics from waste effluent, the compactor comprising; a chamber with an inlet; at least one plate within the chamber moveable between a non-compressing position and a compressing position, and a drive unit for driving the at least one plate; and a discharge outlet arranged to allow the automatic discharge of compressed microplastics.

公开(公告)号：US20230286846A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US17754649

申请日：2020-10-08

申请人： INHERITING EARTH LIMITED

发明人： Adam ROOT ,  Reuben KETTLE AIERS ,  Thomas RUDDELL

IPC分类号： C02F9/00 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F39/10 ,  D06F34/20 ,  B04C3/06 ,  B04C9/00 ,  B01D29/90 ,  B01D29/11 ,  B01D29/58 ,  B01D29/60 ,  B01D35/143 ,  B01D35/147 ,  B01D29/64 ,  B01D36/04

CPC分类号： C02F9/00 ,  B01D29/114 ,  B01D29/58 ,  B01D29/606 ,  B01D29/6438 ,  B01D29/902 ,  B01D29/908 ,  B01D35/1435 ,  B01D35/147 ,  B01D36/045 ,  B04C3/06 ,  B04C9/00 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F39/083 ,  D06F39/10 ,  D06F2103/42

摘要： The invention relates to preventing microplastics from the entering the environment. In particular the invention is directed to filtering microfibers from the waste water from washing machines as well as waste from other appliances and other sources of effluent with entrained microplastics or other microp-ollutants. A separator is provided for separating microplastics from effluent comprising; a chamber including at least one sieve structure, a shroud that acts as a vortex finder and a baffle coaxial with the shroud and projecting upwards from the lower end of the chamber, wherein the shroud has a circular lower rim and the baffle has a circular upper rim, wherein the radius of the lower rim of the shroud is greater than the radius of the upper rim of the baffle.