A rotary device comprising a rotor which comprises (i) a first annular compartment in which is disposed a permeable element, and (ii) a second annular compartment and which is adapted such that a liquid to be degassed flows radially outwards, in counter-current flow to a displacing gas, as a continuous phase, through the pores of the permeable element and then radially inwards through the second compartment to be discharged from the rotor adjacent the axis of rotation thereof. The device is part...

A container for liquids is formed of a shell of resilient plastic which defines a hollow body with at least two spaced posts upstanding from one side, and at least two recesses on the opposite side in which the posts of similar containers may be snugly received. One post has an opening at its upper end for filling the container and emptying liquid from it. The container can be used for the packaging and sale of liquids and, after the container has been emptied of its liquid contents, the contain...

The electroviscous suspension is based on a mixture of aqueous silica gel with silicone oil as the liquid phase to which a dispersant is added. The dispersant consists of amino functional or silicon-functional polysiloxanes having a molecular weight above 800. The concentration of the dispersant is from 1 to 30% by weight and preferably from 5 to 20% by weight, based on the silica gel particles. Electroviscous suspensions such as these are distinguished by the fact that they are highly compatibl...

A filter for separating particles from a flow of liquid comprises a filter drum (1) rotatably mounted about a substantially horizontal shaft and partially immersed into the filter liquid. The filter drum comprises a filter cloth (2) forming the circumference of the drum and having a plurality of radially extending sections between two drum end plates (3,4), one (3) of which is provided with a central opening through which the unfiltered liquid enters the interior of the drum. A drive means (9) r...

An apparatus and method are set forth for removing a sample of a liquid for chemical analysis from a vessel containing the liquid and for delivering the sample into a sample bottle. The apparatus comprises a hollow member defining an enclosed plenum. A sample bottle attachment structure defines a passage communicating with the plenum and being adapted for attachment to a top portion of the sample bottle. A longitudinally extending sample transport tube extends through the passage and into the bo...

The invention relates to the use of certain aromatic compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R', R" and X have the meaning given in the description, as dielectric liquids for high-energy voltage-storage capacitors, and to dielectric liquids containing these aromatic compounds, for these high-power capacitors.

Apparatus for controllably treating a liquid with a liquid treatment substance includes a body having a first portion providing a container-receiving zone and an opening leading into this zone, as well as a second portion having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet defining a liquid flow path between them, with the zone being in communication with the liquid flow path. The apparatus also includes a container for a liquid treatment substance. The container comprises a cylindrical sleeve, an end pie...

A method for filling liquids includes first supplying container with a gas-generating water or water in an amount somewhat greater than a predetermined amount thereof and subsequently filling the container with a predetermined amount of an undiluted solution by injection thereof, after which the excess portion of the gas-generating water or water is removed from an upper stratum or portion of liquid in the container. Thereby, the amounts of the two liquids filled into the container correspond to...

The pump includes a body having two inlets, arranged one above the other, and an outlet. A pair of spaced-apart impellers rotate within the body between the two inlets and draw liquid into the body through the two inlets, respectively, and discharge the liquid through the outlet. Surface liquid flows over an annular float into the upper inlet. The body is formed of two telescoping parts adjustable so that one of the inlets may be closed. Top and bottom walls within the body define an impeller ch...

Apparatus (100) for separating components of a liquid mixture such as oil from water. The apparatus comprises a cyclonic device (110) and a separating device (150). The cyclonic device has a tangential inlet (112) for inlet of the mixture, an elongate chamber (114) in which, in use, the admitted mixture is subjected to contrifugal action and an outlet (116) from the components of the mixture are in use together taken. The separating device (150) may be a conventional cyclone separator having a s...