US 11,938,440 B2
Smart fog net
Christine L Taylor, Fishkill, NY (US); Michael George Jutt, Fishkill, NY (US); Gatto Gobehi, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); Marci Devorah Formato, Clintondale, NY (US); and Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, Wappingers Falls, NY (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/122,436.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184523 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. B01D 5/00 (2006.01); B01D 53/26 (2006.01); E03B 3/28 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 5/0051 (2013.01) [B01D 53/261 (2013.01); B01D 53/265 (2013.01); E03B 3/28 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for collecting water, said system comprising:
a base;
a first arm connected to said base wherein said first arm has a first base portion connected to said base and a first extension portion opposite said first base portion;
a second arm that extends substantially parallel to said base; and
a grid that extends between said base and said second arm, wherein said grid comprises:
a first set of fibers extending substantially parallel to said base wherein said first set of fibers are hydrophilic; and
a second set of fibers intersecting with said first set fibers wherein said second set of fibers are hydrophobic,
wherein said first arm may extend said grid into a water collection position to collect water.