US 11,731,885 B2
Coalescing media for hydronic air and sediment separation device
Thomas Turton, West Seneca, NY (US); Stanley P. Evans, Jr., Tinley Park, IL (US); Scott D. Mosher, Ovid, NY (US); and Christopher C. Kerback, Woodridge, IL (US)
Assigned to FLUID HANDLING LLC, Morton Grove, IL (US)
Filed by FLUID HANDLING LLC., Morton Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/204,141.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,543, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0292190 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. C02F 1/20 (2023.01); F24D 3/10 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01)
CPC C02F 1/20 (2013.01) [F24D 3/1008 (2013.01); C02F 2001/007 (2013.01); C02F 2307/12 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus comprising:
a coalescing removal separator that includes:
a separator tank having a separator inlet configured to receive a fluid flowing through a system having a liquid containing entrained gas and solid particles, having a tank wall configured to form a volume/chamber inside the separator tank to process the fluid, having a top vent configured to vent any entrained gas separated from the fluid being processed, having a bottom blow-down configured to remove any solid particles separated from the fluid being processed, and having a separator outlet configured to provide processed fluid from the separator and back to the system; and
a coalescing media arranged in the volume/chamber of the separator tank, the coalescing media having a plurality of helically wound brushes with a stem and intertwined bristles substantially filling the volume/chamber of the separator tank, having top and bottom plates configured to couple together the plurality of helically wound brushes for arranging, placing or mounting the coalescing media inside the separator tank, being configured to separate at least some of the entrained gas and solid particles from the processed fluid.