What is claimed is:
1. An improved method for purifying polar solvents and miscible aprotic solvents. Said method being comprised of the steps of:
Adding an excess amount of finely divided layered material, in relation to the amount of contaminants in the solvent, to a contaminated polar or miscible aprotic solvent so as to capture the contaminants between layers of the layered material.
Separating the inclusion material and the included contaminant from said purified polar or miscible aprotic solvent.
Re-suspending the inclusion material and the included contaminant in a second solvent selected on the basis of its ability to chemically alter the included contaminant in a manner that allows said contaminant to be separated from the inclusion material.
2. The method of claim 1 where said second solvent kills said included contaminant.
3. The method of claim 1 where said second solvent chemically reacts with said contaminant.
4. The method of claim 1 where said second solvent is partially comprised of materials soluble in said second solvent that chemically react with said contaminant.
5. The method of claim 1 where the separation of the inclusion material and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished by settling.
6. The method of claim 1 where the separation of the inclusion material from the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished by precipitation.
7. The method of claim 1 where the separation of the inclusion material and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished by filtration.
8. The method of claim 1 where the separation of the inclusion material and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished by the application of centrifugal force.
9. An improved method for purifying polar solvents and miscible aprotic solvents. Said method being comprised of the steps of:
Adding an excess amount of finely divided layered material, in relation to the amount of contaminants in the solvent, to a contaminated polar or miscible aprotic solvent so as to capture the contaminants between layers of the layered material.
Separating the inclusion and the included dissolved contaminant from said polar or miscible aprotic purified solvent.
Re-suspending the inclusion material and the included contaminant in a second solvent selected on the basis of the insolubility of the contaminant within said second solvent in a manner that allows said contaminant to be separated from the inclusion material.
10. The method of claim 9 where the separation of the inclusion material and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished first by settling to separate inclusion materials without an included contaminant from inclusion materials with an included contaminant.
Followed by applying the said second solvent under force to the said inclusion materials with included contaminant in a manner that washes the included material off of the included contaminant.
11. The method of claim 9 where the separation of the inclusion material, and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished first by precipitation to separate inclusion materials without an included contaminant from inclusion materials with an included contaminant.
Followed by applying the said second solvent under force to the said inclusion materials with an included contaminant in a manner that washes the included material off of the included contaminant.
12. The method of claim 9 where the separation of the inclusion material and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished first by filtration to separate inclusion materials without an included contaminant from inclusion materials with an included contaminant.
Followed by applying the said second solvent under force to the said inclusion materials with an included contaminant in a manner that washes the included material off of the included contaminant.
13. The method of claim 9 where the separation of the inclusion material and the included contaminant suspended in said second solvent is accomplished first by the application of centrifugal force to separate inclusion materials without an included contaminant from inclusion materials with an included contaminant.
Followed by applying the said second solvent under force to the said inclusion material with an included contaminant in a manner that washes the included material off of the included contaminant.
14. An improved method for purifying polar solvents and miscible aprotic solvents contaminated by more than one type of contaminant. Said method being comprised of the steps of:
Adding an excess amount of finely divided layered material, in relation to the amount of contaminants in the solvent, to a contaminated polar or miscible aprotic solvent so as to capture the contaminants between layers of the layered material.
Separating the inclusion material and the included contaminants from said purified polar or miscible aprotic solvent.
Re-suspending the inclusion material and the included contaminants in second solvents where the second solvents may be the same as the original purified polar or miscible aprotic solvent, or selected on the basis of its ability to chemically alter the included contaminant, or selected on the basis of the insolubility of the contaminant within said second solvent, in a manner that allows some of said contaminants to be separated from said inclusion material.
15. The method of claim 14 where inclusion materials with included contaminants are recovered after each re-suspension in said second solvents and sequentially re-suspended in a different form of said second solvents to accomplish the removal of a specific contaminant or a group of similar contaminants.
16. The method of claim 14 where the resuspension of the inclusion materials and the included contaminants is followed by the step of exposing the resuspended materials to ion exchange materials to selectively remove a specific contaminant or a group of similar contaminants.
17. The method of claim 14 where the re-suspension of the inclusion materials and the included contaminants is followed by the step of exposing the re-suspended materials to electric current in a manner that effects the selective removal of a specific contaminant or a group of similar contaminants.
18. The method of claim 14 where steps of claims 15, 16, and 17 are applied sequentially in any order.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
2. The product of claim 1 wherein the first coded data source varies to provide the first value.
3. The product of claim 2 wherein the first coded data source has an analog variation.
4. The product of claim 2 wherein the first coded data source varies digitally.
5. The product of claim 1 wherein the first value is a first position of the first coded data source.
6. The product of claim 1 wherein the first value portion of the first detected light emanates from a first object, the first object varying to produce the first value.
7. The product of claim 6 wherein the first object has an analog variation.
8. The product of claim 6 wherein the first object varies digitally.
9. The product of claim 1 wherein the first imager is from a plurality of imagers.
10. The product of claim 1 wherein the first coded data source is from a plurality of coded data sources.
11. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager being from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad,
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source,
the first coded data source being from a plurality of coded data sources;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
12. The product of claim 11 wherein the first coded data source varies to provide the first value.
13. The product of claim 12 wherein the first coded data source has an analog variation.
14. The product of claim 12 wherein the first coded data source varies digitally.
15. The product of claim 11 wherein the first value is a first position of the first coded data source.
16. The product of claim 11 wherein the first value portion of the first detected light emanates from a first object, the first object varying to produce the first value.
17. The product of claim 16 wherein the first object has an analog variation.
18. The product of claim 16 wherein the first object varies digitally.
19. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property being a first analog variation of the first coded data source,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
20. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad.
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source,
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property being a first digital variation of the first coded data source,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
21. The product of claim 19 wherein:
the first imager is from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view; and
the first coded data source is from a plurality of coded data sources.
22. The product of claim 20 wherein:
the first imager is from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view; and
the first coded data source is from a plurality of coded data sources.
23. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager being from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad;
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source,
the first coded data source being from a plurality of coded data sources;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property being an analog variation of the first coded data source
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
24. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager being from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad;
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source,
the first coded data source being from a plurality of coded data sources;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property being a digital variation of the first coded data source,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the
first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
25. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager being from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad;
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source,
the first coded data source being from a plurality of coded data sources;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property being an analog variation of a first object outside the first coded data source,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detect light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.
26. A transducer product comprising:
a first imager,
the first imager being from a plurality of imagers,
the plurality of imagers having a collective field of view,
the first imager having a first field of view,
the first field of view extending along a first orthogonal axis triad;
the first field of view being subsumed in the collective field of view;
first detected light,
the first detected light being detected by the first imager at a first time;
a first coded data source,
the first coded data source being from a plurality of coded data sources;
first code light,
the first code light emanating from the first coded data source,
the first code light being subsumed in the first detected light;
a first variable property,
the first variable property being a digital variation of a first object outside of the first coded data source,
the first variable property having a first use,
the first use being represented by the first code light,
the first variable property having a first value at the first time,
the first value being represented by first value light,
the first value light being a first value portion of the first detected light,
the first value portion being specified by the first code light; and
a first signal,
the first signal being caused by the first imager when the first imager detects the first detected light at the first time,
the first signal representing the first code light, and
the first signal representing the first value light.