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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383956 | Woodwaste recycling apparatus and method A woodwaste processing trommel apparatus has a rotating trommel for receiving and separating woodwaste by size. An elongated electrode is mounted within the trommel and has a polarized electric charge thereon for attracting plastic pieces having a static electric ch... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7316320 | Sorting charged particles Charged particles may undergo two different separations within a single device, without manual intervention to effect the transfer of the particles between separations. In some embodiments, the device may be a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300139 | Ink jet recording apparatus using charged fine particle-containing ink The ink jet recording apparatus includes an ink jet head that causes an electrostatic force to act on ink containing charged colored particles based on an image signal to eject an ink droplet on a recording medium, an ink supply unit that supplies the ink to the ink... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7247276 | Micro-reactor for reactions between gases and liquids Described herein is a microreactor for carrying out chemical reactions between a reaction partner in liquid form and a reaction partner in gaseous form, if necessary in the presence of a solid catalyst, whereby the chemical process guidance takes place in spaces tha... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241423 | Enhancing fluid flow in a stacked plate microreactor A stacked plate chemical reactor in which simple plates are stacked together to form the reactor. When openings in adjacent plates are properly aligned, fluid pathways and processing volumes are defined for chemical reactants, heat transfer medium, and a product. In... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238289 | Fluid treatment apparatus An apparatus that introduces rapidly spinning vortices in a fluid with a vortex cration device (2) and a frequency generation device (26). ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226562 | Liquid analysis cartridge The present invention provides an apparatus and method for storing a particle-containing liquid. The storage apparatus comprises a microfluidic convoluted flow channel having a plurality of particle capture regions. The storage channel is preferably an isotropic spa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217901 | System for transporting and selectively sorting particles and method of using the same A system for transporting and selectively sorting particles includes a first wall and a traveling wave grid extending along the first wall. The system includes a second wall having a passage extending therethrough and a gate operatively associated with the passage. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7119298 | Method for electrostatically separating particles, apparatus for electrostatically separating particles, and processing system An electrostatic separation apparatus for conductive particles and insulating particles with reduced separation time and improved separating capability, comprises a substantially flat-plate shaped bottom electrode (26) provided on lower side, a substantially ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7118353 | Fluid transport system and method therefor A reduced pressure or pressurizing pump is provided which can be used in a wide variety of fields of foods, pharmaceuticals, medical treatment, agriculture, healthcare equipment, room air conditioning, combustion, biotechnology, and so on. By the application of the ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105041 | Grid type electrostatic separator/collector and method of using same An electrical type grid electrostatic collector/separator removes particles from an air stream. The apparatus includes multiple parallel grids that act as the porous material, enclosed in a sealed compartment so that the entrained air flows parallel and between one ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101515 | System and method for determining optimal reaction parameters using continuously running process A reaction system enables a plurality of optimization experiments for a reaction to be performed continuously, to enable optimal reaction parameters to be determined. Dilution pumps are included to automatically vary the solvent mixed with reactants so a concentrati... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086535 | Particle separation/purification system, diffuser and related methods A separator for intended use in separating particles having a selected charge from a particle mixture entrained in or carried by a fluid flow is disclosed. The separator comprises a tubular, elongated body for receiving the fluid flow. At least one and preferably a ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060446 | Device comprising a microfabricated diffusion chamber Assay device which is able to detect molecules which inhibit the binding of a ligand to a receptor using extremely small quantities of ligand and receptor sample. Such devices are useful in the discovery of molecules which may modulate the activity of biologically i... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056477 | Modular chemical production system incorporating a microreactor A modular chemical production system that preferably includes a microreactor for producing a product by reacting two or more reactants. Modularization enables components such as controllers, pumps, valves, microreactors, and processing modules to be added or removed... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041925 | Apparatus for the electrostatic separation of particulate mixtures Apparatus for the electrostatic separation of a mixture of particles that exhibit difference in electrical conductivity, comprising: a conductive surface to which conducting particles lose their charge; feeding means for feeding the mixture of particles onto the con... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7012209 | Method of gold separation and gold separation device A method of collecting gold by flowing water over a gold collecting medium located in a sluice to induce a positive surface charge on the gold collecting medium. Feeding gold laden material into the sluice with the flowing water to induce a negative surface charge o... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6951992 | Corona and static electrode assembly A corona and static electrode assembly is attachable to a frame of an existing electrostatic separator and includes a pair of oppositely spaced end panels and an elongate corona support member disposed inwardly of and supported by the respective end panels. The coro... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949715 | Method and apparatus for particle size separation An apparatus for separating a stream of particles comprises a charging device for injecting a net charge into a plurality of particles and a collector adjacent the charging device. The collector is grounded and arranged so that the charged particles disperse and col... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6920982 | Plastic material having enhanced magnetic susceptibility, method of making and method of separating The magnetic susceptibility of one or more plastic articles is enhanced to enable their separation from a waste stream using magnetic separators. An amount of paramagnetic material is added to the plastic formulation to influence magnetic susceptibility without affe... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6903294 | Apparatus for separating plastic chips A first and second electrostatic sorting sections are arranged below a tribo-electrifying device in this order in a vertical direction to form a sorting electrostatic field between a drum electrode and an opposing electrode. Plastic pieces separated from the other p... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6887291 | Filter devices and methods for carbon nanomaterial collection Filter devices and methods for collection of carbon nanomaterials, including fullerenes, produced in gas phase reactors are provided. The filter devices provide for in situ cleaning of filters to release captured product for collection. Product can be released and r... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6789679 | Method and apparatus for separating particles The invention concerns a method and apparatus for separating mineral particles according to their dielectric and/or electrophysical properties. In one practical example, rutile particles can be separated from zircon particles. In the method, the mineral particles wh... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6681938 | Device and method for separating minerals, carbon and cement additives from fly ash A process for separating organic and inorganic particles from a dry mixture by sizing the particles into isolated fractions, contacting the sized particles to a charged substrate and subjecting the charged particles to an electric field to separate the pa... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6655530 | Method of recycling household waste The household waste treatment requires neither incineration nor disposal in landfills. Two processing sub-systems, first one for combustibles and the other or second one for incombustibles, cooperate with each other as a single system for recycling the wa... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651818 | Ion particle classifier and classifying method The invention refers to an ion particle classifier and a method for classifying coarse solid particles from an air suspension of micronized particles, said ion particle classifier comprising a housing surrounding an electrically conductive, cylindrical in... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6573491 | Electromagnetic energy driven separation methods The present invention provides electromagnetic energy driven separation methods, including methods for separating molecules in a mixture, for increasing diffusion rate of a substance in a medium, and for moving fluids on a substrate. Such methods work wit... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6513663 | Powder feeding device The invention discloses a method and a device for de-agglomeration and electrostatic charging of a fine powder preferably intended for inhalation purposes. The electrostatic charging takes place by means of tribo, corona and/or inductive charging. The dev... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6467628 | Plastic chip separator A device for electrostatically separating different kinds of crushed plastic pieces and correctly sorting them according to kind. The device has a classifying section (40) for classifying plastic pieces according to size, a frictional charging device (17)... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6415929 | Method of separating plastic When plastic pieces of plural different types of resins fed into a hopper are agitated to be triboelectrically charged, the plastic pieces are not imparted with sufficient amounts of charges or proper polarities which are required for separation of the pl... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6390302 | Method and apparatus for separating particles The invention concerns a method and apparatus for separating mineral particles according to their dielectric and/or electrophysical properties. In one practical example, rutile particles can be separated from zircon particles. In the method, the mineral p... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6323451 | Particle separation system using parallel multistage electrostatic separators An electrostatic separation apparatus includes of a plurality of separators is provided for separating a particle mixture into two constituent species. Each separator includes one and preferably a plurality of modular separation stages. Each stage of the ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6279748 | Process and System for the recycling of household waste The household waste treatment requires neither incineration nor disposal in landfills. Two processing sub-systems, first one for combustibles and the other or second one for incombustibles, cooperate with each other as a single system for recycling the wa... | 08/28/2001 |
| 5651465 | Beneficiation of saline minerals A process is provided for recovering a saline mineral from an ore containing the saline mineral and impurities. The process generally includes the steps of separating a first portion of impurities from the ore by density separation, electrostatically sepa... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5609256 | Process for recovery of values from solid waste materials Process for separating valuable solid materials from a mixture of waste scrap materials by adding water and sand to a volume of scrap, such as chopped insulated wire, to obtain a feed of about 70-80% solids by weight; subjecting the feed mixture to vigoro... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5607060 | Method and apparatus for removing metal contamination from soil The invention is a process and an apparatus for removing metal contamination from soil. In the method, the soil is treated to produce soil with a small particle size. The particulate soil is then separated into a coarse fraction and a fine fraction. The c... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5570789 | Electrostatic sieving apparatus An electrostatic sieve having a circular solid electrode, preferably with sawtooth contours arranged on its lower side concentrically around a center hole. The solid electrode is supported by insulating brackets around its perimeter. The brackets are atta... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5494171 | Method and apparatus for removing fine particles from synthetic resin pellets Fine particles which electrostatically adhere to synthetic resin pellets are separated from the pellets by bringing the pellets/fine particles mixture into contact with an ionized gas. The ionized gas eliminates the electrostatic adhesion between the synt... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5484061 | Electrostatic sieving apparatus An apparatus for classifying particles by size comprising: a source of direct potential having first and second terminals, a sieve electrode connected to the first terminal, a solid electrode connected to the second terminal. Particles are fed to a transf... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5470465 | Vortex system for separating particles from a liquid stream A vortex system for separating particles of varied size and density from a liquid stream. A particle bearing liquid is introduced tangentially into one end of an elongated cylindrical chamber to form a rotating liquid vortex therein. An impeller at one en... | 11/28/1995 |
