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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074804 | Separation of cenospheres from fly ash Methods for increasing the amount of cenospheres in a fly ash sample are disclosed. The cenospheres are obtained in a dry state by using air as the “fluid” media for separation. In one version, the invention is a two step process, that is, screen by size followe... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7380670 | Compact dedusting apparatus A compact housing for a dedusting apparatus utilizes a magnetic flux field to disrupt the static charge attracting dust particles to product particles, which along with fluidization and counter current airflow principles that are proven to dislodge dust particles fr... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7267233 | In-line classifier for powdered products A classifier for classifying particulates entrained in a flowing stream of gas is configured such that a change of direction of gas flow causes particles to impinge upon a target, heavier particles being trapped in a downwardly extending fluidized trap. The classifi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7259231 | Extraction and fractionation of biopolymers and resins from plant materials A method for the extraction, separation, fractionation and purification of biopolymers from plant materials using supercritical and/or subcritical solvent extractions is disclosed. Specifically, the process can be used for the separation of resins and rubber from gu... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252251 | Method for preconcentration of organic synthetic materials derived from shredding of end-of-life durable goods Process for pre-concentration of recoverable polymer materials formed from residues from grinding consumer durable goods at the end of their lives such as automobiles, computer equipment and household appliances, consisting of treating the residue by steps in sequen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7128216 | Closed air circulation system The invention relates to a closed air circulation system for an apparatus used for sorting wood chips, containing chips in a variety of sizes and/or fines particles, in a wood chips processing chamber, in separate fractions by means of a gas flow, which is delivered... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7028847 | High efficiency two-stage dynamic classifier A two-stage dynamic classifier (30, 30′) for classifying a pulverized feed material (34, 34′, 38) entrained in an air flow (31) includes a vertically extending housing having a lower feed material inlet (18), an upper feed material outlet ( | 04/18/2006 |
| 6935510 | Air separator The invention relates to an air separator for sifting material suspended in a flow of gas having course material and fine material by using a sifting wheel which rotates in a sifting chamber and which has blades fixed on the external periphery thereof. The blade cha... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6883668 | Method of automatic debris separation The invention is an automatic debris separation process for effecting air separation of fragmented materials, such as size-reduced fiber feedstocks derived from textile wastes. The process uses high-velocity air within an elutriation assembly to efficiently remove f... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883667 | Automatic debris separation system The invention is an automatic debris separation system for effecting air separation of fragmented materials, such as size-reduced fiber feedstocks derived from textile wastes. The system uses high-velocity air within an elutriation assembly to efficiently remove fer... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6848582 | Longitudinal micrometric separator for classifying solid particulate materials A longitudinal micrometric separator for the classification of solid particulate materials comprising an outer casing having an inflow opening and an outflow opening for the particulate material, a collection chamber at the bottom, as well as a sliding support for t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6726020 | Method and device for a dry cleansing plant for aluminum reduction furnaces exhaust gas Methods and apparatus are provided, which separate out at least a portion of fine dust, including fluoride, from recycled alumina. The difference in natural drop velocity and flow properties of fine and coarse particles is used to effect the separation. ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723568 | Method and apparatus for cascade impactor testing of inhalable drug therapies recovery for chemical analysis A compact cascade impactor is formed to classify particles carried in a flow through the impactor. The impactor has collection chambers that are arranged to conserve space and yet provide a large flow passageway. The collection chamber may be tear drop shaped and be... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6630633 | High speed pneumatic weighing device A pneumatic weighing device has a weigh pan, which is supported for vertical movement by a load cell in response to the weight of an article; the weigh pan is provided with a plenum chamber having an apertured upper surface through which air under pressur... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6538164 | Recovery process for volatile compounds from solids in aqueous solution Volatile compounds may be economically recovered from solids present in aqueous solution by subjecting the solution to rapid separation where the volatilization occurs in a flash, spray, or fluid bed, or mechanically agitated dryers. Rapidly separating th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6491167 | Self-cleaning separator for cohesive or adhesive products A self-cleaning separator is described for cohesive or adhesive solids from a fluidborne stream of solids on the basis of a cyclonelike separation. The separator consists at least of a cylindrical upper section (8) having a separating chamber (3), a produ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6453758 | Efficient high-productivity cascade impactors A compact cascade impactor is formed to classify particles carried in a flow through the impactor. The impactor has collection chambers that are arranged to conserve space and yet provide a large flow passageway. The collection chamber may be tear drop sh... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6375841 | System for transporting and separating wet chips and delivering dried chips A system for transporting wet chips to a centrifugal separator where the wet chips are separated into dry chips and fluid with the dry chips being transported to a dry chips site and the fluid recirculated or collected. Preferably, the centrifugal separat... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6347707 | Sifting device for sifting granular material In order to create a sifting device with integrated static sifter member and dynamic sifter member having at least one rotatably disposed rod basket such that the two sifter members are optimally coordinated so as to operate efficiently, particularly with... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6273265 | Magnetically enhanced gravity separator The performance of a gravity separator is enhanced by providing a magnetic material on the separation surface of the gravity separator. A magnetically enhanced gravity concentration/separation apparatus is provided for enhancing separation of a target fee... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6260708 | Method for air classification of toner The method for air classification of toner used to develop electrostatic images, whereby a toner product consisting of a powder with a wide particle size distribution is converted into a higher-quality toner product with a narrow particle size distributio... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6206202 | Cyclone separator A cyclone separator (1) has an elongated vertical housing (2), whose upper section (3) is equipped with a carrier gas/product inlet (4), a separating wheel (6), and a carrier gas/fine product discharge (7). A lower section (9) of the housing defines an ov... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6145666 | Cleansing contaminants from a heterogeneous material using a sorption agent There is described a process for cleansing contaminants, such as oil, PCB, PAH, heavy metals and the like, from a heterogeneous material, such as sand, gravel, earth, oil gravel, asphalt, drill borings ("kaks") and the like. More specifically the inventio... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6089795 | Mobile apparatus for pneumatic conveyance of gravel or similar granular material An apparatus for pneumatically conveying granular material such as gravel. The apparatus includes a vehicle base mounting plate, a prime mover such as a diesel engine, a hydraulically driven air blower, a hopper for receiving gravel to be conveyed, and a ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5912038 | Air classification of water-bearing fruit and vegetable ingredients for peel and seed removal and size discrimination A method of separating diced water-bearing fruit of desired size from undersize slivers, loose seeds and pieces of skin in a diced fruit mix. The diced fruit mix is fed into an upwardly moving gaseous stream which removes loose and loosely adhering residu... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5476109 | Apparatus for separating threshed leaf tobacco Apparatus for separating lighter particles such as lamina containing little or no stem from tobacco particles contained in threshed leaf tobacco which comprises a plurality of tobacco particle separating units, each including a separation chamber each a f... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5452804 | Machine and method for separating recyclable matter A machine for sorting recyclable matter includes a trommel for conducting and screening an input flow of recyclable matter and a magnetic mechanism coupled to the trommel for extracting magnetic material from the input flow while the trommel rotates. The ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5296113 | Irradiation device for fluoropolymers An apparatus and method for irradiating PTFE particles to cause them to disintegrate into a powder includes a chamber into which the particles are fed continuously. The particles are simultaneously agitated using only air, irradiated with a beam of electr... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5290431 | FCC process with concentrators on cyclone inlets A multi-stage cyclone for fluidized catalytic cracking of heavy oils is disclosed. A low efficiency inertial separator concentrates solids, FCC catalyst and fines, by forcing gas and entrained solids to make from 1/2 to 3/4 turn. Gas, with most of the sol... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5149727 | Irradiation device for fluoropolymers A method and apparatus for the simultaneous irradiation, grinding, agitation and air cooling of fluoropolymers, such as polytetrafluoroethylene, produce dry lubricants. An air classifier is used to extract particles of a uniform size during the process.... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5106487 | Parts separator device for separating heavy materials from chips and lubricants A separator device for separating out heavy materials from metal chips and lubricant, in which the separaton may be viewed by an operator while the separation process is in operation at a drop-out opening in the separator. The invention further permits he... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5035331 | Method and apparatus for removing dust and debris from particulate product The impurity laden particulate material to be cleaned by a gravity feed deduster is passed through a magnetic field of varying intensity to neutralize the static charge causing the impurities to adhere to the primary product. The material is then subjecte... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5032222 | Spray drier for the preparation of powders, agglomerates and the like A spray drier (1) for the preparation of powders, agglomerates or the like, by the drying of pumpable products, has at an inlet (6) of its exhaust discharge line or lines (7) for the drying gas used in its drying chamber (3), a wind sifter (9) with a rota... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5027953 | Pneumatic plant-blade-from-stem separator An improved pneumatic plant-blade-from-stem separator, including an upright box having an intermediate separating chamber with an inlet for material to be separated. Beneath the box an air inlet and an outlet mouth are provided, between which a discharge ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4908123 | Method and apparatus for removing relatively dense foreign materials from shredded paper An air separator for removing relatively dense foreign materials from shredded paper comprises a downwardly pitched inlet duct which causes relatively dense particles to impact the wall of a vertical discharge duct and deflect downward for removal while t... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4908124 | Method and apparatus for removing foreign objects from fluid bed systems A foreign object removal system is disclosed including a removal chamber projecting laterally from the combustion chamber of a fluid bed reactor and connected via a downwardly directed pipe to a material flow control plenum chamber, which includes means f... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4867866 | Municipal waste processing apparatus Municipal waste materials are processed by crushing the materials so that pieces of noncombustible material are smaller than a selected size and pieces of combustible material are larger than the selected size. The crushed materials are placed on a vibrat... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4767524 | Virtual impactor A virtual impactor having improved efficiency and low wall losses in which a core of clean air is inserted into the aerosol flow while aerosol flow is maintained adjacent inner wall surfaces of the focusing portion of the impactor. The flow rate of the co... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4723378 | Exhaust and reclaim system for blasting enclosures An exhaust and reclaim system for a blasting enclosure having exhausting means which includes two separate exhaust paths for the exhausted blasting media. One path primarily for the heavier media is through a perforated floor into means located under the ... | 02/09/1988 |
