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Class 209/37 - With deposition


Subclass of Class 209 - Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
Definition: Methods and means including steps or means for collecting
No. of patents: 30
Last issue date: 07/20/2010


NumberTitleIssue Date
7757863Systems and methods for glass recycling at a beneficiator and/or a material recovery facility
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for obtaining recycled mixed cullet at a beneficiator and/or a material recovery facility (MRF). The composition of the cullet, or portions thereof, can be certified for use by a party other than the b...
07/20/2010
7325757Plastics recovery system
A transportable system for separating materials in a waste stream. An arrangement of separation and grinding devices is mounted on a transportable platform. The devices are configured and arranged to produce three or more product streams from a plastic-rich feed mix...
02/05/2008
7255233Method and apparatus for separating mixed plastics using flotation techniques
A method and apparatus are provided for separating mixed plastics using flotation techniques including a first stage initial washing tank for washing of incoming plastics and providing a first separation process and at least one separation module. The first stage in...
08/14/2007
7188730Separation system for single stream compressed recyclables
A screening system designed to provide separation of multiple fractions of New Screens Fines. News Screens Fines (“NSF”) contain a mix of compressed, unmarketable recyclables that are generally less than four inches in size created as a by-product of current Mat...
03/13/2007
6953517Plant for the treatment of residue
In order to make it possible for an inhomogeneous residue generated in a pyrolysis plant to be separated continuously and in as fully graded a way as possible, specially selected components are combined with one anther in an advantageous configuration. An essential ...
10/11/2005
6329436Process to recycle shredder residue
A system and process for recycling shredder residue, in which separating any polyurethane foam materials are first separated. Then separate a fines fraction of less than about 1/4 inch leaving a plastics-rich fraction. Thereafter, the plastics rich fracti...
12/11/2001
5984105Material classifying apparatus
In order to separate two classifiable materials, a material classifying apparatus includes a vibratory conveyor for conveying a fluidizable material from a material to be separated therefrom from an inlet end through a material separation section to an ou...
11/16/1999
5894934Machine 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 ...
04/20/1999
5865317Woodwaste processing system with contaminate separation
A system for processing wastewood. The system may be mounted on a towable chassis. The wastewood is received at one end of the system and metal contaminants are removed from the wastewood. The wastewood is then separated according to size wherein a first ...
02/02/1999
5860531Cereal separator using size and specific gravity grading
A cereal separation apparatus includes a frame and a size grading device mounted at an upper portion of the frame for grading particles according to a size of the particles. An oscillating specific gravity grading device is mounted at a lower portion of t...
01/19/1999
5722542Machine 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 ...
03/03/1998
5411142Air-flow control for particle cleaning systems
An improved article separator in which the particles are separated through the use of an vertical air-flow permitting heavier particles to fall while entraining the lighter particles and storing them in a hopper. The air flow is automatically controlled u...
05/02/1995
5361909Waste aggregate mass density separator
Apparatus and method are disclosed for separating and recovering the solid particle components of a waste aggregate using screening and air separation mechanisms. Such an aggregate could be log yard waste comprising soil, wood and mineral particles. The a...
11/08/1994
5355783Apparatus for separating chaff and roasting coffee and cocoa beans
A method and apparatus for separating chaff from coffee and cocoa beans is designed for use in combination with the hot air blowing base of the common household consumer appliance, the electrical popcorn popper. The method comprises a hopper having an ope...
10/18/1994
5344025Commingled waste separation apparatus and methods
Separation apparatus and methods separate ferrous, glass, plastic and aluminum articles in kind from each other when all articles are presented in a commingled stream. Ferrous articles are first removed by magnetic apparatus. The remaining commingled stre...
09/06/1994
5328034Machine 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 ...
07/12/1994
5181617Method and apparatus for separating at least a fraction from a mixture containing reclaimable materials
Already ripened compost is subjected to a sifting process directly following a drum sieve. The duct conveying the flowing air is connected to the outside of the drum sieve and is thus fed with the material falling through the sieve. The duct is constructe...
01/26/1993
5103981Particle separator/classification mechanism
A particle separator which separates particles based upon their relative densities or weights. The mixture of particles is deposited within a gas channel while a flow of gas, created by a gas flow amplifier, separates the material. The gas flow is suffici...
04/14/1992
5074992Woodwaste processing system with contaminate separation
A system for processing wastewood. The system may be mounted on a towable chassis. The wastewood is received at one end of the system and metal contaminants are removed from the wastewood. The wastewood is then separated according to size wherein a first ...
12/24/1991
5019242Particulate material cleaning apparatus
The invention is comprised of an apparatus for cleaning particulate material, particularly grain, wherein the grain is comprised of relatively heavy whole grain particulates and relatively lightweight fine grain particles and foreign material. An upstandi...
05/28/1991
4991721Automation of an air-screen seed cleaner
A cleaning system is provided for separating desired material from undesirable material in a mixture of particulate materials. The system includes an inlet for receiving the mixture of materials and an outlet for discharging the desired materials. At leas...
02/12/1991
4640768Elutriation apparatus for the purification and separation of powders of different densities
An elutriation apparatus for the purification and separation of powders of different densities includes several separating columns each provided at the lower part with a collector for grains receiving the fraction of powder of coarse granulometry and a de...
02/03/1987
4565326Method and apparatus for removing veneer from reworked medicine tablets
The invention is a method and apparatus for removing veneer coating shards from granular, medicinal formulations which are being reworked. The formulation is ground up, sifted to remove the smaller pieces which do not contain veneer shards, and then place...
01/21/1986
4549698Method of reclaiming foundry sand
A method and apparatus for reclaiming used foundry sands including organic resin-bonded sands and clay-bonded sands is shown. The method includes passing used sand downward through a series of vertical, fluid sand beds. Hot air is forced upward in counter...
10/29/1985
4523988Apparatus and method for producing virgin and/or reclaiming used abrasives
Disclosed is a method of and apparatus for processing new or reclaiming used abrasive material such as that material used in the surface preparation of structural steel prior to the application of paint or other protective coating. A stream of wet abrasiv...
06/18/1985
4507197Apparatus and method for producing shot-free mineral wool
An apparatus and dry method for de-shotting shot-containing mineral wool fibers wherein the fibers are treated in a granulator to compact them into entangled nodules, and the nodules are passed through an air classifier to open up and de-shot them. In a p...
03/26/1985
4485009Granulation recovery device and method
A granulation recovery device comprising a vacuum head, a canister removably attached to said vacuum head and a membrane and a support therefor which act as an interface between the vacuum head and the canister. The canister also contains means for divert...
11/27/1984
4447319Process for separating sand from a brown coal or lignite material containing sand
In a process for separating sand from a brown coal or lignite material containing sand, wherein the sand is present entirely or predominantly in a grain size range covering only a part of the grain size range of the brown coal or lignite, with the grain s...
05/08/1984
4441994Apparatus for separating foreign bodies from fiber tufts
A method and apparatus for separating foreign matter from fiber tufts carried by an air stream in a duct. The duct has a bend for altering the direction of flow therein. Upstream of the bend, the stream in the duct is split into at least two partial strea...
04/10/1984
4156642Process in the cleaning of seed, grain and similar goods, and a cleaning machine for carrying out the process
The disclosure relates to a process and a cleaning machine for seed, grain and similar goods, in which the cleaning is realized by means of air circulated in an enclosed path by at least one fan, the air passing the grain adjacent the discharge opening of...
05/29/1979
 
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