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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172163 | System and method for producing nanomaterials This system and method for producing nanomaterials allows for the production of relatively high concentrations of nanoparticles with a minimum of expense, time and energy. Ultrasonic waves, produced at a power of approximately 50 W with a frequency of 26.23 kHz, are... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8132746 | Low-temperature method of producing nano-scaled graphene platelets and their nanocomposites A method of exfoliating a layered material to produce separated nano-scaled platelets having a thickness smaller than 100 nm. The method comprises: (a) providing a graphite intercalation compound comprising a layered graphite containing expandable species residing i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8074905 | Method and device for comminuting and sorting polysilicon The invention relates to a device for comminuting and sorting polycrystalline silicon, comprising an instrument for feeding a coarse polysilicon fraction into a crushing system, the crushing system associated with a sorting system for classifying the polysilicon fra... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070078 | Crushing material A method and an apparatus for crushing material, particularly mined material, are disclosed. In one embodiment two or more pairs of crushing rolls successively crush mined material. The pairs of crushing rolls are arranged and operated so that an upstream pair of ro... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052075 | Method for purification of semiconducting single wall nanotubes A process of forming a semiconductive carbon nanotube structure includes imposing energy on a mixture that contains metallic carbon nanotubes and semiconductive carbon nanotubes under conditions to cause the metallic carbon nanotubes to be digested or to decompose s... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8002209 | Method for operating a fragmentation system and system therefor A fragmentation system including a reaction vessel with processing fluid and fragmentation product and a pair of electrodes. Two respective ends of the pair of electrodes are arranged at a distance to each other inside the reaction vessel and can be admitted with pu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975940 | Systems and methods for reducing the particle size of a pozzolan A system for reducing the particle size of a pozzolan includes a thermal fracture system and a defracturing apparatus. The system is highly efficient at drying and heating a natural pozzolan having a natural distribution of particle sizes. The system can create a re... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7959094 | Virtual electrode mineral particle disintegrator The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for breaking mineral particles comprising suspending the particles in a liquid flowing in a conduction path, the liquid comprising a dielectric constant higher than the particles and wherein an electric volta... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954733 | Eggshell membrane separation method A method for processing unseparated egg shells is provided. The method includes placing the unseparated egg shells in a fluid tank containing a fluid mixture, applying cavitation to the fluid mixture to thereby assist in separating the egg shell membranes from the e... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938344 | Microparticles, microparticle production method, and microparticle production apparatus A to-be-treated body, which contains raw material particles 5 of a substance and with which a solvent 4 of a to-be-treated liquid 2 is made solid, is used, and a laser light source 10, which supplies a laser light of a predetermined wavel... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7905433 | Systems and methods for reducing electrostatic charge in a fluidized bed Systems and methods for fluidization of particle and/or powder systems with reduced generation of static electricity are disclosed. The systems/methods are particularly advantageous for fluidization of nanoparticle and/or nanopowder systems, where the generation and... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7900855 | Method for producing fullerene suspension The present invention provides a fullerene suspension and a method for producing a fullerene suspension having high dispersion stability without any chemical compound. Also, the fullerene suspension and its producing method makes it possible to be applied in various... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896267 | Dispersing or milling apparatus, and dispersing or milling method using same A material to be treated containing solid particles in a liquid is stirred together with milling media, and irradiated with ultrasonic waves during stirring to finely mill the solid particles to nanometer size and disperse the solid particles in the liquid. The ultr... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7857243 | High frequency disintegrator A high frequency disintegrator includes a plurality of high frequency vibration generators, a plurality of connectors, and at least a heat exchanger. The high frequency vibration generators each have an operational portion that axially outputs high frequency vibrati... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7721980 | Method and apparatus for vacuum cooling of viscous mixtures A method and apparatus for vacuum cooling heated viscous and/or high solids mixtures employs at least one cooling tank (1) having inwardly sloping side walls (15) from a top (14) to an opening that is attached to a outlet pump or valve (7... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7717363 | Degradable polymers and methods of preparation thereof The present invention provides polymers which substantially degrade in the presence of one or more triggers, preferably light energy or hydrogen peroxide, but does not substantially degrade in the absence of one or more triggers. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7686238 | Powder processing method In order to manufacture the compound powder or the porous granulated substance in an efficient manner, a powder processing apparatus has an accumulating face on which the processing target powder is to be accumulated and a processing face disposed in opposition to t... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7658340 | System and method for nanoparticle and nanoagglomerate fluidization With the coupling of an external field and aeration (or a flow of another gas), nanoparticles can be smoothly and vigorously fluidized. A magnetic force and/or pre-treatment may be employed with the fluidizing gas and, when coupled with a fluidizing medium, provide ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7604186 | Process for preparing ground resin particles and apparatus for preparing the same A process for preparing ground resin particles is provided by modifying a jet mill with opposed fluidized bed. By using a jet mill having a plurality of jet nozzles disposed at predetermined positions in a barrel of a grinding chamber toward the injection point of t... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7597277 | Microparticles, microparticle production method, and microparticle production apparatus A production apparatus which includes: a treatment chamber, containing a to-be-treated liquid, made up of water, which is a solvent, and raw material particles of a substance; a laser light source, illuminating laser light for microparticulation onto the to-be-treat... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7597278 | Method of producing medicinal nanoparticle suspension A method of producing a medicinal nanoparticle suspension is provided, wherein a medicinal ingredient added in a suspending solution is ground to form nanoparticles of the medicinal ingredient by irradiating the suspending solution with a laser. The process is imple... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7543766 | Method and apparatus for dispensing medication A method for converting a tablet containing medication into a palatable fluid includes the steps of adding a palatable fluid to a container, placing the tablet containing the medication and then disintegrating the tablet/fluid combination until the table is disinteg... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7523877 | Device for shredding wornout tires Method and device are for recycling wornout tires and other industrial and domestic wastes. According to a method for shredding wornout tires a package of wornout tires is formed as a number of closely compacted layers. The package is subjected to primary destructio... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7500623 | Process for the Treatment of a Nuclear Graphite Contaminated with Radioelements by Milling the Said Graphite in a Liquid Medium A process for the milling of a nuclear graphite contaminated with radioelements includes subjecting the graphite, immersed in a liquid medium, to high-voltage pulses. The liquid medium has a resistivity such that, owing to the effect of the energy conveyed by the sa... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7448561 | Process for conversion and size reduction of solid particles A combined process for the conversion of solid starting particles into solid intermediate particles and reducing the median diameter of the intermediate particles to obtain product particles. This process involves flowing a suspension of starting particles through a... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7429008 | System and method for pulverizing and extracting moisture A venturi receives incoming material through an inlet tube and subjects the material to pulverization. The material, as it undergoes pulverization, is further subject to moisture extraction and drying. An airflow generator, coupled to the venturi, generates a high s... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7384009 | Virtual electrode mineral particle disintegrator The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for breaking mineral particles comprising suspending the particles in a liquid flowing in a column, the liquid comprising a dielectric constant higher than the particles and wherein an electric voltage pulse ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374113 | System and method for pulverizing and extracting moisture A venturi receives incoming material through an inlet tube and subjects the material to pulverization. The material, as it undergoes pulverization, is further subject to moisture extraction and drying. An airflow generator, coupled to the venturi, generates a high s... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7360727 | Apparatus and method for the mechanical comminution of semiconductor materials A mechanical crushing apparatus for comminuting a polycrystalline silicon ingot, has a base and opposed comminuting and mating chisels, the chisels having longitudinal axises oriented at right angles to a longitudinal axis of the base and parallel to the surface of ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357339 | Wet pulverizing of polysaccharides Polysaccharide is wet pulverized by ejecting a liquid dispersion of polysaccharide from a pair of nozzles under a high pressure of 70 to 250 MPa to form a pair of jets so that the jets collide against each other. The nozzles are oriented to define a collision angle ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347391 | Waste processing apparatus and method The present invention includes an apparatus and method for processing solid waste products. The apparatus comprises a rotatably mounted cylindrical vessel having a first end, a second end and an interior surface, at least one end terminating in a hatch that may be o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338706 | Resin composition for capstock A resin composition for capstock, comprising 100 to 30 parts by weight of an impact resistance modifier having a multilayer structure, and 0 to 70 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate (co)polymer containing 50 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate and 50 to 0... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335862 | Resistance heater having a thin-line-shaped resistor A resistor heater includes an anode (10) arranged along one side and a cathode (20) arranged along the other side of a thin-line-shaped resistor (30). The anode (10) is connected to the resistor (30) at connections points (P2 | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328643 | Process for accessing munitions using fluid jet technology A process for accessing and defusing munitions using fluid jet technology containing abrasive material and recovering the abrasive. The explosive material can also be removed from the munition casing by fluid jet technology, after the munition has been defused. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318528 | Precious metal recovery A pulse of over six kilovolts with a duration of 200 nanoseconds causes an explosion that fragments a mineral deposit with metals embedded therein. The fragmentation separates the metals from the mineral. A conditioning electromagnet temporarily magnetizes the metal... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312252 | Nanoparticulate anionic clays A composition of matter comprising anionic clay having the general formula [M2+1-xM3+x(OH)2]x+(x/n)An−·yH2O (I) or [M1+M3+ | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293909 | Apparatus and method for mixing by agitation in a multichambered mixing apparatus including a pre-agitation mixing chamber An apparatus for agitation mixing comprises a casing including a flow channel through which fluid passes, an agitation body consisting of a shaft installed in the casing and connected to a motor and an agitation blade mounted on the perimeter of the shaft, a powder ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282329 | Suspended microchannel detectors An apparatus for detecting an analyte in solution that has a suspended beam containing at least one microfluidic channel containing a capture ligand that bonds to or reacts with an analyte. The apparatus also includes at least one detector for measuring a change in ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278595 | Particle feed apparatus for jet mill A particle feed apparatus is combined with a jet mill and has a particle feeder for feeding particles to an air injector that injects particles together with particle carrying air into the jet mill. The particle feed apparatus is a closed structure isolated from the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264182 | Method and device for comminuting particulate organic substances in suspensions of microorganisms A method and device that comminutes particulate organic substances in suspensions of microorganisms in mediums such as wastewaters or sludges of biological sewage treatment plants, whereby the organic substances are subjected to inertial forces in an active chamber ... | 09/04/2007 |
