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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278811 | Land and sea transport system for particulate materials A multi-modal system for transport of particulate material includes a plurality of ship based hoppers mounted within the hold of a ship. Each such hopper includes a container for particulate material, a container inlet by which particulate material can be loaded int... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7195084 | Systems and methods for storing and handling drill cuttings Vessels for selectively holding drilling cuttings material and methods employing such vessels; the vessels, in at least certain aspects, having a body with a hollow container with an interior space for receiving drilling cuttings material and from which the material... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7080960 | Apparatus and method for transporting waste materials An apparatus for transporting solid waste drill cuttings material produced in the drilling of an oil or gas well, the apparatus including: a waste supply apparatus; a feeder to transport the material; a pneumatic conveying apparatus to which the material is transfer... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6936092 | Positive pressure drilled cuttings movement systems and methods Methods for moving drilled cuttings, the methods, in certain aspects, including conveying with air under positive pressure, drilled cuttings to flow conduit apparatus; applying air under positive pressure to the flow conduit apparatus to continuously move the drille... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6726408 | Dual inserter applicator An apparatus (10) for feeding sliders (31) from a source of sliders to the slider insertion area (27) of at least two slider insertion devices (18, 19). A sensor (30, 52) on a sender track (20, 21) detects a lack of sliders ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 5634713 | Pneumatic material transporter and mixer A pneumatic material transporter includes a material hopper (2), a screw conveyor (3) to transport the material (supplied from the hopper) from the rear portion to a front portion of the screw conveyor, a pressure chamber portion (5) to receive the materi... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5150990 | High density pneumatic transport system for use with solid materials A high density pneumatic transport system of solid materials from an airtight transport tank through a transport pipe into a collector. In the airtight transport tank materials are successively fed into a charge tank by reciprocating a slide damper. Simul... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5098667 | Particulate flow control A continuous flow of particulate solids to a reactor is accomplished by first forming a heavy slurry in a storage tank, then transferring the heavy slurry to a mixing tank, where the heavy slurry is diluted to form a dilute slurry of desired density which... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4938637 | Method and apparatus for bottom loading a pneumatic transport pressure vessel The pneumatic conveying system according to the present invention includes a pneumatic transport pressure vessel having funnel-shaped sides and a closed domed top. The pneumatic transport presure vessel has a single inlet/outlet opening at the bottom of t... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4904127 | High-density pneumatic transport method for use in powdered or granular materials and system for practising the method An improved method and related system for pneumatically transporting powdered or granular materials stored in an airtight storage container to a collector through a transport pipe in the form of a lengthy column in high density and at a slow speed by the ... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4862649 | Material transfer system A material transfer system is provided having particular utility in cooperation with a liquid jet abrasive cutting system in which a continuous supply of abrasive, particulate material is required for abrasive cutting operations. Primary and secondary hop... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4780027 | System for supplying blasting media to a media blasting system A system for supplying blasting media to a media blasting system in which a pair of pressure pots or pressure chambers are provided in which the blasting media is introduced for dispensing the media to conduits leading to blasting guns. The media supply v... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4762684 | Apparatus for decomposing sodium aluminate liquors without agitation to produce alumina A method and apparatus for decomposing a sodium aluminate liquor supersaturated with alumina, obtained from alkaline action on bauxite by the Bayer process, is initiated by introduction of alumina trihydrate seed, thereby forming a suspension. The suspens... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4730957 | Method of calibrating a pneumatic conveying apparatus A method of calibrating a pneumatic conveying apparatus wherein, with the material supply interrupted, a conveying pressure is numerically integrated and the reduction in the filling weight occurring in a specific period of time is determined. Before the ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4697962 | Control system for a continuous process venturi accelerated pneumatic pump An apparatus for feeding product to a pipeline via a venturi assembly has first and second tanks adapted to separately hold a quantity of product. The product is fed to the tanks from a supply hopper and enters each tank through an upper opening which acc... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4662799 | Apparatus and process for pneumatically conveying particulate material A process and apparatus for pneumatically conveying solid particulate material which includes a vessel or blow tank which is supplied with particulate material to be conveyed from a suitable source. A riser pipe extends into the vessel and has a material ... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4593727 | Apparatus and method for controlling the contents and the filling of a distribution tank for pulverized materials This invention presents apparatus and a method for controlling the contents and the filling of a distribution tank for pulverized material. The apparatus and method include structure for and the steps of weighing the distribution tank and an intermediate ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4573504 | Equipment for the removal of air out of pulverulent materials Equipment for the removal of air out of pulverulent materials before the product is packaged or transferred. The equipment comprises a storage silo (1), out of which the pulverulent material to be packaged flows readily into the packaging vessel placed un... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4555385 | Elution process and apparatus and extraction of particulate material from a vessel An introduction process and apparatus is described concerning the continuous elution of a value, i.e. a metal value such as gold, from a particulate carrier by a counterflow of stripping liquid through the pressurized vessel in which the loaded particulat... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4525107 | Barge having a pneumatic loading and unloading system A barge, including a system for pneumatic unloading of cement or other dry, bulk, powdered material from the barge into a receptacle. The barge includes a barge hull; a plurality of side-by-side hoppers disposed in the hull to receive and store the materi... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4501518 | Automatic pneumatic feeder A pneumatic material transference apparatus consisting of a closed hopper having a material inlet pipe at the top, a material outlet pipe at the bottom ending in a discharge chamber and a pneumatic operating system consisting of a valve chamber operativel... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4437796 | Pneumatic transport procedure and apparatus A pulverized combustible material or ore is transported from a storage container, at atmospheric pressure, to the interior of a pressurized shaft furnace via three intermediate receptacles. The material is weighed in the first receptacle, pneumatically tr... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4269548 | Apparatus for measuring and controlling flow of pulverulent material A vehicle for receiving, transporting, measuring and delivering weighed amounts of flowable pulverulent material, such as wheat flour, has a blower which draws the material from a storage container to a selected one of a plurality of measuring containers ... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4005908 | Batch transfer system A system for transferring a batch of particulate material from a storage area to a remote depository, including a storage vessel connected to a batching vessel, and a single pump providing both vacuum and pressure conditions for conveying the particulate ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3937521 | Self-purging pneumatic conveying apparatus and varied means of operation The disclosure, for classification, is to a pressure vessel with fill valve admitting thereinto material to drop into a perforate diaphragm to be transferred, vacuum pulling in the material upon the perforate membrane or diaphragm, to upstand thereabove, ... | 02/10/1976 |
