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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8071904 | Electrostatic separation method and electrostatic separation device The present invention provides an electrostatic separation method and an electrostatic separation device each of which, even in a case where the concentration of unburned components of coal ash produced by a boiler of a coal-fired power plant is as high as 15% to 30... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7880108 | Deflection plate The present invention provides deflection plates for use in a flow-type particle sorter that are resistant to wetting. The deflection plates include a gas-porous, conductive plate. A gas, such as air, is passed through the plate from the outer face (away from the pa... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7741574 | Particle separation/purification system, diffuser and related methods A separator and related separation methods are for intended use in separating particles having a selected charge from a particle mixture entrained in or carried by a fluid flow. The separator comprises a tubular, elongated body for receiving the fluid flow. At least... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7259344 | Application of static light to a fluid of CNTs for purposes of sorting the CNTs A method is described that comprises sorting carbon nanotubes (CNTs) within a fluidic flow for a targeted subset of the CNTs. The sorting comprises attracting at least a portion of the CNTs within the fluidic flow in a direction of increasing intensity of an electri... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7073736 | Shredder dust electrostatic separation apparatus and method A shredder dust electrostatic separation apparatus separates and recovers various kinds of crushed pieces included in shredder dust by the use of electrostatic force. The apparatus includes a rotating drum made of a conductive material, which receives supplied shred... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063213 | Mediating electrostatic separation Methods, systems and media for separating polymer mixtures. A mixture including polymeric components is provided. A particulate media is added to the mixture, where the particulate media can selectively mediate a triboelectric charging of the polymer mixture. The me... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7045734 | Spark induction power conditioner for high tension physical separators A D.C. voltage altering device includes at least one spark induction power conditioner including a first electrode connectable to a high voltage D.C. power source and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode and forming a discharging gap therebetween. The ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6978537 | Method of transferring electric charge using a micrometer-scaled device A charged species source and a charged species drain are provided. A moveable component is positioned proximate to the charged species source and the charged species drain. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are provided in contact with the moveable componen... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974926 | Sorting of single-walled carbon nanotubes using optical dipole traps In embodiments of the present invention, the electric field of a focused laser beam induces a dipole in a single-walled carbon nanotube. The single-walled carbon nanotube has one or more resonant frequencies. When the frequency of the laser beam is less than a reson... | 12/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6822180 | Particle separation mechanism A microchip comprises a flow pass in which a solution containing particles can flow, and a deflection mechanism for deflecting a portion of the particles as the particles flow through the flow pass. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6797908 | High-tension electrostatic classifier and separator, and associated method The electrostatic classifier and separator is supported by a housing and includes a corona classifier section for classifying particulate materials according to size. Corona element supplies mobile ions for bombarding particulate materials dropping down a passageway... | 09/28/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6774332 | Composite separator A composite sorting apparatus for separating conductive materials from non-conductive materials comprising a drum electrode, needle-shaped electrodes, and a plate-shaped electrode, wherein the plurality of needle-shaped electrodes are arranged so that the interval X... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6723938 | Electrostatic conductive induction separator A particle separator for the separation of particulate mixture having species that exhibit difference in electrical conductivity. The separator has a conductive surface including a separation zone, has feeder means for feeding the species to the separation zone, and... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6720514 | Plastic sorter A feed tray (22) for guiding tribo electrified plastic pieces (2) to a drum electrode (6) is provided with a vibrator (23), thereby making it possible to vibrate the plastic pieces (2) to form a thin uniform layer, and to reliably ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6664492 | Method of eliminating electrically-conductive particles from an airstream Disclosed are systems and methods for removing electrically-conductive contaminants entrained in airstream. The airstream is preferably redirected to separate the electrically-conductive contaminants from the airstream. The separated electrically-conducti... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6648975 | Method and apparatus for fabricating quantum dot functional structure, quantum dot functional structure, and optically functioning device The present invention is to fabricate a quantum dot functional structure having ultra-fine particles homogeneously distributed in a transparent medium by efficiently fabricating high-purity ultra-fine particles having a single particle diameter and unifor... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6596144 | Separation columns and methods for manufacturing the improved separation columns A separation column for use in a separation process such as chromatography, electrochromatography and electrophoresis is described. The separation column includes multiple collocated monolith support structures and interconnected channels defined by the s... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6540088 | Method and apparatus for sorting particles with electric and magnetic forces An apparatus for sorting particles. The apparatus includes a magnet mechanism for separating the particles with a magnetic force. The apparatus includes an electric mechanism for separating particles with an electrical force disposed adjacent to the magne... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6496997 | Hard disk driver with an integrated structure for electrostatically removing dielectric particles generated during the operation, and electrostatic cleaning method for a hard disk driver An electrostatic cleaning structure of a hard disk driver is formed by a plurality of concentric conductive regions to which biasing pulse trains are supplied. Each biased conductive region generates an electric field attracting any dielectric particle. T... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6454862 | Fine-particle classification apparatus and functional material production apparatus In the fine-particle classification apparatus of the present invention, a carrier gas velocity in a take-in section to introduce the aerosol to the fine-particle classification apparatus from the aerosol generation apparatus is increased so as to decrease... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6452126 | Electrostatic separation enhanced by media addition This invention relates to improving the separation efficiency in a triboelectric separator by adding media against which the components of the mixture will charge. As a result, random charging between the components of the mixture is reduced and controlle... | 09/17/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6365856 | Particle separator and method of separating particles The invention relates to a particle separator and methods for separating the particles of a mixture. The apparatus of the invention employs two field elements to create a field in the space between the field elements. The surface contact of the particles ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6359246 | Process and device for separating broken beans and shells The invention concerns a process as well as an apparatus for separating broken goods, consisting of broken nibs or beans and their shells and especially the separation of broken cacao beans (nibs) from the cacao shells in an electrostatic manner. In this ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6320148 | Electrostatic method of separating particulate materials A method of separating particulate materials of different properties has been developed. It consists of feeding a mixture of dry, powdered materials to one end of the surface of a planar electrode, which is vibrating to move the particles forward. At leas... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6310309 | Methods of analysis/separation Particles are separated according to their dielectrophoretic characteristics and electrorotation characteristics by the use of a travelling wave separation in which they flow from a departure point at an inlet (18) towards at least two destinations at out... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6307170 | Separation of particles dispersed in liquid A device for capturing negatively or positively charged fine particles dispersed in a liquid includes a rotor having an outer surface charged in a polarity opposite to the particles and arranged to be rotated. By rotating the rotor while being maintained ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6271492 | Frictional charging device A frictional charging device (30) for charging crushed chips (1) of a plurality of kinds of plastics by stirring them. A stirring vessel (31) has a friction assisting material (52) put therein, the particles of the friction assisting material (52) being s... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6211477 | Electrostatic deceleration system for flow cytometer An electrostatic deceleration system is provided for use with a flow cytometer to decelerate the movement of electrically charged droplets formed by the flow cytometer in order to minimize damage to the cells contained in the droplets when the droplets ar... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6168029 | Method for separating electrically conductive mineral components from electrically non-conductive mineral components of an ore An improved method for separating electrically conductive components of an ore or mineral sand from electrically non-conductive components of the ore or mineral sand is disclosed which includes processing the ore, adding a polymer, such as an anionic poly... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6140598 | Method for separating polymer-salt mixtures The present invention relates to a method of triboelectric separation of organic polymers and salts, specially organic polymers containing sulfur, such as polyarylene sulfides and a halogenide or a carboxylate of alkaline metals, alkaline earth metals, am... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6072140 | Method and apparatus for electrically charging and separating particles A method and apparatus for separating particles provides comingled particles including a first group of particles having a weight and a triboelectric propensity and a second group of particles each having a weight less than the particles in the first grou... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6064022 | Electrostatic separation of particles An apparatus and a process for subjecting a free falling stream of particles to an electrostatic field, between two rows of oppositely charged electrostatic rotating electrodes to effect a separation between particles of different electrostatic properties... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6011229 | Electrostatic separator for classifying triboelectrically charged substance mixtures An electrostatic separator of the free-fall type for classifying triboelectrically charged substance mixtures. This separator has a separate voltage source connected to each of the electrodes forming a pair of electrodes in such a way that the one voltage... | 01/04/2000 |
