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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431830 | Compact slurry preparation system for oil sand Staged crushing combined with water addition and mixing is practiced at the mine site to prepare an oil sand slurry ready for hydrotransport. More particularly, as-mined oil sand is crushed to conveyable size (e.g. —24″) using a mobile crusher. The pre-crushed o... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7364347 | Fluidising apparatus A fluidizing apparatus includes a supply duct (1) for supplying liquid under pressure to a lower portion of a vessel (11) containing a fluidizable material. The supply duct (1) extends into the vessel. The outlet end of the apparatus includes on... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7284934 | Method for supplying a component and a component supplying device A method is provided for supplying a component to a pick-up position located near a stop by means of a component supplying device. The component supplying device includes a guide provided with the stop, at least one air inlet connected to the guide, and at least one... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7226248 | Device for the continuous gravimetric metering and pneumatic conveying of pourable material Disclosed is a device for the continuous gravimetric metering and pneumatic conveying of pourable material which is conveyed across a given distance by a metering rotor (1) which is arranged in a pressure-proof manner in a housing (2) and is provided w... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7186390 | Brine maker An improved brine maker includes a hopper having open upper and lower ends, a solids screen, and a receiving tank having an open upper end and closed lower end. The solids screen and receiving tank are pivotally secured to the hopper adjacent its lower end. The rece... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7175048 | Method and device for gravimetric dosing bulk material In order to increase the dosing accuracy of a dosing device, the bulk material is temporarily stored upstream from a reservoir (1) in an intermediate storage container (6) and is transferred only when a compensating pressure value is reached. The inven... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7144204 | Pneumatic conveyor device and method The invention relates to a device for the pneumatic conveyance of bulk material, including a conveying pipe which defines a conveying path for the bulk material and in portions has a fluidizing pipe segment and a propellant gas source which is connected to the conve... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6971786 | Method for conveying a solid substance The invention relates to a method for conveying a solid (2) in a conveying medium (15), said solid (2) being delivered to a container (5) with outlet (7). The solid (2) is in this case dispersed in the transport liquid (1... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935813 | Control mechanism, an installation and a method for transporting bulk material, granular material or powdery material through a conveyor line A control mechanism (20; 70) and a method for use in an installation for transporting bulk material, granular material or powdery material through a conveyor line (1) with the aid of a pressurized gaseous medium. The control mechanism (20; 70) i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6823904 | Metering installation for powder pigments The invention relates to a metering installation for powder pigments, having an arrangement for supplying the powder pigments into a weighing container of a weighing arrangement. The weighing container may be emptied into a pneumatic conveying conduit which leads in... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821060 | Jet pump system for forming an aqueous oil sand slurry As-mined oil sand is crushed to −5 inch by a sequentially arranged pair of double roll crushers. The crushed oil sand is fed into a hopper feeding a jet pump. Water or recycled slurry is fed under pressure as motive fluid to the jet pump. The motive fluid jet(s) p... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6666628 | Pneumatic tank for storage and high volume discharge of pulverulent materials A pneumatic storage tank for storing, transporting, and discharging pulverulent or powdered material or the like including a tank having a cylindrical side wall and upper and lower concave heads enclosing and sealing opposite ends of the cylindrical side ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662953 | Air pulse feeder A dispensing system that includes an apparatus comprised of a container with a support surface, an opening in the upper portion for receiving items, a passageway in the lower portion for dispensing items, a guide surface to direct items into the passagewa... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6595735 | Bulk particulate discharge apparatus and method A bulk particulate handling apparatus and method for transferring material between a first and second site which utilizes a stream of gas to remove material from the flow path. Contamination of the flow-path is thereby reduced by providing the stream of g... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6276826 | Apparatus for transporting and delivering substances The invention includes a transportable tank having an upper region and a lower region and a fluid conduit flow communicating the upper region to the lower region. The fluid conduit has at least one inlet opening in the upper region and at least one outlet... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6267539 | Automated mining system A system and apparatus for transporting a colloidal like mixture of mineral material and water from a mining site to a processing facility comprising at least one automated water gun discharging continuous high velocity stream of water into a mineral stoc... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6250852 | Spherical object supplying apparatus A spherical object supplying apparatus is to positively and smoothly supply, when spherical objects such as spherical single crystal silicons are supplied from a storing container such as a hopper to the following processing or manufacturing station (or a... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6220791 | Apparatus and method for the aerosolization of powders An apparatus and method for the aerosolization of powders is disclosed. The invention includes a chamber in which a cloud of aerosolized powder is formed, the cloud having a relatively even distribution of powder particles. A Bernoulli tube may be used to... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6170976 | Preassembled fluidizing device having expansive air passage stimulating enhanced flow of granular materials in tank trailers and containers A preassembled fluidizing device that incorporates an expansive air passage that stimulates the enhanced flow of granular materials to the discharge port of a tank trailer, vessel, bin, or other container, during usage. The fluidizing device includes an a... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6152656 | Material delivery system A material delivery system conveys material from a supply location at or above an area surface to a working location below the area surface. The delivery system includes a supply hopper located at the supply location and having an inlet for receiving mate... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6116822 | Movable abutment for a component feeder A feeder (1) has a hopper (2) for storing components (20) and a pick up location (3) for supplying the components to a pick-and-place machine (not shown). A channel (4) provides communication between the hopper (2) and pick up location (3). The channel (4... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116821 | Feeder system and method for supplying electrical components to a pick up location A feeder system (1) for supplying electrical components (20) to a pick-and-place machine (14). The feeder system has a two storage hoppers (2a,2b) respective storage outlets (6a,6b), There is a pick up location (3) and a passage (4) provides communication... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109488 | Apparatus for conditioning and dispensing loose fill insulation material An apparatus capable of conditioning and dispensing high volumes of loose fill insulation material includes a hopper for receiving unconditioned insulation material and for conditioning the insulation material, and an air lock for receiving the conditione... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089796 | Component feeder A component feeder being capable of supplying flat and minute components stably and rapidly. The component feeder comprises an agitation room 111 in which the components 102 are stirred by air, and a component conveying path 113 connected to the front of ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6039512 | Feeder system and method for supplying electrical components to a pickup location A feeder system (1) and method supplies electrical components (20) to a pick-and-place machine (14). The feeder system (1) has a hopper (2) coupled by a passage (4) to a pickup location (3). The electrical components (20) are provided by air blasts to a f... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5988867 | Preassembled fluidizing device having expansive air passage stimulating enhanced flow of granular materials in tank trailers and containers A preassembled fluidizing device that incorporates an expansive air passage that stimulates the enhanced flow of granular materials to the discharge port of a tank trailer, vessel, bin, or other container, during usage. The fluidizing device includes an a... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5853108 | Parts feed apparatus and parts feed method When feeding parts (102) to a mounting machine (A) by using a parts feed cassette (B), prior to parts feed, air is preliminarily supplied to the parts feed cassette (B) to put the parts (102) in neat order, and the parts (102) are preliminarily sent up to... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5769571 | Material re-aerating and flow control device A material re-aerating and flow control device for use in a material pneumatic processing system includes a housing defining a re-aerating chamber and having an intake end. The housing includes a material intake opening through the intake end of the housi... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5678959 | Method of, and apparatus for, reducing scaling in pneumatic lime conveying systems An improved pneumatic lime dispensing and conveying system of the type comprising a lime storage container having a dust collector communicating with the storage container for removing dust from the air inside the container and venting the filtered air fr... | 10/21/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5582493 | Automatic electronic parts mounting device An automatic electronic parts mounting device wherein a feed table having a plurality of parts feed units, which guide chip parts stored in a storeroom for parts to a shoot connected with said storeroom and separate the parts from an exit of the shoot by ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5570812 | Component supply apparatus A component supply apparatus includes a component feeding device for feeding components to a component feeding path, with the components arranged in a row while the components are being agitated by air, and a path forming member having a curved path exten... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5489166 | Method and device for removing solid residues from a gas purification installation A method and device for removing solid residues from a gas purification installation are presented. After discharge of a batch of solid residues into a first closed vessel, the vessel is isolated with respect to the gas purification installation. At least... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5474111 | Fine particle handling A method and assembly for removing fine particles in an essentially dust-free manner which features a semi-bulk container bag that is removed from a reusable protective container, hoisted off the ground and punctured with a discharge probe. The puncturing... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5462351 | Conditioning vessel for bulk solids A gas conditioning vessel for bulk solids undergoing mass flow. The gas is introduced into the solids through an open bottom distributor forming a plenum. The plenum opens into the vessel at its bottom, the injection sites being bounded by vertical walls ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5405219 | Solids feeder An article of manufacture comprising (i) a double cone having apexes at opposite ends, said double cone having independent gas inlet means at about the apex of the first cone and multiple independent gas outlet means in the second cone, and (ii) a hollow ... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5378089 | Apparatus for automatically feeding hot melt tanks One or more hot melt tanks are each periodically supplied by an air conduit which automatically transfers pellets from a storage container. A transducer assembly, positionable in the container, includes a vacuum transducer for the pick up of glue pellets ... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5335828 | Paint powder supply device A fluidized type paint powder tank has a fluidizing chamber for fluidizing paint powder and a storage chamber into which the paint powder in the fluidizing chamber is fed to keep it still. There is also provided a paint supply device for an electrostatic ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5248227 | System and method for transporting and handling phosphorous pentasulfide A system and method for transporting and handling in bulk by rail granular material and, in particular, phosphorous pentasulfide granules, is characterized by a hopper for containing the granular material in one or more hopper sections, and an outtake for... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5199826 | Pump unloading trailer container for powdered bulk material A trailer especially useful for transporting and unloading bulk powdered material that tends to clump or clod under slight compacting is disclosed, which trailer includes a generally enclosed compartment for holding the bulk material, an air vent at an up... | 04/06/1993 |
