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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311474 | Pellet loader A pellet loader according to the present invention is provided with an ejector portion 1. A gas supply pipe 2 is connected to an injection nozzle 11 of the ejector portion 1 for supplying compressed gas from a compressed gas source 8 | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7196140 | Highly flowable propylene block copolymers The invention relates to highly flowable propylene block copolymers that comprise 50 to 80 wt.-% of a propylene homopolymer and 10 to 70 wt.-% of a propylene copolymer having 5 to 50 wt.-% of a C2–C8 alk-1-ene polymerized into it that is diff... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7108474 | Apparatus for transporting plate-shaped work piece It is an object to provide a plate-shaped work piece transporting apparatus provided with a blowing mechanism for contactlessly supporting a plate-shaped work piece that is transported, where the blowing mechanism is provided with a dust-removal filter and a blowing... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7093973 | Sparging device and method for adding a processing fluid to a foodstuff A sparging device (10) includes a number of sparger or screen passages (14) each extending from a respective passage inlet to a respective passage outlet. The sparging device (10) further includes a fluid chamber (25) that defines a chamb... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7063486 | Reservoir for powdery media A reservoir for powdery media, in particular powder coating, comprises a housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet for the powdery medium. A fluidising floor of porous, air-permeable material is located in the interior of the housing at a distance fr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6986625 | Maintaining fluidized beds of cohesive particles using vibrating fluids This invention is a method for operating fluidized beds, such as used to convey powdered material, wherein the fluidizing gas flows are pulsed or vibrated to help initiate and maintain fluidization. The invention maintains the fluidization effects by preventing chan... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6948888 | Reservoir for powdery media A reservoir for powdery media, in particular powder coating, comprises a housing having at least one inlet and an outlet. A fluidising floor of porous, air-permeable material is located in the interior of the housing at a distance from its base. In this way a pressu... | 09/27/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6848867 | Device for passing heavily flowing bulk material into a delivery pipe A device for introducing poorly flowing bulk material into a feed line includes a swirl chamber connectable to a feed line so as to form an inlet aperture in a side wall of the swirl chamber. The device further includes a diffuser plate through which a loosening flu... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6830414 | Canister powder paint delivery apparatus and method An apparatus and method for supplying multi-color powder paint material to an applicator in which at least one canister is used. This invention can be utilized with multiple or with a single color of powder paint material. The preferred system includes two canisters... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6623233 | Method and apparatus for removing bulk material from a container This invention relates to a system and a process for the removal of bulk material from a container, in particular, from a box-shaped transport container. In order to be able to suction the bulk material off in a simple and reliable manner out of the trans... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6494645 | Method and device for determining a powder quantity or change in powder quantity in a container The method according to the invention is suitable for determining a powder quantity in a container and for determining a change in powder quantity, i.e. the powder quantity that is supplied from the container(s). The powder is fluidized in the container, ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6398462 | Powder transfer apparatus having powder fluidizing tube An apparatus for emptying powder from a container, such as an original shipping box includes a support having a vibrating unit for loosening the powder within the container. A powder pick-up tube and an attached powder pump draw powder from the container ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6383301 | Treatment of deagglomerated particles with plasma-activated species This invention relates to an improved apparatus for treating the surface of particles by plasma-activated gas species to modify the particle surfaces.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6299387 | Method for evacuating a storage silo for bulk goods, E.G. cereal grain, and an evacuation conveyor thereto A conveyor comprises perforation bands arranged in the floor of a storage space. Some of the bands emit an air stream that in quantity or pressure differs from the air stream in the remaining bands and have apertures with a larger flow area than the apert... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6257804 | Powder metering apparatus for dispensing a powder-air mixture to a consumer A powder metering apparatus for making available a powder, in particular for powder coating, and which comprises a metering pump with a rotatably driven metering disk arranged between two lateral plates. The metering pump includes an inlet, through which ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6056483 | Powder coating material feeding apparatus In a powder coating material feeding apparatus, a lid section is mounted onto an opening of a metal drum containing powder coating material, and a support unit holds the metal drum in its upside-down or tilted position. An air distribution panel supplies ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5839669 | Method and apparatus for powder spraying A method and an apparatus for powder spraying can be used, for example, for electrostatic enameling. In order to achieve an easily regulatable high powder output rate, it is proposed to fluidize powder in a closed container, extract it in the region of th... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5836722 | Spraying method and device for cooling a powdered coating product In a coating plant, the powder feed device is cooled permanently in order to avoid the deterioration of the powder which could be caused by an excessively high temperature. The air for the fluidization of the powder contained in the reservoir (1) is cool,... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5713494 | Powder feeding device A powder feeding device for feeding powder at a constant rate has a container for storing a powdered material and a discharge device mounted in the container at a lower portion thereof for discharging the powdered material from the container at a constant... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5685640 | Fly ash dosing method for dosing and device therefor A method for dosing and particularly for mixing substances, particularly for mixing at least one granular or powdery solid matter with a liquid. A first substance, particularly the granular or powdery solid matter is liquidized by means of a gas fed conti... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5615980 | Injector-feed device for pneumatic feed of powder An injector-conveyor device for the pneumatic conveying of powder, particularly powdered coating material, in order to measure the amount of powder conveyed, measures indirectly the vacuum produced in an injector (4) by having a stream of air measured wit... | 04/01/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5269463 | Fluidized powder feed system with pressurized hopper A feed system for flame spray guns is provided that comprises a hopper with a powder storage chamber, a pressurized gas source separated from the powder storage chamber by a gas distributor board, at least one flow line providing fluid communication for t... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5129766 | Aeration tube discharge control device The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for establishing and maintaining a uniform mass flow rate of particulate solids and gas mixture from a container to a receiving reactor. A preferred embodiment utilizes an aeration tube suspended in the ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5106240 | Aerated discharge device The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for establishing and maintaining a uniform mass flow rate of particulate solids and gas mixture from a container to a receiving reactor. A preferred embodiment utilizes a plurality of porous inserts in t... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5096096 | Fluidized bed discharge bin An improved fluidized bed discharge bin comprising a removable closure covering an opening in the bottom of the bin. The closure is of an inverted pyramidal shape having a square base and an offset nadir. A discharge opening is positioned adjacent to the ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5049008 | Air pulse discharge control valve for fluidizing dry particulate material A self acting pressure air pulse control valve for use with fluidizing and pneumatic conveying systems for dry particulate material comprises a housing having a chamber in which a plate type closure member and an actuating piston are disposed and intercon... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5030037 | Porous filter pad for fluid pressure conveying systems A porous filter pad for use in conjunction with a fluid pressure conveying system is disclosed. The porous filter pad includes a rigid, self-supporting molded plastic body having a predetermined elongated shape with opposed walls. Openings of a predetermi... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5018909 | Powder feed hopper A powder feed hopper includes a housing which mounts a porous plate adapted to support particulate powder material and receive an upwardly directed flow of fluidizing air to form an air-entrained fluidized bed in the housing above the porous plate. In ord... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5017053 | Aeration device for bulk material containers An aeration device to facilitate the flow and discharge of bulk material granules through a discharge opening in a bulk material container is disclosed. The aeration device includes at least one self-supporting molded plastic hollow body which is adapted ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4995966 | Sifter-screening machine for bulk material A sifter-screening machine for loose material, especially flour, including an inlet for the material, downstream thereof a screen through which the material can be conveyed via an air stream, and downstream thereof an outlet for screened material. Dispose... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4953792 | Dry powder applicator A dry pesticide applicator is disclosed. The applicator includes a fluidizing medium secured within a housing. A blower mechanism generates a flow of air through the fluidizing medium to establish a fluidized bed within the housing. This fluidized bed is ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4941779 | Compartmented gas injection device Injection of gas into a bed of solids contained in a hopper is compartmentalized to allow independent control of gas to be vented upward and gas and solids to be discharged.... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4934876 | Aeration apparatus for discharge control of particulate matter The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for establishing and maintaining a uniform mass flow rate of particulate solids and gas mixture from a container to a receiving reactor. A preferred embodiment utilizes an aeration tube suspended in the ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4848975 | Hopper system and clamping arrangement for a permeable membrane A hopper system comprising a hopper having a side wall sloping downwardly and radially inwardly from the inlet at the top of the hopper to the outlet at the bottom of the hopper. Secured to the inside of the hopper is a membrane having a shape generally c... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4834587 | Pneumatic conveying system An apparatus and method for continuously dispensing particulate material utilizes a transfer vessel which may be placed at a location spaced below and apart from a dispensing vessel. Particulate material may be transferred from the transfer vessel to the ... | 05/30/1989 |
