Classifying, separating, and assorting solids inventions 04/06

20060086646 - Treatment of phosphate material using directly supplied, high power ultrasonic energy: In a process for beneficiating phosphate rock a slurry is provided having 30% to 70% by weight of a liquid phase and having a solid phase comprising clay, sand, and phosphate rock. In the process, the slurry is exposed to ultrasonic energy released from a sonotrode located within the slurry....

20060086647 - Sorting method for winding remnants and winding tube: A sorting method is defined for remnants of a web-shaped semi-finished product wound on to plastic winding tubes. The winding tubes are detected and sorted out from the remnants of the web product in order to prepare the remnants for recycling. The web remnants and tubes are run through a...

20060081503 - Method and system for separating particulate matter: The present invention is directed to a system and method for continuously or substantially continuously separating particulate matter based on particle size and/or density of the matter. The system includes a separation chamber having a bottom portion disposed within a cavity of a rotatable bowl having fluid therein, preferably water....

20060081504 - Systems and methods for processing waste materials: Systems and methods are provided for disposing of waste materials. For some embodiments, the system includes a vibrating screen that operates at above approximately 750 vibrations per minute. The vibrations cause separation of particles, similar to a sifting mechanism. Some of the separated particles are then removed....

20060081505 - Systems and methods for processing waste materials: Systems and methods for disposing of waste material are disclosed, in which a cross-belt magnet configuration is employed to separate ferromagnetic substances from waste material. For some embodiments, the system includes a first conveyor belt, a magnet, and a second conveyor belt. The first conveyor belt is configured to carry...

20060081506 - Systems and methods for processing waste materials: Systems and methods for processing waste material are presented. For some embodiments, the system comprises a chamber, an inlet, a fluid outlet, a metal outlet, and a magnet. The inlet is configured to selectively open and close. The inlet injects waste material into the chamber when the inlet is open....

20060081507 - Apparatus for the electrostatic separation of particulate mixtures: An apparatus for the electrostatic separation of a mixture of particles that exhibit difference in electrical conductivity comprising: a rotating roll with a conductive surface to which conducting particles lose their charge; feeding means for feeding the mixture of particles onto the conductive surface; an ionising electrode for ionising individual...

20060081508 - Drill fluid screening device: In a method and apparatus for screening drilling fluids to remove entrained debris, the fluid is urged upwardly from the lower side to the upper side of an inclined or horizontal mesh screen, so that debris falls from the face of the screen under gravity to be collected and removed,...

20060081509 - Sheets processing apparatus and sheets processing method: A sheet processing apparatus including a table to be loaded a first and a second banknote group partitioned by a header card recording the bar code number in the piling direction of the banknotes, a take-in portion to take in the banknotes of the first and second banknote groups loaded...

20060081510 - Sorting system using narrow-band electromagnetic radiation: A system for sorting articles includes a detector system having a plurality of narrow bandwidth sources of electromagnetic energy sequentially illuminating articles passing through the detector system, the detector system further including a collector for collecting electromagnetic energy reflected from the articles; a deflector for deflecting selected articles toward an...

20060081511 - Mail delivery system and method: The invention provides a holder for manual delivery of mail to a recipient having one or more alert marks thereon which signify that a predetermined action should be taken during mail delivery. The holder may be a bag, folder or any similar device suitable for holding mail and accepting printing....

20060081512 - System and method for inspecting and sorting molded containers: An apparatus and method for inspecting and sorting molded containers includes an inspection device for inspecting containers and a container mold of origin identifier for correlating a container that is determined to have at least one unacceptable commercial variation with the mold cavity that produced the container. A controller having...

20060081514 - Materials recovery facility process optimization via unit operation feedback: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an automatic separator apparatus of a Materials Recovery Facility. An input stream of recycled materials is provided, wherein the composition of the input stream is subject to variation during a time interval. The input stream passes through a separator machine having a plurality...

20060081513 - Sorting recycle materials with automatically adjustable separator using upstream feedback: Methods and systems are provided for controlling an automatic separator apparatus of a Materials Recovery Facility. An input stream of recycled materials is provided, wherein the composition of the input stream is subject to variation during a time interval. At least one characteristic of the input waste material stream is...

20060081515 - Two-stage particle-size analyzer: A particle collector and sampler for use with aerosols which has a first collector for larger particles and a second a collector which is a net collector for smaller particles. The system includes humidity control....

20060081516 - Fines removal apparatus and methods/systems regarding same: Apparatus, methods and systems are used to separate fines from objects of a feed mixture being processed (e.g., iron bearing pellets, chips and dust). For example, at least a portion of an endless belt defining a channel is movable up an incline relative to horizontal (e.g., an incline that is...

20060076276 - Method and apparatus for sorting out shredder waste: An apparatus and a method for sorting out shredder waste allows for lower sorting cost and higher sorting accuracy to be achieved. Shredder waste is fed into a hopper to untangle it. The untangled shredder waste is quantatively supplied into a separating duct wherein the shredder waste is subjected to...

20060076277 - Separation apparatus and methods: A separation apparatus and method for use in separating magnetic material from non-magnetic material that includes the use of a magnetic grid, e.g., a permanently magnetic grid, which defines a plurality of openings. The grid assists in preventing magnetic material from being transported to an overflow....

20060076278 - Screen device: A screen device includes a tank for receiving a papermaking raw material; a screen with a cylindrical shape for dividing the tank into first and second chambers; a papermaking raw material supplying path for supplying the papermaking raw material to the tank; a foreign material discharging path for discharging the...

20060076279 - Vibratory material separator having an adjustable air knife and a separation tube: A vibratory material separating apparatus has at least two plateau conveying surfaces interrupted by a drop out opening. A composite mixture is conveyed by a vibrating action beyond the first conveying plateau and over a foraminous section in the first conveying plateau adjacent the drop out opening. Air is directed...

20060070920 - Application of static light to a fluid flow 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 electric field component of a substantially...

20060070921 - Method and device for classifying fine particles: The present invention provides a method for classifying fine particles, the method comprising: introducing a fine particle dispersion in which fine particles are dispersed in a liquid medium into an inlet of a microchannel having the inlet and a recovery portion; and delivering the fine particle dispersion, which has been...

20060070922 - Free wire reclaimer with improved magnetic separation: A magnetic separation apparatus for separating metallic material from a granulated stream of mixed metallic and nonmetallic material comprises a vibratory conveyor having a trough assembly mounted on a suspension system and coupled to a motor for causing the suspension system to vibrate. The trough assembly includes an upper trough...

20060070923 - Rotor for fibrous suspension strainers: A rotor for fibrous suspension strainers, having a central body with substantially circular cross section is formed with a bottom base, a top base and a vertical rotation axis and a plurality of shaped blades protruding from the outer lateral surface of the central body. In each blade the direction...

20060070924 - Multi-stage screening apparatus screen basket and method for screening pulp suspensions: Screening apparatus for screening pulp suspensions is disclosed comprising a screen basket dividing the interior of the housing into a central chamber and a single outer annular chamber. The suspension is supplied to one of the outer and central chambers, so that an accept fraction passes through the screen, while...

20060070925 - Self-propelled screening apparatus: A self-propelled screening apparatus (1) having a chassis (11); a pair of endless tracks (12) supporting the chassis (11); a superstructure (13) rotatably mounted on the chassis (11); a prime mover provided in or on the superstructure (13) and arranged to provide motive power to operate the endless tracks (12)...

20060070926 - Screen design for screen cylinder of headbox: The screen cylinder of the invention comprises a supporting bar and a plurality of screen wires. The supporting bar has a predefined thickness and has a plurality of troughs arranged thereon with equal spacing, wherein each trough has a convex therein. The screen wire has an inset end and an...

20060070927 - Bun laner: A bun laner sorts buns into a predetermined number of lanes, for providing buns to a packaging unit. The bun laner detects when some lanes are filling faster than other and closes those lanes while the other lanes fill. A vacuum may be used to hold buns in a filled...

20060070928 - Method and apparatus for identifying and sorting objects: A system of identifying and/or sorting of matter including an advancing device (101) for advancing the matter, a radiation emitting device (107) serving to emit radiation which is varied by the advancing matter, a detecting arrangement (103) serving to detect the varied radiation, and an analysing arrangement (106) serving to...

20060070929 - System and method for dynamic allocation for bin assignment: A sorting device and method for dynamically allocating bins to objects such as mail pieces. The device has at least one reading device for reading delivery information of objects and a conveying system which transports the objects. At least one feeder inducts the objects onto the conveying system. A plurality...

20060070930 - System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recycling: A carpet disposal system, comprising: a collector collecting carpet, the carpet collecting performed by a collection agent, the collection agent having a unique identifier; an assigner assigning the collection agent unique identifier to the collected carpet; a transporter transporting the uniquely identified carpet to a processing plant; an identifier identifying...

20060070931 - Method for determining performance values, which refer to multiple withdrawals, of a sorting machine and of a detector for detecting these multiple withdrawals: Firstly, a fan sorting pass is carried out during which a postal article, which is removed from a stack, or a multiple withdrawal is to be distributed one after another in m, m=1 passes at P sorting terminals of the sorting machine. The number m of passes is selected according...

20060070932 - Method and device to separate particles from a mixture: Method and device to separate particles from a mixture consisting of particles, the mixture being capable of moving along for a distance along the guiding surface (1,19,30) installed in an inclining position and past the discharge point (3) may be selectively collected by means of a number of collecting units...

20060070933 - Recovery of reprocessable medical devices in a sharps container: A recovery device and method of use ensure that any reprocessable medical device that has been disposed of in a sharps container is recovered, cleaned, sterilized, and repackaged for reuse. In one embodiment, a sharps container and sorting surface are manipulated to rotate together and independently, so that the content...

20060070934 - Recovery of reprocessable medical devices in a sharps container: Reprocessable medical devices that have been disposed of in a sharps container are recovered, disinfected or sterilized, sorted, and packed for reprocessing in a generally continuous process. In one embodiment, either a sharps container or at least a portion of its contents is successively and controllably conveyed, either manually or...