Classifying, separating, and assorting solids inventions 06/06

20060124510 - Devices, materials and methods for sorting, separating and sizing very small particles: Advice for sorting separating and sizing very small particles is disclosed and claimed. The device comprises a cryogenic chamber within which particle movement, travel and separation can occur; a particle loading chamber for loading particles into the cryogenic chamber; and a particle collector. Also disclosed and claimed is helium, and...

20060124511 - Optical paper sorting method device and apparatus: An optical paper sorting system uses diffuse reflectance to identify a sheet of paper, conveyed on a conveyor, as either white or groundwood grade. A light source illuminates a sheet of paper and an optical collection system collects and filters the light diffusely reflected from the sheet of paper. The...

20060124512 - System and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter: A method and system for processing of media items includes a separator system feeding a series of media items onto a transport system. The separator system is controlled to feed onto the transport system groups of sequential media items having similar information and to separate and feed onto the transport...

20060124513 - Tray handling system and process: A device and method for sequencing trays includes a tray receiving conveyor and a recirculating conveyor. Trays are placed on the recirculating conveyor and merged with ejected trays into a multiple of sequenced trays at one or more merge locations. The system can include more than one merge location, with...

20060124514 - Progressive modularity assortment system with high and low capacity bins: A modular bin or pocket has an integrated transport assembly and mail piece diverter assembly and is usable in a bin stacker section in mail handling and sorting systems. The modular bin is individually removable, interchangeable and replaceable from the bin stacker sections of the mail processing system to allow...

20060113219 - Method and apparatus for the separation and collection of particles: A separation operation for particles includes loading particles of various sizes and responsive to electromagnetic forces into a starting position upon a separation collection component, sending a first current through a first set of conductors in a first direction drawing a subset of larger particles toward a first adjacent position...

20060113220 - Upflow or downflow separator or shaker with piezoelectric or electromagnetic vibrator: A vibratory separator (in one aspect for treating drilling material) and methods of use, the separator in certain aspects having a base, a basket or box movably mounted on the base, screen apparatus on the basket or box, the material flowing to the screen apparatus for treatment (downflow or upflow),...

20060113221 - Apparatus and method of separating and concentrating organic and/or non-organic material: An apparatus for segregating particulate by density and/or size including a fluidizing bed having a particulate receiving inlet for receiving particulate to be fluidized. The fluidized bed also includes an opening for receiving a first fluidizing stream, an exit for fluidized particulate and at least one exit for non-fluidized particulate....

20060113222 - Mounting apparatus for setting individual articles in a receptacle: The invention relates to a mounting apparatus for setting individual articles in a receptacle, having a sorting unit which has a plurality of storage spaces for accommodating a respective article and cyclically feeds the storage spaces of the sorting unit to a removal position, having a gripping device which removes...

20060113223 - Sorting method and system with dynamically re-allocated sortation bins: A sorter system includes a plurality of sortation bins with a feed path connected to the plurality of sortation bins for transporting media items to destination sortation bins. A controller is connected to control the plurality of sortation bins and is operable during a sortation process to reassign the destination...

20060113224 - Adjustable size sorting apparatus for small produce: The adjustable size sorting apparatus includes a table-like frame and a longitudinally extending sorting conveyer of parallel elastic bands. The top run of the sorting conveyer is divided into two separate sorting areas. The smaller produce falls through the conveyer across the first sorting area and the remaining larger produce...

20060113225 - Separator: A separator for use in conjunction with a grinding mill and mounted in a main body thereof on a rotating vertical separator shaft, comprising two support rings of equal sizes and shapes, mounted on top of each other, having openings surrounded by a plurality of fixing holes; and a plurality...