Classifying, separating, and assorting solids inventions 01/08

20080023374 - Method and apparatus for separating residues: The apparatus further comprises one suction line (6) as well as an inlet opening for a gas that may be passed between the plates for wind sieving. Residues or slag from a waste treatment plant or an incineration plant are supplied to this apparatus in order to separate them into... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080023375 - Portable screening machine: A portable screening trommel having a chassis, at least one wheel assembly at a rear portion of the chassis, a hopper for receiving a material, a rotary trommel being chain driven at a discharge end and which receives the material from a feed conveyor beneath the hopper, a first product... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080023376 - Method and apparatus for separating fine particulate matter from other materials: A method and apparatus for separating fine particulate matter from debris and bulk material is presented which includes a frame, a screen connected to the frame that is adjustable in height relative to the frame at one of its ends, a removable trough positioned near the back end of the... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080023377 - Dycon gravity mineral recovery apparatus and process: A gravity mineral recovery apparatus and process uses stratification to separate the relatively heavier valuable particulates from the lighter tailings in ore. A housing holds a process chamber therein, the chamber capable of oscillating within the housing. Ore is gravity fed into the process chamber and falls toward the bottom... Agent: Peter Loffler

20080023378 - Folding carton delivery system: A system for handling cut and creased folding carton blanks and delivering the blanks to a collecting conveyor with limited impact includes a lane adjustment section aligning the lanes, an accumulator section forming batches and a slow-down section. The lane adjustment section includes transfer assemblies each having a variable speed... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Patent Docketing

20080023379 - Media separation systems and methods: A media separator system includes a first and a second portion of a media separator device, a projection, a handle, at least one of a retention device, and a storage container, wherein the first and second portion of the media separator device, the handle and the at least one of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080023380 - Particle separation apparatus and method: A particle separation apparatus includes a base, a disc-shaped container rotatable on the base at a constant speed and a suspension supply tank for separating in the container particles contained in a suspension supplied from the tank according to specific gravities or particle diameters of the particles. The container includes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080017552 - Modified amine-aldehyde resins and uses thereof in separation processes: Modified resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These modified resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants in the beneficiation of many types of materials (e.g., mineral and metal ores), including the beneficiation... Agent: Patent Group Ga30-43

20080017553 - 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... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080017554 - Vibratory sand reclaiming apparatus having normal and reject modes: An attrition mill for reclaiming foundry sand from deposited material having lumps of used foundry sand and included material includes a housing defining a chamber for receiving the lumps of used foundry sand and included material. A base is disposed within the housing and has an elevated end defining a... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080017555 - Sieve and pan cleaner device: A sieve box for the particle separation process is composed of a box with a pan, a mesh covering, and at least one cleaning device. The cleaning device serves a dual purpose brushes or knobs bounce against the mesh covering while the leg portion continually moves particulate in the pan.... Agent: Deborah E. Morrow

20080017556 - Multiple illumination sources to level spectral response for machine vision camera: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a camera and a group of light emitting diodes configured and arranged to illuminate an object imaged by the camera. The group of LEDs comprises at least one first LED of a first type that emits light with a first spectrum profile and at... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080017557 - System and method for sorting larvae cocoons: A cocoon sorting system sorts cocoons with healthy larvae therein, for example healthy leafcutter bee cells, from those with non-healthy larvae therein. The system conveys cocoons through a target scanning area on a conveyor where an x-ray source directs x-rays at the cocoons in the target scanning area. An opposing... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080011650 - Magnetic separation method: A magnetic separator for a mineral feed comprising, a rotatable drum having an attraction surface, an inlet for receiving a stream of the mineral feed and directing it past the rotating drum, means for generating a magnetic field to attract magnetic components in the feed to the attraction surface, a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080011651 - Screen panel: A method and apparatus for altering the reflectivity of a screen when light is supplied to a portion of the screen is disclosed. The orientation and shape of wires disposed on at least one bar of the screen is controlled to alter the reflectivity of the screen. Also provided is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080011652 - Screen assembly for separating material according to particle size: The present invention provides a screen assembly having a base, a screen box having a screen medium and a pair of mutually opposed bearings, a shaft having a pair of eccentric journals that are rotatably supported in the respective pair of mutually opposed bearings, and at least one articulated suspension... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20080011653 - Mail sorter, method, and software product for a two-step and one-pass sorting algorithm: A sorter, method, and software product are used for sorting objects into a sequence of destination addresses, in at most a single pass through the sorter. In a first stage of the single pass through the sorter, the objects are sorted into a plurality of batches corresponding to groups of... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080011654 - Mail processing system with radiation filtering: A mail processing system with a UV imaging subsystem that uses radiation filtering for improved reliability in processing mail. The UV imaging subsystem has one or more filters, such as a short pass filter between a UV radiation source and a mailpiece under examination or long pass filter between the... Agent: Lockheed Martin Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080006562 - System for controlling the level of potential pollutants in a waste treatment plant: The invention is an apparatus and method for on-line sorting of waste matter, at the entrance to a waste processing plant, according to the level of specific chemicals, typically chlorine detected therein. The apparatus comprises a waste matter inlet that provides waste matter to a weighing module, preferably until a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080006563 - Apparatus and methods for filtering granular solid material: Apparatuses for screening granular solid particulate material include a generally planar first screen and a second screen. A plurality of apertures extends through the first screen. At least a portion of the second screen is oriented at an angle to the first screen, and apertures extend through a perforated region... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C./ Alliant Tech Systems

20080006564 - Apparatus and method for detecting positions of stack guide and stack roller: An apparatus for detecting the positions of a stack guide and a stack roller includes a stack roller positioned below a feed roller to come in contact with the outer periphery of the feed roller so that a plurality of wings thereof pushes the end of paper money to be... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080006565 - Waste separation apparatus: Disclosed is a waste separation apparatus comprising a vortex initiator (10) and a vortex generator (20). The vortex generator (20) is arranged to direct the airflow from the vortex initiator (10) towards the waste to be separated. The airflow is used to separate less dense waste from more dense waste.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP