Classifying, separating, and assorting solids inventions 03/08

20080073251 - System and process for reclaiming and recycling plastic: A process for reclaiming and recycling plastic from discarded articles includes dividing discarded materials into a plurality of pieces by mechanical force, removing relatively non-magnetic pieces from the plurality of pieces, separating out relatively heavy pieces from the non-magnetic pieces, segregating relatively non-conductive pieces from the relatively heavy pieces, and... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080073252 - Electrophotographic developing carrier, associated apparatus and methodology of classification and application: A vibrating sieve for classifying a particulate material, including an oscillator comprising a transducer; and at least two meshes layered together and located in contacting relation to a transducer, wherein a lowermost mesh receiving a vibration from the transducer transmits the vibration to an uppermost mesh to classify the particulate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080073253 - Smoking article component transfer device and method: Described herein is a method and apparatus for transferring rods, or tubes, comprising feeding a plurality of rods into a hopper, feeding the rods through a hopper using agitation and gravity to align the rods in a single-file stacked configuration, and transferring the rods with pushers on a continuous cable... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080073254 - High capacity length grading machine: A liftings trough for mounting in an interior space of a rotatable member of a length grading machine is defined by walls that are contoured to provide a maximum clearance between the mounted trough and an inlet opening through which grain flows into the interior space of the rotatable member,... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080067111 - 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... Agent: Mark L. Watson Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080067112 - Methods for the recovery of molybdenum: A method for the recovery of molybdenum from an ore that includes a molybdenum-bearing mineral, such as molybdenite. The ore is treated to recover metal values from the ore, such as base metals, by utilizing a depressant to depress the flotation of the molybdenite. The tailings, which can include insoluble... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080067113 - Sifting screen and method of manufacture: A sifting screen and method of manufacturing such a screen. Segments of the screen are provided with a unique cross-sectional structure to afford various desirable characteristics to such an implement. The cross section includes, typically, a wire frame, a hard plastic encapsulation layer and an elastomeric outer layer.... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080067114 - Separator card for mailpiece handling equipment: A system and method for separating batches of mail in a mailpiece sorter. The system employs a card stock interposed between batches of mail, which card stock includes a ferromagnetic symbology disposed on a face surface of the card stock. An inductive proximity detector is employed to scan the ferromagnetic... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080067115 - Apparatus and methods for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software: Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software. In one embodiment, a mail processing device uses the sorter application software to communicate with an identification code server. In this embodiment, different types of mail processing devices... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080060979 - Apparatus and method for separating materials: A material separator for separating at least two different materials of differing densities and/or sizes of particles. The material separator generally includes a tank containing a flocculent, a circulation system for circulating flocculent within the tank and a pair of conveyors for moving two different materials out of the tank.... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080060980 - Mail sorting machine expansion with direction-reversing elevating conveyor: A system and method for sorting flat articles includes a first tier of a plurality of sorting stations, a second tier of plurality of sorting stations disposed generally over the first tier; a first tier transport section typically including a plurality of conveyor belts and rollers with the conveyor belts... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20080060981 - Sorting installation and sorting method for letters and large letters: A sorting installation for letters of a first kind and letters of a second kind includes circulating stacking locations for receiving the letters of the first kind delivered in any desired sequence, and circulating end locations ordered by destination addresses. A first controller is operable to transfer a letter of... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080053874 - Pulper with screen plate having maximum defibering edges: A screening machine for a fiber suspension includes a vessel; a rotor disposed within the vessel; and a screen plate positioned in stationary opposition to the rotor. The screen plate includes a plurality of substantially parallel first grooves extending in a first direction and a plurality of substantially parallel second... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080053875 - Document sorting machine: A document feeder system for use in a document sorting apparatus is disclosed. The document feeder system comprises upper and lower portions, each having respective feeder elements for feeding documents from a hopper, the upper and lower portions being movable relative to one another between a feeding position, in which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080053876 - Chip sorting and stacking devices: Chip sorting devices include a rotatable disc having a plurality of wells for receiving chips therein, a plurality of channels for holding stacks of chips, at least one ejector for ejecting chips from the wells of the disc into the channels, and at least one removal lever associated with at... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C. /shuffle Master

20080053877 - Mechanical separator: A mechanical separator having a primary frame, a tray frame linked to the primary frame, and an oscillator linked to the tray frame for imparting relatively short period reciprocating and/or orbital motion thereto. The tray frame includes a plurality of tines preferably rigidly linked at their proximal ends to one... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080053878 - In-feed distributing unit: The present invention relates to an in-feed distributing unit for distributing an uneven stream of individual elongated objects prior to be grading.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP