Classifying, separating, and assorting solids inventions 09/08

20080230446 - Method for treating dust and devices for carrying out this method: A method for treating dust including: separating, in a vacuum cleaner, the dust into at least two fractions which differ in at least one of a size and a mass of particles of the dust; and adding a dust-binding agent to at least a first of the fraction.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080230447 - Method and apparatus for froth washing in floatation: A method and apparatus for introducing wash water into a flotation froth in a flotation separation system, where the wash water is injectioned into the froth in the form of a horizontal sheet of water. The sheet is typically formed by impinging a downwardly directed liquid jet issuing from a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080230448 - Method and apparatuses for screening: A screening machine includes wall members, a screen assembly, and a compression assembly. The screen assembly includes a frame with a plurality of side members and a screen supported by the frame. The compression assembly is attached to at least one wall member and forms the screen assembly into a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080230449 - System and method for full escort mixed mail sorter using mail clamps: A sorting system accepts a group of mail pieces at a loading station, sorts them, and then moves them to an unloading station. The system includes a reader for retrieving delivery information associated with each mail piece, and also includes clamps dimensioned for receipt of a mail piece into each... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080223758 - Treatment of plastic waste: From one aspect, there is provided a method of treating a volume of plastics waste, the method including providing a volume of plastics waste comprising one of more plastics types, the or each plastics types having a melting point and a flash point and providing a heating zone having an... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080223759 - Housing for a particulate material dedusting apparatus: A compact housing for a dedusting apparatus utilizes a magnetic flux field to disrupt the static charge attracting dust particles to product particles, which along with fluidization and counter current airflow principles that are proven to dislodge dust particles from the product, provides a highly efficient, compact deduster. The housing... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC

20080223760 - Sieve apparatus and method for use of same: The present invention describes an apparatus and a method of screening a material containing a solid and fluid, where the material is placed on an upper side of a screen element (3, 5), the material at least being acted on by vibrations produced by at least one acoustic sound source... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20080223762 - Material separator: An apparatus and method for separating material are described. A material separator may comprise a frame. The frame may comprise a base supporting a slanted grate deck. The base may comprise two upright back supports, one extending upward at a back end of one sidewall and the other extending upward... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080223761 - Sealing mechanism and associated sealing method for screening machines: A screening machine includes a vibratory carrier and a vibratory drive operatively coupled to the vibratory carrier for imparting vibratory motion thereto. The screening machine includes a screen assembly selectively coupled to the vibratory carrier so that the vibratory motion is transmitted to the screen assembly. A sealing mechanism including... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080223763 - Material separator: An apparatus and method for separating material are described. A material separator may comprise a frame. The frame may comprise a base supporting a slanted grate deck. The base may comprise two upright back supports. The slanted grate deck may comprise: an upper end member coupled to and separating upper... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080223764 - Material separator: An apparatus and method for separating material are described. A material separator may comprise a frame. The frame may comprise a base supporting a slanted grate deck. The base may comprise a front wall and two opposing side walls and a suspended deck support positioned below and separated a predetermined... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080223765 - Material separator: An apparatus and method for separating material are described. A material separator may include a frame. At least a portion of the frame may be filled with a vibration dampening material.... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080223766 - Material separator: An apparatus and method for separating material are described. A material separator may comprise a frame. The frame may comprise a base supporting a slanted grate deck. A reducer grate deck may be removably and pivotally coupled to the slanted grate deck. The reducer grate deck may comprise at least... Agent: Booth Udall, PLC

20080223767 - Selection and bundling apparatus for random length materials: An apparatus for selecting and sorting a plurality of random length boards to form at least one row of boards having a total length within a predetermined target length range includes a measurement section operative to measure the length of each board and a sorting section which includes a sorting... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs Patent Attorney

20080223768 - Vacuum suction transport carriage for a selection and bundling apparatus for random length materials: A vacuum suction transport carriage includes a movably mounted carriage body, a vacuum suction generating device and a vacuum picker apparatus mounted on the carriage body, the vacuum picker apparatus including a main frame and at least two vacuum bar assemblies mounted on the main frame. These each include extension... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080223769 - Method of singulating articles in a transport system: In a method of singulating pockets in a mail processing system to extract mail items from the pockets, a first guide is provided within an extraction are. A second guide carrying a predetermined number of pockets is coupled to the first guide, wherein the pockets are arranged in series on... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080223770 - Apparatus and method for separating plastic film from waste: In an apparatus for separating plastic film material from waste, a plurality of hooks is mounted on a hook carrier for circulating the hooks along a trajectory through an engagement area near a supply track and through a disengagement area downstream of the engagement area. The engagement area is located... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080217213 - Material separator systems: A vehicle for separating a mixed debris stream is disclosed. The vehicle includes an elongate vehicle frame; a separating structure mounted on the vehicle frame and configured to contact the mixed debris stream with a fluid stream at a contact region to separate the mixed debris stream into at least... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080217214 - Papermaking screen device: A papermaking screen device includes a tank for receiving a papermaking material, the tank having an inlet, a refining outlet, a foreign material outlet, a first chamber and a second chamber formed outside the first chamber; a cylindrical screen provided inside the tank and dividing the tank into the first... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080217215 - Material separator: An apparatus and method for separating material are described. A material separator may comprise a frame. The frame may comprise a base supporting a slanted grate deck. The base may comprise a front wall and two opposing side walls and at least one seating member coupled to and extending upwardly... Agent: Booth Udall, Plc

20080217216 - Apparatus for transferring products: The invention relates to an apparatus for removing undesirable products, for instance eggs or fruits, from a stream of products which are fed in at least one single row on well-defined positions of an endless feed conveyor, for instance lying on rollers of a roller conveyor, and which are transferred... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20080217217 - Device and system for use in imaging particulate matter: A system for capturing multiple images of an object, the system including: means, in communication with a source of objects, for delivering an object into an image capture zone whereby the object passes through a predetermined point in space within the image capture zone; a first image capture device located... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20080217218 - Shuffling apparatus and method: A card shuffling device reads suit and value of individual cards that are moved through the card shuffler. Reading of the cards is effected after cards have been received into a card holding area and before cards have been delivered into a card collection area from which cards are removed... Agent: Mark A&#x3e Litman And Associates, P.a. York Business Center

20080217219 - Screening apparatus, in particular, a specific resonance screening apparatus for hard-to-separate crude oil sand mixtures: c

20080210603 - Drive for vibratory screening device: A screening mechanism may include a drive motor, a vibratory drive assembly, a driven mechanism, and a belt assembly. The drive motor may be drivingly engaged with a motor hub. The vibratory drive assembly may include a shaft assembly having a first driven hub fixed thereto. The driven mechanism may... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080210604 - Article having a circuit soldered with parts and method for recycling wastes of the same: The disclosure provides an article having a circuit mounted with parts characterized by comprising an electronic part soldered with a lead free solder and having an identification marking indicating no inclusion of lead and an electrical appliance including the same. The present invention also provides a recycling method of wastes... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080210605 - Apparatus and method for depositing various kinds of paper media: An apparatus of controlling reception of various kinds of paper media includes a reception unit to allow the various kinds of paper media to be received, a pick-up unit to pick up the paper media from the reception unit one sheet by one sheet, a transport unit to transport the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.