| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 209010000 | TREATMENT SUBSEQUENT | 33 |
| 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. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090145812 | Screening device - The invention relates to a screening device consisting of an elongated comb comprising several flexible combs arranged in parallel. The invention is characterised in that the combs are provided with angular or rounded sections, which form a grid that defines the particle size of the screened material. The invention also relates to a roller crusher comprising a screening device of the aforementioned type. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20100044279 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SAND FROM A MANURE SLURRY - A separation apparatus (A) separates particulates such as sand from a slurry of water/sand/manure. Particularly, passage ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100051513 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING OF ITEMS - A method and system for the processing of items that are supplied to a batching apparatus, where the batching apparatus comprises at least one handling means of the robotic type. By means of the batching apparatus a first process is performed, according to which items are selectively batched in consideration of measured, detected and/or estimated data for the individual items and in consideration of at least one predefined criterion. Particular items are identified and led to another process, the particular items being items that are deviant in relation to one or more predefined parameter(s) relating to the batching and/or items that have not been selected to be batched during the first process. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110011774 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS - A banknote handling apparatus | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110089086 | REDUCING THE CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS IN RECOVERED PLASTICS - A method for reducing the content of a heavy metal in a mixture of solid plastic materials, wherein the mixture includes plastic flakes and there are at least two different colors of plastic flakes in the mixture. A percentage of each of two or more colors of flakes in the mixture is determined. A heavy metal content in the mixture based on the determined percentages is predicted. Whether the predicted content of the heavy metal in the mixture exceeds a pre-determined threshold is determined. If the predicted content exceeds the pre-determined threshold, a color sorting step is performed to obtain a subset of the mixture of plastic flakes, wherein the subset of the mixture of plastic flakes has a lower heavy metal content than the mixture prior to the color sorting step. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110100881 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ARTICLES OF DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS - An apparatus and a method stand up and process articles of different dimensions, in particular flat mail items. A conveying device transports articles to an up-ending apparatus. The up-ending apparatus transports the articles further and, in the process, up-ends the articles such that the up-ended articles stand on an edge. Up-ended articles are transported to a separating apparatus. The separating apparatus separates flat articles such that a stream of upright, spaced-apart articles leaves the separating apparatus. Up-ended and separated articles are transported to a format-separating device. The format-separating device divides the articles as a function of the dimensions thereof into article classes such that all of the articles of a set of articles belong to the same format class. All of the articles of a set of articles are transported as a stream of upright and spaced-apart articles to an appropriate processing device. The processing device processes the articles. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120012508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING PARTICLES - A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The particle sorting system may further include a buffer for absorbing the pressure pulse. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The particle sorting system may comprise a multi-stage sorting device for serially sorting streams of particles, in order to decrease the error rate. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120168354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING WASTES - A method for sorting wastes wherein waste or recyclable material is supplied in carrier bags. A sorting apparatus includes a conveyor provided for receiving the carrier bags for separation from each other by guiding the carrier bags into containers according to an allotment. An RFID identifier is connected to each carrier bag. A closing member is provided with the RFID identifier in closing, or as verification of closing. At least one sensor is utilized on the basis of the information read from the RFID identifier of the closing member. At least one handling device, such as a robot, is provided wherein the at least one handling device is controlled to transfer the carrier bags to be sorted from the conveyor into the different allotments on the basis of the information given by the RFID identifiers. The invention also relates to an apparatus. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120211403 | METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING MAGNETICALLY SEPARATED COMPONENTS FROM ORE SUSPENSIONS AND FOR REMOVING SAID COMPONENTS FROM A MAGNETIC SEPARATOR AT A LOW LOSS RATE - The present invention relates to a process for separating magnetic constituents from an aqueous dispersion comprising these magnetic constituents and nonmagnetic constituents by passing the aqueous dispersion through a reactor space in which the aqueous dispersion is separated by means of a magnet installed on the outside of the reactor space into at least one stream I comprising the magnetic constituents and at least one stream II comprising the nonmagnetic constituents, wherein the magnetic constituents in stream I are treated with a flushing stream, a reactor comprising a reactor space, at least one magnet installed on the outside of the reactor space, at least one inlet, at least one outlet for a stream I and at least one outlet for a stream II and at least one facility for treating stream I with a flushing stream, and also the use of this reactor in the process of the invention. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120267287 | SCREENING METHODS AND APPARATUS - An apparatus ( | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130112598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING DRILL CUTTINGS FROM DRILLING FLUIDS - A system and method for separating two or more materials, such as a solid from a liquid, or a solid from a slurry, are provided. An exemplary system and method tor separating drill cuttings from drilling fluids are provided, as well as a system and method of processing such separated drill cuttings. In another implementation, a system and method is provided for separating gold (or another mineral, element, or solid) from a slurry or liquid that includes mining cuttings. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130134072 | INSPECTION SYSTEM - An inspection system is configured for use with a conveyer apparatus including carrier bars. Each carrier bar conveys pellet-shaped articles along a predetermined path. The inspection system includes at least one camera unit for sensing a predetermined characteristic of the pellet-shaped articles, a removal unit, and a controller. The removal unit, downstream from the at least one camera unit, removes selected pellet-shaped article(s) from the carrier bar(s) depending on whether the characteristic is sensed by the at least one camera unit. The controller is in communication with the at least one camera unit and the removal unit. The controller provides a signal to the removal unit in accordance with the sensed characteristic. The removal unit includes a rotatable ejection drum having extended vacuum nozzles along its length, equal to the number of articles conveyed in each carrier bar. Each vacuum nozzle selectively removes article(s) from the carrier bar(s) by suction. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130180892 | MACHINE FOR COLLECTING AND SORTING WASTE - The invention concerns a machine for collecting and sorting waste comprising a frame ( | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130199970 | SEPARATION APPARATUS AND METHODS OF SEPARATING MAGNETIC MATERIAL - A separation apparatus comprises a base defining a mounting surface with a length and a width. The separation apparatus further includes a pair of clamps configured for toolless operation. The pair of clamps are spaced apart from one another along the length of the mounting surface and configured to inhibit a movement of the sample plate relative to the mounting surface. In further examples, methods of separating a magnetic material within containment areas of a sample plate are provided including the step of clamping a first edge portion of the sample plate with the spring clip and clamping a second edge portion of the sample plate with a jaw mechanism. The method further includes the step of inverting the base together with the sample plate such that liquid drains from the containment areas while magnetic material remains in the containment areas under the influence of respective magnets. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130233773 | MODULARIZED MAGNET SEPARATION UNIT - A modular magnetic separation apparatus set has a processing capacity increased by increasing the number of the unit modules of the magnetic separation apparatus set, being suitable for all enrichment processes of magnetic minerals. One modular unit is defined with a separation wheel and its two neighboring magnet-concentration cores and two corresponding excitation coils and a charging hopper and a discharging hopper of magnetic materials, each unit being combined of multiple identical modular units. The modular magnetic separation apparatus solves the conflicts between the transportation of apparatus after the enlargement and the height and width restrictions on general roads, including more reasonable conditions for separate transportation. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130306524 | UNDERWATER GOLD PROCESSING MACHINE - A remotely controlled submersible gold ore processor operated on the ocean floor for the off-shore mining of fine gold in shallow to moderate depth water. This remotely-operated gold processor is powered by multiple hydraulic motors, with each motor performing its assigned duty, while the gold processor is driven along the ocean floor. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130334107 | APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE-FRIENDLY SEPARATION OF MAGNETIC PARTICLES FROM NON-MAGNETIC PARTICLES - The present invention relates to an apparatus for separating magnetic particles from a dispersion comprising these magnetic particles and non-magnetic particles, comprising at least one loop-like canal forming 90 to 350° of a circular arc through which the dispersion flows, at least one magnet that is movable alongside the canal and which forces the magnetic particles into at least one first outlet, and at least one second outlet through which the non-magnetic particles are forced, wherein the apparatus further comprises at least one first means for treating the dispersion or a part of the dispersion with a hydrophilic liquid and at least one second means for treating the dispersion or a part of the dispersion with a hydrophobic liquid. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of the apparatus according to the present invention for separating magnetic particles from a dispersion, comprising these magnetic particles and non-magnetic particles. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140054202 | PROCESSING OF WASTE INCINERATION ASHES - The invention relates to a method for processing waste incineration ashes (A), in particular domestic waste incineration ashes (HMVA), in which the ashes are classified into a plurality of fractions of different grain size distributions in a processing plant ( | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140209515 | Blended Regolith Simulant Material and Method of Making the Material - A method includes the steps of blending a first part comprising a low-density fine particulate material additive with a second part comprising original regolith simulant material for producing a lower bulk density blended regolith simulant material having gravity-driven flow properties that resemble those that the original regolith material would have under a reduced gravity of a target extraterrestrial body. The blended regolith simulant material includes one part by volume of original regolith simulant material to N parts by volume of a low-density fine particulate material additive, where N is generally greater than one less than the ratio of the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the earth to the gravitational acceleration on the surface of the target extraterrestrial body. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140305847 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMBINING CARDS AND CARD SUPPORTS, FOR HANDLING CARDS AND/OR FOR SORTING CARDS FROM CARD HOLDERS - A device and a method for sorting cards, has a card supply, a card output and an intermediate memory with addressable intermediate memory locations. A device for combining cards and card supports and/or for sorting and/or handling cards use a card-specific database containing information sorted according to types and styles of cards, and uses visual information and/or location information relating to assemblies of the card of at least one card type and/or a card style. The device has a reversible intermediate memory with at least one intermediate storage station. The database contains card-specific information relating to a stored card in the intermediate memory location, and a magazine for cards with at least one input and/or output and having a card memory having a plurality of card locations. The card locations relative to the input and/or output can be displaced by a drive. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140353217 | AGGREGATE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES AND APPARATUS - A device, method, and system for analyzing aggregate are described. An exemplary device may include a housing with one or more grading screens. Aggregate and liquid may be received by a port within the housing. The liquid and any suspended fines, after passing through the one or more grading screens and aggregate, may be received into an observation container for observing the clarity of the liquid. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140360924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING SERIALIZED GOODS - In some embodiments, aggregated serialized goods may be loaded into the serialization/aggregation system via a conveyor, and the aggregated serialized goods may be scanned and authenticated. The aggregated serialized goods that are determined to be authentic may be diverted to at least one aggregation line, where the aggregated serialized goods may be bundled. The serialization/aggregation system may be adjustable, and may be easily converted to accept items of various shapes and sizes. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150083646 | DIMENSIONALLY CONTROLLED 'ENGINEERED POLYMER BUBBLE' FOR FLOTATION SEPARATION - Apparatus is provided featuring a first and second cells. The first cell receives an ore slurry having mineral particles of interest, receives unexpanded polymer microspheres comprising a surface having mineral collector chemistry attached thereto with molecules for attaching the mineral particles of interest, causes the unexpanded polymer microspheres to expand substantially in volume into expanded polymer microspheres having a substantially increased sphere surface area, and provides an expanded polymer microsphere foam layer comprising the expanded polymer microspheres with attached mineral particles of interest. The second cell receives the expanded polymer microsphere foam layer, and causes the expanded polymer microspheres to collapse substantially in volume into collapsed polymer microspheres having a substantially reduced sphere surface area that results in a mechanical shearing off of the attached mineral particles of interest. The second cell may also provide a mineral concentrate output having the mineral particles of interest. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150114887 | APPARATUS FOR PREWASHING COMMINUTED PLASTIC PARTS - An apparatus for prewashing comminuted plastic parts and for separating heavy materials or mineral constituents such as sand, silt, etc., comprises a material feed ( | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150122705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING AND UPGRADING MINED MATERIAL - A method of sorting a parcel of ore comprising the steps of first sorting the parcel of ore into one of at least two grades based on a characteristic of the parcel of ore, and a second sorting step wherein the parcel of ore is further sorted. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150314332 | SORTING MINED MATERIAL - A method of sorting fragments of mined material that includes valuable and non-valuable materials is disclosed. The method comprising heating the fragments by heating selected materials within the fragments and thermally analysing fragments of the mined material to determine the temperature of each fragment. The method further comprises sorting fragments on the basis of the thermal analysis to separate fragments having a temperature within a temperature band defined by a range between an upper temperature limit and a lower temperature limit from fragments having a temperature outside the temperature band. The upper and lower temperature limits are selected to identify fragments as containing an amount of valuable material that is economically viable to extract based on the fragment temperature. Also disclosed are an apparatus for sorting mined material and a method of recovering valuable material by sorting in according with the sorting method. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150321202 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLOTATION IN A FLUIDIZED BED - Separation of hydrophobic particles from a mixture of particles in a fluid is performed by providing a fluidized bed as a relatively non-turbulent contacting mechanism in a flotation cell incorporating a settling chamber located immediately above the fluidized bed. Hydrophobic particles attach to bubbles in the fluidized bed and rise to the interface with the settling chamber where non-hydrophobic particles flow over the lip of an internal launder and are removed as tailings at. The hydrophobic particles attached to bubbles float upwardly in the relatively placid settling chamber where unwanted gangue can fall back to interface. The bubbles form a froth layer at the upper surface of the settling chamber, and flow over the launder lip carrying the hydrophobic particles. An operation of the apparatus is kept stable by recirculating fluid from the settling chamber via pip and pump to mix with new feed entering at duct. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150344980 | HIDE SORTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for sorting hides are provided. In particular, one or more embodiments comprise a tanning control system that enhances the traceability of hides by capturing and utilizing data related to the unloading, tanning, sorting, and packaging of hides. Furthermore, one or more embodiments enable the tanning control system to improve efficiency by sorting hides based, at least in part, on data generated during prior tanning processes. Additionally, one or more embodiments facilitate the tanning control system in customizing the sorting and packaging of hides based, at least in part, on one or more hide characteristics and/or customer specifications. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160250664 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR MATERIAL SEPARATION | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160252301 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR AIRLOCK-BASED MATERIAL SEPARATION | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253856 | COIN RECOGNITION AND REMOVAL FROM A MATERIAL STREAM | 09-01-2016 |
| 20190143372 | SORTING WASTE MATERIALS | 05-16-2019 |
