| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 209039000 | Magnetic and fluid suspension | 15 |
| 20090078614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PARTICLES, CELLS, MOLECULES AND PARTICULATES - A method and apparatus for continuously separating or concentrating particles that includes flowing two fluids in laminar flow through a magnetic field gradient which causes target particles to migrate to a waste fluid stream, and collecting each fluid stream after being flowed through the magnetic field gradient. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100072112 | SEPARATION METHOD AND SEPARATION APPARATUS - A separation apparatus contains: a dispersion liquid introduction path to which a dispersion liquid containing particles is introduced; a separation path that has a inclined upper face inclined with respect to a direction of gravity and separates the particles; and a discharge path from which particles separated by the separation path are discharged. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100176035 | Vacumag magnetic separator and process - An apparatus for separating a stream of particles with individual sizes smaller than 300 μm and magnetic properties ranging from collective magnetism as in ferromagnetism to paramagnetism to diamagnetism. The apparatus includes a plurality of stages for separating a stream of particles. The apparatus includes a magnetic component producing a magnetic force associated with each stage. The apparatus includes an aerodynamic component producing an aerodynamic force associated with each stage, where the more magnetic component or components of a feed of particles for each stage is separated and either or both the less magnetic product and the more magnetic product of each stage are the feed for separate succeeding stages with each stage and where the magnetic and aerodynamic forces along with gravimetric forces of each stage are chosen to separate more strongly magnetic particles from less magnetic particles. A method for separating a stream of particles with individual sizes smaller than 300 μm and magnetic properties ranging from collective magnetism as in ferromagnetism to paramagnetism to diamagnetism. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100200471 | SEPARATOR DEVICE - A separator device comprising a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a magnetic separator rod or element being located within the housing to collect and separate from the flow of fluid through the housing magnetic particles carried by the flow of fluid. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110278204 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS ON THE BASIS OF A MUTUAL DIFFERENCE IN DENSITY - The present invention relates to a device for separating solid materials on the basis of a mutual difference in density, wherein the materials to be separated are brought into contact with a magnetic fluid across which fluid a density gradient is generated by means of a magnetic field such that fractions of solid materials of different densities are obtained, said device being provided with a magnet, an inflow chamber, a separation chamber, and means for discharging fractions of solid materials of different densities in separation, wherein the magnetic fluid flows from the inflow chamber to the separation chamber, wherein the magnet is arranged above the separation chamber, and wherein at least one duct for the supply of the solid materials to be separated is located below the inflow chamber and the separation chamber and encloses an angle with the inflow chamber and the separation chamber. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120085684 | Method and Apparatus for Separating a Non-Ferous Metal-Comprising Fraction from Ferrous Scrap - Method for separating a non-ferrous metal-comprising fraction from ferrous scrap, wherein the ferrous scrap is conveyed to a processing device for separating the non-ferrous metal-comprising fraction from the remainder of the ferrous scrap. The processing device supplies a beam of water, and the ferrous scrap is conveyed and released into the waterbeam so as to cause that the ferrous scrap is allowed to fall and move further, subject to the forces of gravity and the waterbeam. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120085685 | Use of an Apparatus for Separating Magnetic Pieces of Material - An apparatus for separating magnetic pieces of scrap-material of a first group from magnetic pieces of scrap-material of a second group, wherein a mixture of pieces of scrap-material from the first group and from the second group is collectively transported with a conveyor to a separating zone, in which separating zone the pieces or scrap-material are subjected to forces induced by a magnetic field and to gravitational forces. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120234731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEDIMENTATION FIELD-FLOW FRACTIONATION - Apparatuses and methods are described for the discrimination of particles using sedimentation field-flow fractionation operating without the use of rotating seals. Multiple lines of fluid and electrical communication are provided through a centrifugation unit comprising a fishhook-shaped umbilical conduit traveling from a stationary frame through a rotating guide frame to the separation channel. Twisting and tangling of the umbilical conduit enclosed communication lines are prevented by rotating the guide frame and separation channel in the same direction about an axis at an angular velocity ratio of 1:2. The design eliminates maintenance problems associated with rotating seals, simplifies channel installation and adjustment, and enables the use of multiple channels and the simultaneous application of multiple modes of field-flow fractionation either in concert or in a two-dimensional format. The design also enables the injector and/or detector to be mounted contiguously with the separation channel on the centrifugal rotor. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20140014559 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURE - Provided are a mixture separation method and a separation apparatus in which agglomeration of particles contained in the mixture is suppressed, energy required in distillation treatment of a supporting liquid is small in comparison with conventional methods, and particles that cannot be separated by conventional methods can be separated from a mixture containing the particles. The separation method and separation apparatus of the present invention separate, by type, a plurality of types of particles formed of mutually different materials by applying a magnetic field having a magnetic field gradient to the mixture containing the plurality of types of particles in the supporting liquid. Alternatively, the separation method and separation apparatus of the present invention separate a specific type of particle from such mixture. The supporting liquid is an organic solvent solution obtained by dissolving one or more types of paramagnetic compounds in an organic solvent. The plurality of types of particles includes particles of an inorganic salt, an organic acid salt, an inorganic oxide or a macromolecular compound. The organic solvent may be selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, nitriles, ketones, esters, amides, sulfoxides, halomethanes and hydrocarbon solvents. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140332449 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATION OF MIXTURE - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for separating a mixture that are capable of separating a mixture containing a plurality types of particles, using a countercurrent classification technique, even when there is little difference in density and particle diameter depending on the types of particles. In the present invention, a mixture containing first particles and second particles is separated using a separation tube | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150307355 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING CARBON NANOTUBES - A process of sorting metallic single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from semiconducting types by disposing the SWNTs in a dilute fluid, exposing the SWNTs to a dipole-inducing magnetic field which induces magnetic dipoles in the SWNTs so that a strength of a dipole depends on a conductivity of the SWNT containing the dipole, orienting the metallic SWNTs, and exposing the SWNTs to a magnetic field with a spatial gradient so that the oriented metallic SWNTs drift in the magnetic field gradient and thereby becomes spatially separated from the semiconducting SWNTs. An apparatus for the process of sorting SWNTs is disclosed. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20160001299 | APPARATUS INCLUDING PLACER-GOLD PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus includes a placer-gold processing system, including: (A) an upstream section; (B) a gold-concentrator assembly being configured to be in fluid communication with the upstream section; (C) a gold-detection assembly being configured to be in fluid communication with the gold-concentrator assembly; and (D) a magnetite-separator assembly being configured to be in fluid communication with the gold-concentrator assembly. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160030948 | MAGNETIC SEPARATION OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL MATERIALS - A process and system for the separation of materials from electrochemical cells is disclosed. Electrode materials are removed from electrochemical cells and separated into constituent active materials using magnetic separation. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160115565 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEMATITE FOR IRONMAKING - A method is provided for separating a leach residue from which a hematite-containing material capable of being used as a raw material for ironmaking can be obtained. A method also is provided for producing hematite for ironmaking from the leach residue. The method utilizes a leach residue as a raw material, the leach residue being obtained from a hydrometallurgical refining plant where a nickel oxide ore treated by a high pressure acid leach process. The method includes, in sequence: a separation step of separating the leach residue into an overflow and an underflow with a wet cyclone; and another separation step of separating the separated overflow into a strong magnetic substance and a weak magnetic substance using magnetic force, wherein a strong-magnetic-field magnetic separator is used in the another separation step using the magnetic force. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20190143373 | SEPARATOR DEVICE AND SHOT PROCESSING APPARATUS | 05-16-2019 |
