Patents Assigned to Process Solutions, Inc.
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Patent number: 11970754Abstract: A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: BEST PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Timothy F. Conway
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Patent number: 11964857Abstract: A lift for elevating an object having a base including two legs, lifting apparatus associated with each leg, vertically telescoping guard elements extending along each leg, the lifting apparatus being arranged to lift an object disposed above a plane between said legs, the guard elements telescoping vertically when the lifting apparatus is deployed to exclude a person's limb from a space above said planes.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: BEST PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Gabor Baranyai
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Patent number: 11629390Abstract: A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Best Process Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Timothy F. Conway
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Patent number: 11596951Abstract: A shaker table for settling randomly oriented items in a generally rectangular container with sidewalls prone to bulge at lower portions thereof, including a pan with a generally horizontal bottom for supporting the container and an underlying pallet while being shaken, a power drive for shaking the pan, container, and pallet, and side restraints limiting lateral movement of the container during shaking movement.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: BEST PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Edward A. Verbos
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Patent number: 11103876Abstract: A system and process for reclaiming metals from bottom ash material comprising a pair of rod mills each having an inlet for receiving material and an outlet for discharging material, the outlet of a first rod mill being connected to the inlet of a second rod mill, said rod mills for inclination and power, a circuit for water flow through the rod mills for flushing crushed material and metal from the rod mills to a screen where metal is separated from minerals and water and a processing device for separating minerals from the water of the screen separated minerals and water.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: BEST PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Timothy F. Conway
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Patent number: 10537825Abstract: A high-pressure pre-heating system is provided for use in a spray dryer system. The high-pressure pre-heating system may include a heat exchanger(s) configured for high-pressure and high velocity product flow, with the heat exchanger(s) preheating liquid product immediately before spray drying. This arrangement reduces heat exposure time of the liquid product that flows at high velocity through the high-pressure heat exchanger(s), which correspondingly reduces the likelihood of fouling surfaces of the heat exchanger(s) or overheating the liquid product.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: Advanced Process Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Daniel S. Csizmadia
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Patent number: 10401212Abstract: An automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus that can be used to feed bulk material into a mixer in order to create a feed mixture for farm animals. The automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus includes a support frame that supports a hopper and an inclined belt conveyor that operate under control of a controller to accurately feed a desired quantity (in weight) of a bulk material item from the hopper to the mixer by forward-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor. Excess bulk material that has been loaded into the hopper (bulk material over the desired quantity in weight) is reclaimed by the controller controlling opening a rear gate of the hopper and reverse-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Innovative Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jeremiah Alexander, Harold Hargreaves Engstrom
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Patent number: 10273559Abstract: A method and apparatus to reclaim metals from scrap material such as automobile shredder residue (ASR) that, after separating out light density components, separates out friable material such as rock and glass by crushing and screening operations to generate a high metal content product.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: BEST PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventor: Timothy F. Conway
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Publication number: 20190033121Abstract: An automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus that can be used to feed bulk material into a mixer in order to create a feed mixture for farm animals. The automated hopper and belt conveyor apparatus includes a support frame that supports a hopper and an inclined belt conveyor that operate under control of a controller to accurately feed a desired quantity (in weight) of a bulk material item from the hopper to the mixer by forward-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor. Excess bulk material that has been loaded into the hopper (bulk material over the desired quantity in weight) is reclaimed by the controller controlling opening a rear gate of the hopper and reverse-direction operation of the inclined belt conveyor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: Innovative Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Jeremiah Alexander, Harold Hargreaves Engstrom
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Patent number: 9050851Abstract: A method is provided for reformulating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry for use in conjunction with a CMP tool having an active cycle during which the tool is being used to planarize a substrate, and a rinse cycle during which the tool is being rinsed. The method comprises (a) receiving a feed stream from the CMP tool, at least a portion of the feed stream comprising abrasive particles disposed in a liquid medium; (b) during at least a portion of the rinse cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a first location; and (c) during at least a portion of the active cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a second location where the feedstream undergoes processing to reformulate the slurry.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Environmental Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Martin Boehm, Shaun C. Bosar, Robert Edward Johnston
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Patent number: 9039902Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Simmons, Gunnar T. Thordarson, James C. Robertson
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Patent number: 8702917Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brent A Simmons, Gunnar T Thordarson, James C. Robertson
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Publication number: 20130306600Abstract: A method is provided for reformulating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry for use in conjunction with a CMP tool having an active cycle during which the tool is being used to planarize a substrate, and a rinse cycle during which the tool is being rinsed. The method comprises (a) receiving a feed stream from the CMP tool, at least a portion of the feed stream comprising abrasive particles disposed in a liquid medium; (b) during at least a portion of the rinse cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a first location; and (c) during at least a portion of the active cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a second location where the feedstream undergoes processing to reformulate the slurry.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: Environmental Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Martin Boehm, Shaun C. Bosar, Robert Edward Johnston
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Patent number: 8557134Abstract: A method is provided for reformulating a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) slurry for use in conjunction with a CMP tool having an active cycle during which the tool is being used to planarize a substrate, and a rinse cycle during which the tool is being rinsed. The method comprises (a) receiving a feed stream from the CMP tool, at least a portion of the feed stream comprising abrasive particles disposed in a liquid medium; (b) during at least a portion of the rinse cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a first location; and (c) during at least a portion of the active cycle, sending the feedstream received from the CMP tool to a second location where the feedstream undergoes processing to reformulate the slurry.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Environmental Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Shaun C. Bosar, Martin Boehm, Robert Edward Johnston
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Publication number: 20110210078Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Brent A. Simmons, Gunnar T. Thordarson, James C. Robertson
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Publication number: 20110210009Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: PROCESS SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Brent A. Simmons, Gunnar T. Thordarson, James C. Robertson
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Patent number: 7897022Abstract: A water treatment system is disclosed having electrolytic cell for liberating hydrogen from a base solution. The base solution may be a solution of brine for generating sodium hypochlorite, or potable water to be oxidized. The cell has first and second opposing electrode endplates held apart from each other by a pair of supports such that the supports enclose opposing sides of the endplates to form a cell chamber. One or more inner electrode plates are spaced apart from each other in the cell chamber in between the first and second electrode plates. The supports are configured to electrically isolate the first and second electrode plates and the inner electrode plates from each other. The first and second electrode plates are configured to receive opposite polarity charges that passively charge the inner electrode plates via conduction from the base solution to form a chemical reaction in the base solution as the base solution passes through the cell chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Brent A. Simmons, Gunnar T. Thordarsonn, James C. Robertson
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Patent number: 5917730Abstract: A computer architecture for executing a simulation model which describes characteristics of a physical system. The computer architecture includes an editor processor that prompts a user to define a graphical object (GO) representing static properties of the physical system, and that prompts the user to define dynamic variables of the physical system. The computer architecture also includes a compiler for binding the dynamic variables of the physical system to a physical data source. The physical data source provides dynamic properties of the physical system over time as values for the dynamic variables. The computer architecture also includes a run time processor that executes the simulation model and displays the graphical object with the dynamic properties of the physical system.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 1996Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: GSE Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Kevin J. Rittie, Michael Chmilewski, Jeff Walsh, Alan MacAnespie
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Patent number: 5583793Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication with a remote device 250 by a node system 200 and a SCADA system 100. The SCADA system 100 communicates with the remote device without protocals or characteristics of the remote device 250 or the communication channel 270 connecting the remote device to the node system. A display 250 may monitor the communication channel 270 and may be remotely located with respect to the node system 200. The node system 200 may schedule the input from the remote device 250 by setting an interval and duration so that the input may be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1996Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: GSE Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Dale A. Gray, Michael Chmilewski, Edward A. Bubnis, Jr., Michael G. Burch, Charles W. Heaps, Robert M. Galante, Keith A. Wancowicz
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Patent number: 5568402Abstract: A method and apparatus for communication with a remote device 250 by a node system 200 and a SCADA system 100. The SCADA system 100 communicates with the remote device without protocals or characteristics of the remote device 250 or the communication channel 270 connecting the remote device to the node system. A display 250 may monitor the communication channel 270 and may be remotely located with respect to the node system 200. The node system 200 may schedule the input from the remote device 250 by setting an interval and duration so that the input may be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 1994Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: GSE Process Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Dale A. Gray, Michael Chmilewski, Edward A. Bubnis, Jr., Michael G. Burch, Charles W. Heaps, Robert M. Galante, Keith A. Wancowicz