Patents by Inventor Nicholas Mark Alford

Nicholas Mark Alford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Magnetic separators
    Patent number: 7073668
    Abstract: A magnetic separator includes a chamber 11 having inlets and outlets 12, 13 which together define a flow path 14. Axially extending tubes 15 are disposed in an array around the cross-section of the chamber 11 and the perforated baffle plate 18 divides the chamber 11 into top and bottom components 16, 17. Each tube contains a magnetic shuffle 19, which can be moved up and down the tube between separator and release positions using a pneumatic control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Cross Manufacturing Company (1938) Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Mark Alford, William Frederick Smith-Haddon
  • Magnetic separators
    Publication number: 20040035760
    Abstract: This invention relates to magnetic separators and in a particular embodiment the separator includes a chamber 11 having inlets and outlets 12, 13 which together define a flow path 14. Axially extending tubes 15 are disposed in an array around the cross-section of the chamber 11 and the perforated baffle plate 18 divides the chamber 11 into top and bottom compartments 16, 17. Each tube contains a magnetic shuttle 19, which can be moved up and down the tube between separator and release positions using a pneumatic control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Nicholas Mark Alford, William Frederick Smith-Haddon