Patents Assigned to Broadview Group LLC
  • Patent number: 7497335
    Abstract: Hydrogravity separation of a multiple domain solid feedstock is disclosed which comprises granulating the feedstock to produce particles each of substantially a single domain, with each type of particle having a different density. The particles are slurried into a suitable fluid. A dispersion mixer having a high shear and/or turbulent zone is utilized to disperse agglomerated particles and a quiescent hydrogravity tank is utilized to effect binary separation of the mixture of particles into a stream with a higher average specific gravity, and a stream with a lower average specific gravity. A high degree of product purity is obtained by feeding one or both of the initial product streams to a collection of dispersion mixer/hydrogravity tank units using a fluid of substantially the same specific gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Broadview Group LLC
    Inventors: Joseph E. Bork, Stephen C. Paspek, Jr., Alan Schroeder