Patents by Inventor Earl L. Hacking, Jr.

Earl L. Hacking, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus and method for sorting and recombining minerals into a desired mixture
    Patent number: 7380669
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is employed to create a mixture having a desired composition. A raw material is separated in a pair of density separators into constituent parts. Those parts are then recombined in a desired fashion using a pair of splitters to create an intermediate mixture and delivered to a third density separator. The third density separator processes the intermediate mixture to create a final mixture having the desired composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Inventors: Earl L. Hacking, Jr., Thomas A. Swaninger
  • Apparatus for sorting and recombining minerals background of the invention
    Patent number: 6085912
    Abstract: An apparatus for separating a mixture of mineral particles and recombining the mineral particles in an alterable, controlled fashion to create a plurality of products each having a predetermined, desired particle size distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventors: Earl L. Hacking, Jr., Thomas A. Swaninger