Patents by Inventor Robin T. Voorhees

Robin T. Voorhees 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).

  • Patent number: 6543709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a classifying mill with a housing configured for containing a stream of particulate material. A particulate material feed inlet is associated with the housing for introducing the particulate material into the housing. A milling assembly is disposed within the housing and configured for grinding the particulate material into fines and oversize particles. A classifier comprising a classifier rotor is disposed within the housing and below the milling assembly. A fines output at the underside of the classifier is configured for extracting the fines from the classifier, and an oversize particle collector at the underside of the classifier is configured for extracting the oversize particles from the housing. The classifying mill is arranged such that the particulate material stream extends downward from the feed inlet, through the milling assembly, and subsequently through the classifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
    Inventors: Ching-Chung Huang, Robin T. Voorhees
  • Patent number: 6443376
    Abstract: The invention relates a pulverizer equipped with a free air purging mechanical seal/classifier design that provides free air purging of the seal gap between the mechanical seal assembly and the classifier. The invention also provides a coarse particle extraction assembly wherein the coarse particles rejected by the classifier can be reliably discharged from the pulverizer or recirculated to the inlet. Furthermore, the rejected coarse particles can be subjected to jet milling and then recirculated. The invention also provides a free air cooling arrangement for cooling both the lower bearing member and the area of the vertical drive shaft where it meets the lower bearing member. The invention also provides an improved feed nozzle for use of the pulverizer in drying applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
    Inventors: Ching-Chung Huang, Qingsheng Lin, Robin T. Voorhees
  • Publication number: 20020092938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a classifying mill with a housing configured for containing a stream of particulate material. A particulate material feed inlet is associated with the housing for introducing the particulate material into the housing. A milling assembly is disposed within the housing and configured for grinding the particulate material into fines and oversize particles. A classifier comprising a classifier rotor is disposed within the housing and below the milling assembly. A fines output at the underside of the classifier is configured for extracting the fines from the classifier, and an oversize particle collector at the underside of the classifier is configured for extracting the oversize particles from the housing. The classifying mill is arranged such that the particulate material stream extends downward from the feed inlet, through the milling assembly, and subsequently through the classifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Ching-Chung Huang, Robin T. Voorhees
  • Patent number: 6375103
    Abstract: A cost efficient single-drive particulate material pulverizing and classifying mill capable of operating at high efficiencies and able to conveniently produce selectively sized particles from a wide variety of materials during milling operation without restructuring the mill configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Hosokawa Micron Powder Systems
    Inventors: Ching-Chung Huang, Robin T. Voorhees