With Classifying Or Separating Of Material Patents (Class 241/24.1)
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Patent number: 7338649Abstract: A method is shown for producing food grade hydrated lime. A source of raw, hydrated lime is first passed through a classification step which divides the raw hydrated lime into a first fine stream and a first coarse stream. The first fine stream is passed through a further separation step and, without being recombined with the first coarse stream is separated out to form a very fine sized product which meets CODEX chemical specifications. The additional separation step may be a wet process and may utilize a hydrocyclone type separator.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignee: Chemical Lime CompanyInventors: Fred R. Huege, Luis Diaz Chavez, Roger Fawcett, Herbert S. Curtis
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Patent number: 7335618Abstract: A heavy oil is hydrorefined using a hydrorefining catalyst. A spent hydrorefining catalyst whose activity has decreased is heat treated (S1) and pulverized to obtained a regenerated powder (S2). This regenerated powder is fractionated according to its metal content (S3), formed (S6), dried (S7), and calcined (S7) to manufacture a regenerated catalyst whose volume of pores with a diameter of 50 to 2000 nm is at least 0.2 ml/g, and whose volume of pores with a diameter over 2000 nm is no more than 0.1 mL/g. Using this regenerated catalyst, a heavy oil containing at least 45 wt ppm vanadium and nickel as combined metal elements is hydrodemetalized, and the vanadium and nickel are recovered from the used regenerated catalyst (SS1). Through hydrorefining, the metal components are recovered more efficiently, and the spent catalyst can be reused to manufacture a regenerated catalyst that exhibits high reaction, activity.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Japan Energy CorporationInventors: Hiroki Koyama, Toru Saito, Yoshiki Iwata, Chikanori Nakaoka
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Patent number: 7318265Abstract: A mark is displayed to a manually scrapped component capable of being disassembled manually without disassembling or crushing by machine at the time of discard or recovery of an electric appliance after use, and the manually scrapped component is manually scrapped from a product, and in the case of crushing by machine thereafter, the mark display is a mark capable of separation into plural kinds of substance on which a cost burden is imposed and valuable substance after recovery, and scrapping can be performed easily at low cost.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2002Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tsukasa Takagi, Yoshihiro Tanabe, Hideaki Nagatomo, Kazuhiro Ishida, Kouichi Nakagawa
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Publication number: 20080003518Abstract: To provide a method for producing a toner, containing a milling step containing finely milling particles and classifying coarse particles by using at least a mill and a cyclone unit, and a classifying step containing classifying pulverized particles by using at least a classifier and a cyclone unit, wherein any of the pulverized particles and other particles, which are classified by the classifier in the classifying step and returned, are returned to the cyclone unit in the milling step, and a toner produced by the method for producing the toner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Inventors: Kohji Kubota, Shoji Watanabe, Kohta Wakimoto, Nobuyasu Makino
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Patent number: 7312262Abstract: A composition for microsurfacing of pavement is described. The composition includes a polymer-modified emulsion asphalt oil, water, cement, and crushed aggregate. The crushed aggregate includes a first portion having an L.A. abrasion resistance which is higher than an L.A. abrasion resistance of a second portion of the crushed aggregate.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Donelson Construction Co., LLCInventors: Michael James Donelson, Terrence Christopher Donelson, David Carr Donelson
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Patent number: 7279073Abstract: An apparatus for treating fibrous material is disclosed. The apparatus may include a fiber separator, a de-liquefier, a dry-to-wet blender and a flash dryer. The fiber separator may be a liquid-based fiber separator. The de-liquefier is for removing liquid from the fibrous material. The blender downstream, which may be a dry-to-wet blender, is for adding a dry material to the de-liquefied fibrous material. The de-liquefier and a dry-to-wet blender are downstream from the fiber separator and the dry-to-wet blender may be downstream from the de-liquefier. The flash dryer, which is even further downstream, is for drying the treated fibrous material.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2002Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: U.S. Greenfiber, LLCInventors: David James Bowman, Thomas Reginald Eason, Jr., John Walter Renz
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Patent number: 7258737Abstract: A method for recycling concrete waste includes the steps of: a) heating the concrete waste to provide a measure of fragility to the concrete waste; b) milling and sieving the heated concrete waste to separate coarse aggregate from the concrete waste; and c) milling and sieving a remaining portion of the concrete waste remaining after separation of the coarse aggregate to separate the remaining portion of the concrete waste into a cement-containing fraction and fine aggregate.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Inventor: Cheng-Feng Chang
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Patent number: 7226007Abstract: Fabric material having a backing, such as carpet, is used as a biomass fuel component. The fabric material is shredded and substantially separated into constituent backing and fabric components. The backing component is stored in a first storage unit. The fabric component may be mixed with another biomass fuel component before introduction into a gasifier. The gasifier produces synthetic gas, which is subsequently used to produce steam. The hot ash generated as a by-product of gasification is stored in a second storage unit. Each waste product may be confined to a distinct waste path such that the waste products remain isolated from each other, at least until the ash cools down to approximately the melting point of the backing component.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Emily Tuzson, Robert McMillin
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Patent number: 7226005Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrous kaolin product having improved optical properties, for example, when used in the production of paper products. The present invention comprises an improved barrier coating for paper and a method of making the coated paper. The present invention also comprises an improved method from making filled and coated paper products. The present invention uses a composition comprising kaolin having a shape factor of at least about 70:1, such as at least about 80:1 or at least about 100:1.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Imerys Pigments, Inc.Inventors: J. Philip E. Jones, Robert J. Pruett, Jun Yuan, Michael J. Garska, David O. Cummings, Bomi M. Bilimoria, Robin Wesley
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Patent number: 7211235Abstract: A method is described for the manufacture of hydrotalcites by using at least one compound of a bivalent metal (Component A) and at least one compound of a trivalent metal (Component B), wherein at least one of these components is not used in the form of a solution, characterized in that a) at least one of the Components A and/or B which is not used in the form of a solution, shortly before or during mixing of the components, and/or b) the mixture containing the Components A and B is subjected to intensive grinding until an average particle size (D50) in the range of approx. 0.1 to 5 ?m is obtained, and optionally, after aging treatment or hydrothermal treatment, the resulting hydrotalcite product is separated, dried, and optionally calcinated.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2002Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: Sud-Chemie AGInventors: Max Eisgruber, Jürgen Ladebeck, Jürgen Koy, Hubert Schiessling, Wolfgang Buckl, Herrmann Ebert
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Patent number: 7195183Abstract: A method or processing composite waste including combustibles and incombustibles has a press process for pressing the composite waste, a dry distillation process for performing dry distillation on the pressed composite waste, a shredding process for shredding the composite waste that has been pressed and has undergone dry distillation and a separating process for separating the shredded composite waste into combustible carbide and incombustibles.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2004Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Assignee: A.P.R. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Minoru Tsuchida
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Patent number: 7163604Abstract: A fiber suspension is produced from waste paper by first filling a pulper with a batch of the waste paper. The pulper is operated to partly defibrate the batch of waste paper substantially without disintegrating coarse imputities into finer impurities. The partly defibrated batch of waste paper is separated into a coarse reject fraction and an initial fiber suspension containing some waste paper fragments and fine impurities. The initial fiber suspension is pumped through a rotary screen apparatus provided with a tubulat fine screen and a pulper type impeller rotating coaxial with the tubular screen, but devoid of any impeller co-operant extraction plate, to defibrate waste paper fragments remaining in the initial fiber suspension and to separate the initial fiber suspension by means of the tubular fine screen into a fine reject fraction containing fine inpurities and a complete fiber suspension substantially free from impurities.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2002Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: JLR Pulping Systems ABInventor: Roland Selin
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Patent number: 7162785Abstract: The recycling of metal materials is performed by efficiently recovering the metal materials from component materials of a process cartridge. To achieve this object, there is provided a method of recycling a process cartridge containing a toner, wherein in a crushing process of a process cartridge containing a recovered toner, a container shape of the process cartridge is subjected to disassembly treatment to an extent of main component parts, the toner is recovered by suction in a step of disassembly treatment, metal materials, such as ferrous materials and aluminum materials, in component materials of the process cartridge are subjected to separation treatment after the step of disassembly treatment, and each of the materials is subjected to melting treatment thereby to change the materials into forms capable of reuse as ferrous materials and aluminum materials.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: January 16, 2007Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noboru Koumura, Toshio Kayahashi
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Patent number: 7159803Abstract: A method of making abrasive compositions, and more particularly, it relates to a method of making precipitated silica abrasive compositions having excellent cleaning performance and lower abrasiveness with post-reactor sizing of the abrasive particles being performed directly via wet comminution and centrifugation, optionally followed by hydraulic chamber press filtering combined with vacuum dewatering and de-agglomeration is provided. By targeting a specific particle size range, it has been determined that higher pellicle film cleaning levels may be achieved without also increasing the dentin abrasion properties of the silica products themselves. As a result, dentifrices including such classified abrasive silica products, exhibiting particularly desirable cleaning benefits, can be provided for improved tooth polishing, whitening, and the like, without deleteriously affecting the hard tooth surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2005Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: J.M. Huber CorporationInventor: Yung-Hui Huang
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Patent number: 7108734Abstract: The invention concerns a silicon powder for making alkyl- or aryl-halogenosilanes, with particle-size distribution less than 350 ?m, and containing less than 3% and preferably less than 2% of particles having a size less than 5 ?m. Said powder enables to improve efficiency of synthesis reaction.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 19, 2006Assignee: Rhodia Silicones SASInventor: Thomas Margaria
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Patent number: 7010248Abstract: A toner recycling method and a toner recycling system use two personal computers and a display. A personal computer carries out management of information of toner, which is collected at a toner collection site. Another personal computer generates recycling information, which includes information about toner requirement of a granule manufacturer. A display at the toner collection site displays recycling information. Collected toner is used for manufacturing flux by mixing with aluminum dross, aluminum ash, aluminum dregs etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2003Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignees: Ricoh Company, Limited, Shinko Frex Inc.Inventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Satosu Souma, Hiroyuki Kishi, Kazuma Torii, Hiroyuki Matsuura
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Patent number: 7000857Abstract: A recycling method comprises classifying products to be recycled on the basis of classifier unit information, decomposing and fractionating some of the products on the basis of fractionator unit information. Applying a physical action to the fractionated products on the basis of physical action information. Producing a recycled material on the basis of recycled material producer unit information. Producing a recycled component from the recycled materials on the basis of recycled component producer unit information. The information required at each step is appropriately supplied.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2003Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Satosu Souma, Shunichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 6971593Abstract: Methods and apparatus for combinatorial (i.e., high-throughput) materials research, such as catalysis research, that involves parallel apparatus for simultaneously effecting mechanical treatments such as grinding, mixing, pressing, crushing, sieving, and/or fractionating of such materials are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are useful for mechanically treating catalysis materials and other solid materials, including without limitation, electronic materials such as phosphors, colorants such as pigments, and pharmaceuticals such as crystalline drugs or drug candidates. The simultaneous protocols and parallel apparatus offer substantial improvements in overall throughput for preparing arrays of materials, such as catalysis materials.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Symyx Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Claus Lugmair, Alfred Hagemeyer, Lynn Van Erden, Anthony F. Volpe, Jr., David M. Lowe, Yumin Liu
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Patent number: 6936344Abstract: A new product is described characterized by its qualities to absorb undesirable scents present in the air, while serving at the same time as a carrier for aromas, fragrances, flavorings, repellents, attractants and other active ingredients. The active ingredients are gradually released by the carrier, which is compatible with the environment and current tendencies towards the use of organic and biodegradable products. The composition comprises a carrier and an active ingredient. The carrier is characterized as being particles obtained from the milling, separation, air wash and classification of the different fractions obtained from corncobs.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Aproa Asesores S.C.Inventors: Jose Represas de Almeida, Genaro Casas Jassan, Jose Fuentes Rosbery
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Patent number: 6926879Abstract: A method is shown for producing food grade hydrated lime. A source of raw, hydrated lime is first passed through a classification step which divides the raw hydrated lime into a first fine stream and a first coarse stream. The first coarse stream is then passed to a grinder which produces a ground coarse product. The first fine stream is separated out from the first coarse stream and, without combining the first fine stream with the first coarse stream or with the ground coarse product, is removed to produce a very fine sized product which meets CODEX chemical specifications.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Chemical Lime CompanyInventors: Fred R. Huege, Luis Diaz Chavez
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Patent number: 6916423Abstract: An apparatus and method for mincing a gel includes a gel mincing tube and a mesh material. The mesh material extends across the end of the tube. To subdivide a gel using the mincing apparatus, a gel is placed upon the mesh material in the mincing tube, the mincing tube, mesh material and the gel are spun in a centrifuge, forcing the gel through the mesh material so that the gel is subdivided into generally uniform smaller fragments. The mesh material may be secured to a tube in the form of a nesting tube. The nesting tube nests within the opening of a recovery vessel. The mesh material may be placed in series with a conditionally porous membrane in the nesting tube. Centrifuging the nesting tube and the recovery vessel subdivides gel material into fragments by forcing the gel through the mesh material. The gel subsequently falls upon the membrane, and may be treated on the membrane to extract or otherwise treat analytes in the gel material.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Invitrogen CorporationInventors: Roumen A. Bogoev, Scott E. Whitney, Joseph W. Amshey
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Patent number: 6911118Abstract: A pulper for producing paper pulp from waste paper containing undesired scrap particles includes a container (1) forming a chamber (4) defined by a bottom wall (5) and a cylindrical circumferential wall (6). A paper tearing member (7) is arranged in the chamber closed to the bottom wall and is rotatable in a horizontal direction of rotation about the centre axis of the cylindrical wall. The bottom wall and the circumferential wall forms a substantially circular peripheral reject chute (11) situated under the paper tearing member for collecting reject including undesired scrap particles. The reject chute extends helically in the direction of rotation of the paper tearing member from an upper end (12) of the reject chute downwardly to a lower end (13) of the reject chute. The circumferential wall (6) has a substantially cylindrical shape and extends vertically to the reject chute (11). A discharge element (2) is adapted to discharge reject in batches from the reject chute.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2001Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: JLR Pulping Systems ABInventor: Roland Selin
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Patent number: 6878236Abstract: The object of the present invention is a method for making mechanical pulp, such as thermomechanical or chemi-thermomechanical stock. The mechanical pulp is used as a raw material for printing paper, and its freeness value is 30-70 ml CSF. The stock refined by the method is screened in several stages to form accept and reject stock portions. The wood raw material is refined at the first stage of refining at a superatmospheric pressure of over 400 kPa to form a stock that has a freeness value of 250-700 ml CSF.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Upm-Kymmene CorporationInventors: Taisto Tienvieri, Markku Gummerus
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Patent number: 6874713Abstract: A method for processing polycrystalline silicon workpieces to form size distributions of polycrystalline silicon pieces suitable for use in a Czochralski-type process includes: (1) preparing a polycrystalline silicon workpiece by a chemical vapor deposition process; (2) fracturing the polycrystalline silicon workpiece into a mixture of polycrystalline silicon pieces, where the polycrystalline silicon pieces have varying sizes; and (3) sorting the mixture of polycrystalline silicon pieces into at least two size distributions. Step (2) may be carried out by a thermal shock process. Step (3) may be carried out using a rotary indent classifier.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2002Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Dow Corning CorporationInventors: Arvid Neil Arvidson, Todd Stanley Graham, Kathryn Elizabeth Messner, Chris Tim Schmidt, Terence Lee Horstman
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Patent number: 6842596Abstract: Information about a recycling item is input, a first sorting condition is prepared so as to sort the recycling item into one of a plurality of groups corresponding to conditions for decomposing the recycling item, a second sorting condition is prepared so as to sort recycling parts, which are obtained by decomposing the recycling item sorted out according to the first sorting condition, into at least one of a plurality of material groups corresponding to material of each of the recycling parts; a third sorting condition is prepared so as to sort the recycling parts sorted out according to the second sorting condition, into at least one of a plurality of processing groups corresponding to types of recycling processing to be carried out. Finally, the first, second, and the third sorting conditions are transmitted to respective fields where the recycling item and the recycling parts are sorted.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2003Date of Patent: January 11, 2005Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Satosu Souma
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Patent number: 6835242Abstract: Organic pigments are conditioned by introducing a liquid prepigment suspension into a miniaturized continuous reactor and thermally treating therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: December 28, 2004Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) LimitedInventors: Uwe Nickel, Klaus Kund, Erwin Dietz, Joachim Weber, Olaf Schupp
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Publication number: 20040251333Abstract: A method for processing polycrystalline silicon workpieces to form size distributions of polycrystalline silicon pieces suitable for use in a Czochralski-type process includes: (1) preparing a polycrystalline silicon workpiece by a chemical vapor deposition process; (2) fracturing the polycrystalline silicon workpiece into a mixture of polycrystalline silicon pieces, where the polycrystalline silicon pieces have varying sizes; and (3) sorting the mixture of polycrystalline silicon pieces into at least two size distributions. Step (2) may be carried out by a thermal shock process. Step (3) may be carried out using a rotary indent classifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Arvid Neil Arvidson, Todd Stanley Graham, Kathryn Elizabeth Messner, Chris Tim Schmidt, Terence Lee Horstman
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Patent number: 6818099Abstract: The object of the present invention is a method for making mechanical pulp, such as thermomechanical or chemi-thermomechanical stock. The mechanical pulp is utilised as a raw material for printing paper, and its freeness value is 30—70 ml CSF. According to the method, the refined stock is screened in several stages into accept and reject stock portions. The stock is screened at a consistency of not less than 10%.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: UPM-Kymmene CorporationInventors: Taisto Tienvieri, Markku Gummerus
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Patent number: 6811655Abstract: The invention concerns a method and an equipment for combining in one single apparatus, the functions for filtering, decontaminating, and thickening paper pulp from used paper, while providing the complementary function of clarifying the filtrates. The apparatus (1) rotates at high speed. The paper pulp is introduced through the center of the apparatus (2) and driven at its angular speed. The pulp is then brought along a grate (6) with small size holes for separating the fibers from the greater part of the water. The thickened pulp is evacuated through extraction nozzles (8). The water is clarified in the clarification zone (12) and recycled or eliminated depending on uses. More complete embodiments of the apparatus include the functions of fractionating, de-inking and purifying the pulp with slots or holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Finidro-Financiamentos Energeticos, Lda.Inventor: Eric Haffner
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Patent number: 6794435Abstract: The present invention relates to a powder including agglomerates of hexagonal boron nitride platelets, wherein the agglomerates have an agglomerate size distribution of from about 10 to about 125 microns and the powder is substantially free of non-agglomerated platelets of boron nitride and its use in a polymer blend. The present invention also relates to a method of making a powder including agglomerates of hexagonal boron nitride platelets. This method involves providing a briquette formed from agglomerated hexagonal boron nitride platelets, crushing the briquette to produce a powder including hexagonal boron nitride agglomerates and non-agglomerated boron nitride platelets, and removing the non-agglomerated boron nitride platelets from the powder under conditions effective to produce a powder including agglomerates of hexagonal boron nitride platelets having an agglomerate size distribution of from about 10 to about 125 microns.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 21, 2004Assignee: Saint Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.Inventor: Thomas M. Clere
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Publication number: 20040140069Abstract: A fiber suspension is produced from waste paper by first filling a pulper with a batch of the waste paper. The pulper is operated to partly defibrate the batch of waste paper substantially without disintegrating coarse imputities into finer impurities. The partly defibrated batch of waste paper is separated into a coarse reject fraction and an initial fiber suspension containing some waste paper fragments and fine impurities. The initial fiber suspension is pumped through a rotary screen apparatus provided with a tubulat fine screen and a pulper type impeller rotating coaxial with the tubular screen, but devoid of any impeller co-operant extraction plate, to defibrate waste paper fragments remaining in the initial fiber suspension and to separate the initial fiber suspension by means of the tubular fine screen into a fine reject fraction containing fine inpurities and a complete fiber suspension substantially free from impurities.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventor: Roland Selin
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Patent number: 6758974Abstract: An apparatus and method for mincing a gel includes a gel mincing tube and a mesh material. The mesh material extends across the end of the tube. To subdivide a gel using the mincing apparatus, a gel is placed upon the mesh material in the mincing tube, the mincing tube, mesh material and the gel are spun in a centrifuge, forcing the gel through the mesh material so that the gel is subdivided into generally uniform smaller fragments. The mesh material may be secured to a tube in the form of a nesting tube. The nesting tube nests within the opening of a recovery vessel. The mesh material may be placed in series with a conditionally porous membrane in the nesting tube. Centrifuging the nesting tube and the recovery vessel subdivides gel material into fragments by forcing the gel through the mesh material. The gel subsequently falls upon the membrane, and may be treated on the membrane to extract or otherwise treat analytes in the gel material.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Invitrogen CorporationInventors: Roumen A. Bogoev, Scott E. Whitney, Joseph W. Amshey
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Patent number: 6755364Abstract: Methods and apparatus for combinatorial (i.e., high-throughput) materials research, such as catalysis research, that involves parallel apparatus for simultaneously effecting mechanical treatments such as grinding, mixing, pressing, crushing, sieving, and/or fractionating of such materials are disclosed. The methods and apparatus are useful for mechanically treating catalysis materials and other solid materials, including without limitation, electronic materials such as phosphors, colorants such as pigments, and pharmaceuticals such as crystalline drugs or drug candidates. The simultaneous protocols and parallel apparatus offer substantial improvements in overall throughput for preparing arrays of materials, such as catalysis materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2001Date of Patent: June 29, 2004Assignee: Symyx Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Claus Lugmair, Alfred Hagemeyer, Lynn Van Erden, Anthony F. Volpe, Jr., David M. Lowe, Yumin Liu
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Publication number: 20040110694Abstract: A novel solid pharmaceutical dispersion that improves the bioavailability of poorly water soluble drugs is produced by combining the drug with a polymer carrier such as polyvinylpyrrolidone. The drug is combined with the carrier without the need for using organic solvents or melting temperatures (fusion) through the use of a transition compound such as polyethylene glycol which partially solubilizes the drug and/or plasticizes the polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Isaac Ghebre-Sellassie, Robert Reisch, Riten Parikh, Mahdi B. Fawzi, Russell U. Nesbitt
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Patent number: 6691765Abstract: A system and method for producing foundry quality sand from non-conventional starting materials through the combination of oolitization and classification. Incoming particulate matter is first directed into a controlled energy attrition unit where the particles are made to collide with one another. Such collisions clean and round the particles by chipping away surface projections and coatings without crushing the particles. The particle stream is then directed through a multi-fraction classifier where it is separated into two or more useable grades of foundry sand. An air classifier is preferred for the classification stage.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2001Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Noram Technology, Ltd.Inventors: Robert E. Sparks, Kenneth Hillel Peter Harris
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Patent number: 6679442Abstract: A recycling method comprises classifying products to be recycled on the basis of classifier unit information, decomposing and fractionating some of the products on the basis of fractionator unit information. Applying a physical action to the fractionated products on the basis of physical action information. Producing a recycled material on the basis of recycled material producer unit information. Producing a recycled component from the recycled materials on the basis of recycled component producer unit information. The information required at each step is appropriately supplied.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: January 20, 2004Assignee: Ricoh Company, LimitedInventors: Yoshihiro Morii, Satosu Souma, Shunichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 6666335Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for segregating ponded coal combustion materials for use in various products, such as block sand products, concrete or mid-size sand products and fine ash products. After screening ponded coal combustion raw materials to remove the first size material for use as a block sand product, the remaining material passes through a rotating magnetic separator to remove iron bearing materials and then to a hydraulic classifier for separating coarse materials, middling size materials and fine materials. The coarse materials are combined with the first size materials and are de-watered to form the block sand product. The middling size materials are segregated into low, middle and high specific gravity materials by the use of spirals. The low specific gravity material is passed through a sizing sleeve and coarse low specific gravity material is combined with the middle specific gravity material and are de-watered to form a concrete or mid-size sand product.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: C.A.S.T. Minerals, Inc.Inventors: William M. Bradley, Robert L. Carnahan, Frank A. Elk, Riley D. Robbins, William M. Lewis, Robert M. Lewis
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Publication number: 20030230653Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing powder with a high tannin content, the method including pulverizing a tannin-containing plant such as bark of radiata pine (Pinus radiata) and classifying the pulverized material into fine particles having a desired particle size, for example, fine particles having a particle diameter of 100 to 1,000 &mgr;m or less, and powder with a high tannin content produced by such a method.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA WOOD ONE, MONASH UNIVERSITYInventors: Yusho Nakamoto, Toshihiko Tsunoda, Keiko Ono, Hiroyuki Yano, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Huijian Jiang, Frank Lawson, Peter Heinz Theodore Uhlherr
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Patent number: 6635344Abstract: A new product is described characterized by its qualities to absorb undesirable scents present in the air, while serving at the same time as a carrier for aromas, fragrances, flavorings, repellents, attractants and other active ingredients. The active ingredients are gradually released by the carrier, which is compatible with the environment and current tendencies towards the use of organic and biodegradable products. The composition comprises a carrier and an active ingredient. The carrier is characterized as being particles obtained from the milling, separation, air wash and classification of the different fractions obtained from corncobs.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Inventors: Jose Represas de Almeida, Genaro Casas Jassan, Jose Fuentes Rosbery
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Patent number: 6634577Abstract: A crushing apparatus for crushing, blending, homogenizing and transferring materials is made up of a first pressing element having a first pressing face with protrusions provided thereon in the form of isolated islands surrounded by depressed marginal spaces and a second pressing element to be held in engagement with the first pressing element and having a second pressing face with protrusions provided thereon in a similar pattern to the first pressing face. The protrusions of the first and second pressing faces are disposed in relation to each other such that the protrusions of the first or the second pressing element will engage with corresponding depressed marginal spaces on the second or first pressing face of the respective pressing element.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignees: Tsukuba Food Science, Inc., National Agricultural Research OrganizationInventor: Akira Horigane
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Publication number: 20030171606Abstract: The invention concerns a silicon powder for making alkyl- or aryl-halogenosilanes, with particle-size distribution less than 350 &mgr;m, and containing less than 3% and preferably less than 2% of particles having a size less than 5 &mgr;m. Said powder enables to improve efficiency of synthesis reaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventor: Thomas Margaria
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Patent number: 6612444Abstract: An apparatus for recovering a desired fraction of a raw material bearing the desired fraction has a vessel or cell defining a treatment chamber therein, with an inlet into the chamber for introducing a slurry of raw material to be treated into the chamber. An attrition zone is defined in a portion of the chamber proximate the inlet in the flow path of material introduced into the chamber, the particles being caused to impact against each other in the attrition zone to cause attritioning thereof. A floatation zone is defined in a distal portion of the chamber, in flow communication with the attrition zone, in which attritioned particles from the attrition zone can be contacted with gas bubbles to form a froth phase separated from the slurry by a slurry-froth interface such that the desired fraction is either selectively taken up into the froth phase by the gas bubbles or selectively left behind in the slurry. An outlet from the chamber for the froth phase is present.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2001Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: General Signal CorporationInventors: Mark Norman Paul Craddock, Michael Roy Kilner, Warren Wentworth Dale
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Patent number: 6605184Abstract: A method and apparatus treat fiber based material so as to reduce the loss of mineral fractions in the treatment of broke in paper production. Broke is a reusable raw material from a paper machine that contains mineral fractions which are desirably returned to the process as a raw material. The material containing minerals is dispersed into broke pulp, which is fractionated, and the accepts from the fractionation are returned to the paper manufacturing process providing for efficient and economical recovery of the minerals in broke. The mineral fraction provided in the rejects from the fractionation is treated separately before it is reused as filler or coating material in the production of paper or board.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2000Date of Patent: August 12, 2003Assignee: Andritz OyInventor: Pentti Vikiö
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Publication number: 20030146312Abstract: The subject of the present invention is:Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: Compagnie Generale Des Matieres NucleairesInventors: Serge Masson, Pierre Martinet, Jean-Marc Ligney, Benoit Duval
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Patent number: 6582508Abstract: The invention provides a process for the fine division of pigments which comprises spraying a coarsely crystalline crude pigment and/or a poorly dispersible prepigment in suspension form through nozzles to a point of conjoint collision in a reactor chamber enclosed by a housing in a microjet reactor, a gas or an evaporating liquid being passed into the reactor chamber through an opening in the housing for the purpose of maintaining a gas atmosphere in the reactor chamber, and the resulting pigment suspension and the gas or the evaporated liquid being removed from the reactor through a further opening in the housing by means of overpressure on the gas entry side or underpressure on the product and gas exit side.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Erwin Dietz, Joachim Weber, Dieter Schnaitmann, Christian Wille, Leonhard Unverdorben
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Patent number: 6578783Abstract: A method for providing an alternative periodic cover material for landfills by separating materials in a salvage operation. A non-sorted material stream including metallic and non-metallic components, which preferably includes automobile scrap, is fed to a shredder. After shredding, the non-sorted material stream is separated. The non-sorted material stream is first separated into two streams, namely, a heavy material stream and a light material stream. The heavy material stream is conveyed to a magnetic separator where ferrous metals are separated from non-ferrous materials. The light material stream is passed under a cross belt magnetic separator where the light ferrous metals are separated. The remaining light material stream is conveyed to a rotary trommel which separates the light material stream into two fractions based on size, with the fine material becoming relatively inert through processing and being used as a cover material for landfills.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Assignees: Simon Family Partners, Wroxham Partners, LJB PartnersInventors: Jonathan L. Simon, James R. Clark
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Publication number: 20030057304Abstract: Methods to at least partially reduce a niobium oxide are described. In one embodiment, a milling process is described wherein the surfaces of the mill in contact with the starting metal oxide, getter material, and/or oxygen reduced metal oxide are the same as the material being milled. Other milling techniques and products are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Ricky W. Kitchell, Heather L. Wolbach
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Patent number: 6537364Abstract: The invention provides a process for the fine division of pigments which comprises dissolving coarsely crystalline crude pigments in a solvent and precipitating them with a liquid precipitation medium by spraying the pigment solution and the precipitation medium through nozzles to a point of conjoint collision in a reactor chamber enclosed by a housing in a microjet reactor, a gas or an evaporating liquid being passed into the reactor chamber through an opening in the housing for the purpose of maintaining a gas atmosphere in the reactor chamber, and the resulting pigment suspension and the gas or the evaporated liquid being removed from the reactor through a further opening in the housing by means of overpressure on the gas entry side or underpressure on the product and gas exit side.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: Clariant GmbHInventors: Erwin Dietz, Joachim Weber, Dieter Schnaitmann, Christian Wille, Leonhard Unverdorben, Klaus Brychcy
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Patent number: 6537341Abstract: A process for recycling composite materials that comprise fibers and a matrix includes exposing the composite material to electromagnetic waves in the form of microwaves. The electromagnetic waves induce an introduction of energy into the composite material, leading to a separation of fibers and matrix. The separation operation can be assisted by a suitable solvent.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Fritz Dannenhauer, Petra Grundig, Maria-Theresia Sailer
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Publication number: 20030015305Abstract: The object of the present invention is a method for making mechanical pulp, such as thermomechanical or chemi-thermomechanical stock. The mechanical pulp is used as a raw material for printing paper, and its freeness value is 30-70 ml CSF. The stock refined by the method is screened in several stages to form accept and reject stock portions. The wood raw material is refined at the first stage of refining at a superatmospheric pressure of over 400 kPa to form a stock that has a freeness value of 250-700 ml CSF.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2002Publication date: January 23, 2003Applicant: UPM-Kymmene CorporationInventors: Taisto Tienvieri, Markku Gummerus
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Patent number: 5043215Abstract: A halogen-containing polyester resin composition having an improved stable flexibility and flame retardency which comprises a bislactam compound and a flame-resisting aromatic polyester copolymers containing halogen at a ratio of 0.5 to 30% by weight, said copolymers being by the poly-condensation of(A) aromatic dicarboxylic acids or ester-forming derivatives thereof;(B) aliphatic glycols or ester-forming derivatives thereof; and(C) halogen-containing ester-forming compounds, said bislactam compound being present in a ratio of 0.1 to 10% by weight based on the total quantity of the composite.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1990Date of Patent: August 27, 1991Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshio Nakane, Kenji Hijikata, Yukihiko Kageyama, Michiro Naka