Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
209440100 | Including sorting of special items or sorting by methods or apparatus includible in subclasses 509 through 707 | 23 |
20090127167 | Device and Method for Separation of Microparticles in Particular Biohazardous and Hazardous Materials - The invention relates to the separation of microparticles by means of a nozzle ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090145814 | OPERATIONS FOR PRODUCT PROCESSING - An operational process for product distribution includes grouping product into groups when the product is in a first sort level and sorting the groups of product, in a first pass operation, to a second level sort. The method further includes sequencing the second level sort product including late arriving product, in a second pass operation, into a sequence of product. A machine readable code can also be used to implement the functionality of the operational process. | 06-11-2009 |
20110031167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCALPING FOOD PIECES - A method and apparatus for separating multiple food pieces and removing clumps from food pieces in order to process individual pieces for subsequent packaging includes a vibrating conveyor bed which receives a substantially continuous supply of a dried product, such as RTE cereal or another snack product, and delivers the dried product to a screen unit including a plurality of spaced slots through which only individual food pieces can pass for further processing. Prior to the screen unit, the bed can be provided with an upstanding deflector member which diverts the traveling food product away from a discharge chute and onto the screen unit. In any case, the screen unit includes an upwardly angling portion, extending away from the discharge chute, for retaining product which needs to be further processed, while the discharge chute also has an associated, raised lip for product retention purposes. | 02-10-2011 |
20110084003 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SORTING FLAT MATERIAL FROM WASTE MATERIAL - A portion of a circulatable air permeable conveyor member ( | 04-14-2011 |
20110186483 | SHAFT-LIKE PARTS FEEDING APPARATUS - A shaft-like parts feeding apparatus is disclosed, which includes a parts feeder ( | 08-04-2011 |
20130126396 | Sorting apparatus - A sorting apparatus is described, and which includes a conveyor which transports a produce stream for inspection. A product separation surface is mounted near the distal end of the conveyor, and the produce stream passes over the product separation surface, and is slowed to a speed such that the produce stream falls substantially immediately vertically downwardly. An inspection zone is located downstream relative to the product separation surface. An imaging device is provided, and which images the produce stream passing through the inspection zone; an illumination device is provided for illuminating the produce stream passing through the inspection zone, and an ejector assembly is located downstream of the inspection zone and which removes unwanted solid material in the produce stream having undesirable characteristics. | 05-23-2013 |
20140144813 | ELECTRIC WIRE SCRAP HIGH-GRADE RECOVERY APPARATUS - Provided is an electric wire scrap high-grade recovery apparatus with improved recovery rates of copper materials and the like by causing miscut materials contained in crushed materials to be capable of being separated and recovered with good efficiency. A weir | 05-29-2014 |
20140299516 | PROCESSING A WASTE STREAM BY SEPARATING AND RECOVERING WIRE AND OTHER METAL FROM PROCESSED RECYCLED MATERIALS - Processing waste materials to recover valuable metals, such as copper, from the materials. Waste materials are further refined to concentrate the metallic material after the waste materials are initially processed. Processes include employing air separation and screening. Processes also include employing a dynamic sensor and a vacuum pressure separator to separate metals from other materials. A central processing facility may process metal concentrate from multiple concentration facilities. | 10-09-2014 |
20150352598 | Method for the Sorting of Contaminated Matter in Continuous Flow and Corresponding Device (As Amended) - A method for sorting, in a continuous flow, contaminated materials, which includes: conveying materials from a point (A) to a point (B) by means of a conveyor; measuring the radioactive activity by means of a first sensor between the points (A) and (B) on the top surface (FSUP) of the first conveyor; and sorting the materials by means of a sorting device. The method may include measuring the radioactive activity of the contaminated material by means of a second sensor, either on the top surface (FSUP) of the conveyor and upstream from the point (A), or below the bottom surface (FINF) of said conveyor; calculating a differential measurement between a measurement from the second sensor and from the first sensor; and restricting the sorting to the comparison between a threshold value and the measurement from the first sensor or the differential measurement. | 12-10-2015 |
20160038980 | Core Wheel Processing System and Method - A system for processing core wheels and associated method are disclosed. A sorting station is configured to allow sorting of a source of wheels according to a first set of criteria. A first conveyor is configured to receive a plurality of wheels conforming to the first criteria and to a first inspection station, disposed along the first conveyor. The first inspection station is configured to allow examination of the wheels to determine whether the wheels conform to a second criteria. A diverter mechanism, downstream of the first inspection station, is configured to divert wheels conforming to the second criteria from the first conveyor. A second conveyor is configured to receive the diverted wheels and to direct the diverted wheels to a second inspection station, whereby the diverted wheels may be inspected at the second inspection station to confirm that the diverted wheels conform to the second criteria. | 02-11-2016 |
209440200 | Fluid jet | 10 |
20090000993 | DE-INKING SCREEN - Multiple shafts are aligned along a frame and configured to rotate in a direction causing paper products to move along a separation screen. The shafts are configured with a shape and spacing so that substantially rigid pieces of the paper products move along the screen while non-rigid pieces of the paper products slide down between adjacent shafts. In one embodiment, the screen includes at least one vacuum shaft that has a first set of air input holes configured to suck air and retain the non-rigid paper products. A second set of air output holes are configured to blow out air to dislodge the paper products retained by the input holes. | 01-01-2009 |
20090294333 | Centrifugal Separator - Disclosed is a centrifugal separator with an inlet channel for a flow containing coarse and fine particles, a first outlet channel for a flow containing predominantly coarse particles, a second outlet channel for a flow containing predominantly fine particles and a separator chamber with at least one separator device, wherein the separator chamber connects the inlet channel to the first outlet channel and the second outlet channel, and wherein the inlet channel, the separator channel and the two outlet channels form a flow path. To improve the degree of efficiency, as a first separator device, one or more separator pockets are arranged in the separator chamber, which project into the flow path. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for the separation of a flow containing coarse and fine particles. | 12-03-2009 |
20100236994 | Sorting apparatus and mehtod utilizing a mechanical diverter - The present invention is an apparatus and method for sorting foreign material and undesirable articles from a product stream. A mechanical diverter having a concave shape is responsive to an inspection station coupled to the product stream. The mechanical diverter is employed to effectively launch or otherwise redirect undesirable articles in an alternate path. In addition, an air ejector is responsive to the inspection station and is employed to dislodge foreign material from the product stream. | 09-23-2010 |
20110042278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING FINES FROM ROCK - The methods and apparatus separate fines from crushed rock and stone. A motorized conveyor belt system is activated that includes a conveyor belt moving in an upward direction. A spray system is activated to spray a fluid on an underneath surface of the conveyor belt. The mixture of rock and fines are directed to the conveyor belt. The rock tumbles or rolls down the conveyor belt and is collected at a first end of the conveyor belt. The fines stick or adhere to the conveyor belt, and the fines are scraped off of the conveyor belt at or near the second end of the conveyor belt. | 02-24-2011 |
20110180460 | Method and apparatus for separating residues - The apparatus for separating residues from a thermal waste treatment into one fine fraction and one coarse fraction comprises a housing ( | 07-28-2011 |
20120241362 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEPARATING REFUSE - Systems and methods for separating metallically augmented non-magnetic objects are provided herein. Systems may include a conveyor for translating refuse along a path, the refuse comprising non-magnetic objects and metallically augmented non-magnetic objects, and a magnetic force generator extending along at least a portion of the conveyor and generating a magnetic force that causes the metallically augmented non-magnetic objects to remain in contact with the conveyor as the metallically augmented non-magnetic objects traverse along the path and as the non-magnetic objects are removed from conveyor. | 09-27-2012 |
20120261314 | SORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for sorting has an inlet end, a first separation section disposed downstream of the inlet end and including a fluidizing section and a hood disposed above the fluidizing section, a negative pressure developed adjacent the fluidizing section to draw a first class of materials into the hood, a second separation section disposed downstream of the first separation section and including an air knife and a dropout, a second class of materials passing through the air knife and into the dropout and a third class of materials passing over the dropout and through an outlet end, and a vibration generator coupled to the first separation section and the second separation section to convey material from the inlet end to the outlet end. | 10-18-2012 |
20130008832 | Method and System For Separating and Recovering Wire and Other Metal from Processed Recycled Materials - Processing waste materials to recover valuable metals, such as copper, from the materials. The disclosed systems and methods employ processes that further refine the waste materials to concentrate the metallic material after the waste materials are initially processed. Processes include employing air separation and screening. Processes also include employing a dynamic sensor and a vacuum pressure separator to separate metals from other materials. | 01-10-2013 |
20140262969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING PLASTICS FROM COMPOST AND OTHER RECYCLABLE MATERIALS - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for separating plastics from compost material. In an embodiment, the method comprises: providing an inclined trough having a feed entry at a top end and a materials discharge end at a bottom end, the inclined trough including a plurality of riffles positioned substantially perpendicularly to a direction of flow of compost material down the inclined trough; inducing a vibration in the inclined trough to induce a prolonged period of hindered unsettling in the compost material; providing a longitudinal dam to at least one side of the inclined trough; and generating an air flow over a substantial length of the inclined trough perpendicular to the direction of flow of compost material down the inclined trough, thereby to blow plastics separated from the compost material over the longitudinal dam. | 09-18-2014 |
20140291213 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DRY COAL SEPARATION BY COAL GANGUE REMOVAL - The process for coal separation includes two steps of size grading and oversize raw coal separating. A size range is obtained through size grading, then the obtained raw coal is separated by a sensor system, and coal briquettes with high impurity contents are blown into an impurity chamber through high-speed compressed air, thus improving the separating accuracy and efficiency. The system for coal separation includes a dry screening machine, an oversize raw coal conveying chute, a sensor system, a control system, nozzles and a flow division chamber. The tail end of the dry screening machine is connected with the charge end of the chute; the sensor system and the discharge end of the chute are correspondingly arranged; the flow division chamber is arranged below the chute; and the nozzles operated and controlled by the control system are arranged between the discharge end of the chute and the flow division chamber. | 10-02-2014 |
209440300 | Drum-type sifter | 2 |
20090114571 | AIR SEPARATION OF RECYCLABLE MATERIAL - A separation system includes an air separator that in one embodiment primarily receives Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) containing relatively light MSW recyclable materials such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, and/or metal containers. The air separator blows the relatively light MSW recyclable materials up though a chamber and onto a first conveyer while the other relatively heavy MSW material drops down a chute onto a second conveyer. A separation screen receives the relatively light MSW recyclable materials from the air separator and separates the relatively flat paper and cardboard from the plastic and metal containers. | 05-07-2009 |
20090301939 | Apparatus and method for separating solids from a solids laden liquid - An apparatus and method for separating solids from a solids laden drilling mud ( | 12-10-2009 |
209440400 | Manual sorting | 1 |
20090301940 | Apparatus and Method for Grading and Batching of Articles - An apparatus for grading and batching of articles is proposed. The apparatus consists of an in-feed station for grading of the articles into multiple “quality classes”. The articles of each of the classes are weighted by one of multiple weighing means provided. The ability to attach multiple electronic tags or labels to each of the articles makes it possible to keep track of each of the articles and allocate them according to class and weight tags into the correct batching buffer. A vertically oriented carousel conveyor transfers the articles from the weighing means using plurality of transport buckets which are suspended from the carousel support means using pivoting mechanism such that the transport buckets maintain substantially the same position as they are transported by the carousel to batching buffers located inside the carousel. When there is a complete batch in the batching buffer the batch is transported to a collection buffer via batch transport buffer formed by a group of adjacent transport buckets on the carousel conveyor as they travel towards the in-feed station. Thus the transport buckets are used twice: First, to transport individual articles to the batching buffers and the second time, to transport an entire batch to the collecting buffer. A computer system is used to control: the conveying means, the transport buckets, the batching buffer, the batch transfer buffer, the collecting buffer, and to keep track of the different electronic tags. | 12-10-2009 |