141 |
Sharps disposing system and method |
US15157378 |
2016-05-17 |
US09549784B1 |
2017-01-24 |
Fredrick M. Valerino, Sr. |
Systems, methods, and modes for automatic disposal of sharps in a medical environment via a pneumatic tube system and without a dedicated carrier from one of a plurality of dispersed sending stations to a secured central location. The system comprises a plurality of sending stations, a receiving stations routably connected to the plurality of sending stations via the pneumatic tubing and comprising a receiving container configured for storing sharps received via multiple deliveries, and a pump configured for creating a pressure differentiation within the pneumatic tubing for transmitting the sharps from one of the sending stations to the receiving station. The receiving container may be replaced by another receiving container when the receiving container is full. |
142 |
PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING BULK MATERIALS |
US15151936 |
2016-05-11 |
US20160251172A1 |
2016-09-01 |
Thilo KRAEMER |
A pneumatic conveyor for transporting bulk materials, in particular tablets, has a compressor for conveyor gas and has a bulk material feed and a conveyor line, in particular hose, arranged therebetween, and a bulk material discharge. To prevent contamination of the environment during operation, a shut-off device is provided between a collection volume and the conveyor line. A method for operating a pneumatic conveyor conveys sample volumes intermittently. |
143 |
ARRAY FOR PROCESSING MATERIALS |
US15099498 |
2016-04-14 |
US20160222476A1 |
2016-08-04 |
Marshall MEDOFF; Thomas Craig MASTERMAN; Robert PARADIS |
Materials (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems equipment, and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, using an array of vaults. |
144 |
VARIABLE OPENING SLIDE GATE FOR REGULATING MATERIAL FLOW INTO AIRSTREAM |
US15006587 |
2016-01-26 |
US20160214793A1 |
2016-07-28 |
Stephen B. MAGUIRE; James ZINSKI |
Apparatus for delivering controlled amounts of granular resin into a conveying conduit includes a hopper for storing the resin, an air cylinder, a double-ended piston within the air cylinder, passive and active piston rods extending from opposite sides of the piston out of the ends of the cylinder, and a slide gate connected to the active piston rod, with the slide gate being positioned between a discharge opening of the hopper and an opening in the conveying conduit. |
145 |
Reconfigureable processing enclosures |
US14299005 |
2014-06-09 |
US09388442B2 |
2016-07-12 |
Marshall Medoff; Thomas Craig Masterman; Robert Paradis |
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) or other materials are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, in a vault in which the walls and optionally the ceiling include discrete units. Such vaults are re-configurable. |
146 |
Powder supplying device and method for automatically cleaning a powder supplying device |
US13807468 |
2011-06-29 |
US09387995B2 |
2016-07-12 |
Felix Mauchle; Norbert Honegger; Mark Steinemann; Hanspeter Michael |
A powder supplying device for a powder coating installation with at least one closable powder container, which has a substantially cuboidal powder chamber for coating powder and a fluidizing device for introducing fluidizing compressed air into the powder chamber. At least one inlet opening is provided in a side wall of the powder container for feeding coating powder during a powder coating operation of the powder coating installation or for introducing cleaning compressed air during a cleaning operation of the coating installation. At least one outlet is provided for discharging fluidizing compressed air introduced into the powder chamber or for discharging cleaning air introduced into the powder chamber during the cleaning operation together with residual powder transported along with the cleaning compressed air. At least one powder feed line and at least one cleaning compressed-air feed line are connected via a diverter to the at least one inlet opening. |
147 |
Coupling Point and Coupling Station for a Pneumatic Conveyance System for Conveying Bulk Material |
US14908689 |
2014-07-28 |
US20160176657A1 |
2016-06-23 |
Walter Kramer |
The invention relates to a coupling point serving to form a coupling station between at least two senders and at least one receiver of a pneumatic conveyance system for conveying bulk material. The bulk material is directed by sender tubes and receiver tubes, which fluidically connect the sender and the receiver to the coupling station (6). The coupling point is a plug-in module which has at least one sender divider tube (7) and at least one receiver divider tuber (12). The sender divider tube (7) has at least one outlet (10) and the receiver divider tube (12) has at least one inlet (15) for the bulk material. The sender divider tube (7) and the receiver divider tube (12) each have at least one connection (9, 14) for a next plug-in module (21) or a sender tube (4) or receiver tube (5). The outlet (10) of the sender divider tube (7) and the inlet (15) of the receiver divider tube (12) can be closed or released. The coupling station has at least two dimensionally stable plug-in modules, each having at least one sender divider tube and at least one receiver divider tube which are fluidically connected or connectable to each other. |
148 |
Array for processing materials |
US14299004 |
2014-06-09 |
US09334518B2 |
2016-05-10 |
Marshall Medoff; Thomas Craig Masterman; Robert Paradis |
Materials (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) are processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems equipment, and methods are described that can be used to treat feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, using an array of vaults. |
149 |
Cut extrudate dispersal hood |
US14875021 |
2015-10-05 |
US09320298B2 |
2016-04-26 |
Matthew James Edelman; Dennis Howard Baumgartner; Dennis R. Hartter; Jason Dean Selland; Marc L. Wenger |
A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof. |
150 |
Cut extrudate dispersal hood |
US14616994 |
2015-02-09 |
US09278817B2 |
2016-03-08 |
Matthew James Edelman; Dennis Howard Baumgartner; Dennis R. Hartter; Jason Dean Selland; Marc L. Wenger |
A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof. |
151 |
Cut extrudate dispersal hood |
US14616946 |
2015-02-09 |
US09278816B2 |
2016-03-08 |
Matthew James Edelman; Dennis Howard Baumgartner; Dennis R. Hartter; Jason Dean Selland; Marc L. Wenger |
A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof. |
152 |
CUT EXTRUDATE DISPERSAL HOOD |
US14616994 |
2015-02-09 |
US20150151928A1 |
2015-06-04 |
Matthew James Edelman; Dennis Howard Baumgartner; Dennis R. Hartter; Jason Dean Selland; Marc L. Wenger |
A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof. |
153 |
CUT EXTRUDATE DISPERSAL HOOD |
US14616946 |
2015-02-09 |
US20150150301A1 |
2015-06-04 |
Matthew James Edelman; Dennis Howard Baumgartner; Dennis R. Hartter; Jason Dean Selland; Marc L. Wenger |
A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof. |
154 |
Device for Explosion Decoupling of Two System Parts |
US14400558 |
2013-04-12 |
US20150132071A1 |
2015-05-14 |
Josse Wolf; Morris Koch; Waldemar Gillung |
The invention relates to a device for explosion decoupling of two system parts. Dust that is capable of exploding can be fed in the process from a first system part in an air flow via a pipeline (3) into a container of the second system part. A non-return flap (8) is provided in a pipe element (9) integrated into the pipeline (3). The non-return flap (8) is opened by the air flow and closed when there is an explosion in the container because of the explosion pressure that arises. The non-return flap (8) makes contact with a limit stop (11) in the pipe element (9) when it is closed. A locking device (12) is provided on the outside of the pipe element (9) by means of which the non-return flap (8) is secured in the closed position. |
155 |
ADJUSTABLE DIVISION PLATE FOR CLASSIFIER COAL FLOW CONTROL |
US14371951 |
2013-01-11 |
US20150056024A1 |
2015-02-26 |
John Rath; Murat Yaldizli |
A solid particle distribution controller includes a plurality of division plates proximate a division between an upstream solid particle conveyance pipe and a plurality of downstream pipes. The solid particle distribution controller also includes a plurality of extension plates. Each of the extension plates is movably mounted proximate to a respective division plate for movement in an upstream and downstream direction with respect to the division plate. The plurality of extension plates are configured and adapted for motion in the upstream and downstream direction independent of one another to extend upstream of the division plates as needed to improve solid particle distribution among the downstream pipes. |
156 |
BIN SYSTEM AND CHAR RECOVERY APPARATUS |
US14348177 |
2012-11-22 |
US20140231239A1 |
2014-08-21 |
Yoshinori Koyama; Yuichiro Urakata; Osamu Shinada; Yasunari Shibata; Takashi Yamamoto; Koji Nishimura; Hiromi Ishii |
In a bin system and a char recovery apparatus, reduction in size of the apparatus can be achieved. Provided are: a bin (44) that can store char; three char discharge lines (47, 49a, 49b) that are arranged at a predetermined inclination angle at which the char can be discharged in the bin (44) by means of gravitational fall; four switching lines (51a, 51b, 51c, 51d) that are arranged at the predetermined inclination angle theta at which the char stored in the bin (44) can be fed by means of the gravitational fall; and assist gas feed parts (54, 55a, 55b) as an assist device that assist flow of the char gravitationally falling down the char discharge lines (47, 49a, 49b). |
157 |
CUT EXTRUDATE DISPERSAL HOOD |
US13626683 |
2012-09-25 |
US20140087047A1 |
2014-03-27 |
Matthew James Edelman; Dennis Howard Baumgartner; Dennis R. Hartter; Jason Dean Selland; Marc L. Wenger |
A product-spreading hood assembly (10) for use with a die unit (128) includes a deflector (14) having wall structure defining a product inlet opening (90) and a product outlet opening (92); the deflector (14) is preferably generally frustoconical in shape and is supported by a housing (12). An optional air delivery assembly (16) allows air currents to be directed from the area of the inlet (90) towards outlet (92) to facilitate separation of discrete products. Advantageously, the air currents are delivered in a circumferential fashion about the die unit (128). Use of the hood assembly (10) serves to separate high moisture or “sticky” extrudates, thereby preventing agglomeration thereof. |
158 |
Biomass feed system/process |
US12703492 |
2010-02-10 |
US08523496B2 |
2013-09-03 |
Robert Bartek |
The invention relates generally to the conversion of biomass to oxygenated hydrocarbons. More particularly, an improved biomass feed system or process for conveying biomass to a reactor for conversion to oxygenated hydrocarbons is provided. The provided system or process utilizes a spool piece adapted to convey solid particulate biomass from a lower pressure to a higher pressure. The spool piece conveys the solid particulate biomass material either directly to a reactor operated at or below the higher pressure or first to a vibratory feeder and then to such reactor. The vibratory feeder can include a bowl and an outlet spout extending tangentially from the bowl. |
159 |
POWDER SUPPLYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLEANING A POWDER SUPPLYING DEVICE |
US13807468 |
2011-06-29 |
US20130108379A1 |
2013-05-02 |
Felix Mauchle; Norbert Honegger; Mark Steinemann; Hanspeter Michael |
A powder supplying device for a powder coating installation with at least one closable powder container, which has a substantially cuboidal powder chamber for coating powder and a fluidizing device for introducing fluidizing compressed air into the powder chamber. At least one inlet opening is provided in a side wall of the powder container for feeding coating powder during a powder coating operation of the powder coating installation or for introducing cleaning compressed air during a cleaning operation of the coating installation. At least one outlet is provided for discharging fluidizing compressed air introduced into the powder chamber or for discharging cleaning air introduced into the powder chamber during the cleaning operation together with residual powder transported along with the cleaning compressed air. At least one powder feed line and at least one cleaning compressed-air feed line are connected via a diverter to the at least one inlet opening. |
160 |
Pulse-controlled metering device |
US174362 |
1993-12-28 |
US5474401A |
1995-12-12 |
Knut A. Paulsen; Bernt Nagell; Gisle G. Enstad; Bjorn Vikshaland; Leiv Ognedal |
A pneumatic metering device for metering powdered materials, for example in connection with feeding aluminum oxide and aluminum fluoride to an electrolysis cell for production of aluminum, includes a container in the form of a relatively long, closed channel or similar structure. A fluidizing element is fitted in the base of the channel for supply of air for fluidization of material which is located in the channel. The container is fitted with an inlet for feeding material to the container from a store in the form of a silo or similar and an outlet for metered discharge of material from the container. The area below the inlet is inactive and is not supplied with fluidizing air, whereas air is supplied intermittently to the fluidizing element which is designed to cover essentially all other parts of the base of the channel. |