Carpco, Inc.

Arnold H Jackson

Frank S Knoll

Joseph B Taylor

David W Mitchell

Ricky A White

A process and apparatus that allows a portion of a feed system to be cleaned quickly by sequentially closing a feed passageway which leads to a sieve section; rotation of the sieve section to an upside-down position to allow blocking clumps of particles to fall away via gravity and reopening the passageway leading to the sieve section to continue with normal operation.

In-situ self-cleaning feed system for separation equipment

Apparatus for separating one type of particle from a mixture of particle types by dropping the mixture through a free fall zone between two spaced vertical walls of electrostatically charged, vertical cylindrical, spaced, continuously rotating electrodes that are continuously brushed by a plurality of spaced vertical cylindrical continuously rotating brushes.

Electrostatic separation of particles

In an inclined pan feeding apparatus for presenting or discharging particulate material onto a conveyor including a feed hopper, a generally horizontal pan to receive particles from the hopper and deliver the particles in a thin layer to a conveyor belt or roll; the improvement wherein the pan is adjustably inclined downwardly from the hopper to a spillway edge above the belt or roll, the pan being attached to the stationary frame through a front pair of vibration absorbers and a rear pair of vibration absorbers, a rotating motor with eccentric weights is attached to the pan to cause the pan to vibrate generally horizontally, the motor being selectively positioned vertically on the back of the pan, and the front pair of vibration absorbers being selectively positioned at spaced locations along the sides of the pan; and a skirt of flexible plastic fringe hanging closely above and parallel to the spillway edge of the pan.

Adjustable feed accelerator for particle separator

Apparatus for receiving particulate product, spreading the particles in a thin layer, and feeding them to a surface of an electrostatic separator, comprising a hopper with a slot discharge opening above a vibrating inclined distribution plate over which the particles are distributed and move to a lower edge where they fall into the feed end of a substantially vertical chute which is capable of discharging the particles at a selected velocity in a generally horizontal direction, the particles passing through the hopper discharge slot being controlled by an adjustable gate to provide uniform feed to the distribution plate and to control the feed rate into the chute, the chute being adjustable to control velocity of particles leaving the chute, and the direction of discharge from the chute, and a bypass conduit to selectively conduct particles directly from the hopper to a point of discharge which avoids the vibrating plate and the vertical chute.

Particle feeding apparatus

A device for feeding particulate material to a moving surface comprising a hopper for containing particulate material and having an outlet in the bottom for dispensing that material; a moving surface spaced downwardly from the outlet of the hopper and adapted to receive particulate material distributed across the surface; a receiver spaced downwardly from the outlet of the hopper to receive particulate material from the outlet and to direct that material generally horizontally to fall from an open edge of the receiver; and a vertical chute to receive the particulate material falling from the open edge of the receiver and to direct it downwardly and then horizontally to a dispensing edge spaced vertically above and closely adjacent to the moving surface.

Device for feeding particulate material

The rotor comprises an elongated hollow cylinder and hollow stub shafts affixed to and extending outwardly of each end portion of the cylinder, such cylinder interior being in fluid communication with the interiors of the shafts so that cooling fluid passes therebetween to reduce the heat build up of the cylinder and the transfer of heat to the rotor support beraings, and to conserve energy by substantially reducing the mass of the rotor. Fan blades may be located in and attached inwardly of the shaft or the cylinder to force cooling air therethrough.

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Jacksonville, FL, United States of America

Arnold H Jackson