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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Anthony Charlebois, Boisbriand, CA;

Mathieu Roy, Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-lac, CA;

Patrick Gauthier, Saint-Colomban, CA;

Matthieu Balmayer, Montreal, CA;

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 1/46 (2006.01); B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B07B 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 1/46 (2013.01); B01D 46/0052 (2013.01); B07B 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sieving system for a powder is provided. The sieving system includes a support structure; a filter housing movable relative to the support structure, the filter housing defining an inlet and an outlet, the filter housing comprising a broad frequency filter disposed between the inlet and the outlet, the broad frequency filter configured to restrict a first portion of the powder larger than a predetermined threshold from reaching the outlet; and a powder mass control assembly configured to determine data indicative of a powder mass within a portion of the sieving system and control one or more operations of the sieving system based on the determined data indicative of the powder mass.


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