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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2024
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventor:
Jinquan Xu, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Assignee:
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 4/02 (2006.01); B07B 11/06 (2006.01); B07B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 4/02 (2013.01); B07B 11/06 (2013.01); B07B 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for gas flow separation of powders includes establishing a stream of mixed powders; and applying a cross-flow stream of gas to the stream of mixed powders such that powders of different density are displaced by the cross-flow stream to a different extent, thereby forming separate streams of powders having different density. An apparatus is also disclosed.