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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1974
Hartmut Schmidt, Wiesbaden-Bierstadt, DT;
Jurgen Neumann, Russelsheim, DT;
Reinhold Arneth, Budenheim, DT;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DT;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process and apparatus for separating aspherical particles from spherical particles in an admixture thereof, preferably in the preparation of a particulate carrier material for two-component developer systems for electrostatic copy devices. The process comprises directing the mixture of particles onto a surface which is inclined with respect to the horizontal; producing a relative velocity between the inclined surface and the mixture of particles, the velocity having a directional component transverse to the steepest inclination gradient of the inclined surface; and collecting a portion of the mixture of particles in a zone of the inclined surface wherein predominantly spherical particles have accummulated as a result of their greater tendency to roll in response to the relative velocity than the aspherical particles.