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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1984
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas C Huie, Naperville, IL (US);
William Bradley, Sullivans Island, SC (US);
Assignee:
Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241 14 ; 241 30 ;
Abstract
Tendency of smooth particles of a size to pneumatically fluidizing from plugging metal transfer conduits is overcome by changing the geometry a portion, at least 10 weight percent of the particles to jagged, rough or sharp particles, as by grinding and blending the changed geometry particles with the remaining smooth particles.