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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:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
John W Talbott, Latah County, ID (US);
Thomas E Peters, Ada County, ID (US);
James D Logan, Whitman County, WA (US);
Assignee:
Morrison-Knudsen Forest Products, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 24 ; 162192 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for treating discrete pieces of material, particularly pieces of lignocellulosic furnish, to ensure adequate conductance thereof for orientation in an electric field for electrostatic alignment. The furnish is exposed to a conductance-improving substance of substances, such as an alkali or alkaline earth metal salts of weak acid, quaternary ammonium salts, or gases such as ammonia, chlorine, sulfur dioxide, etc. prior to being subjected to the electric field.