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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Eric Johnson, Edgewood, KY (US);
Inventor:
Eric Johnson, Edgewood, KY (US);
Assignee:
M-I L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B03B 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vibratory conditioner includes a plurality of screens having a planar surface through which there is a material feed opening, wherein each screen is retained in vertical alignment such that all planar surfaces are parallel, a chamber within which the parallel screens are retained, means for conditioning air within the chamber to a predetermined temperature and a predetermined humidity level, and a vibratory generator operable to vibrate the chamber and fluidize particles of material retained on a top surface of each screen and to move the fluidized particles in a first direction.