ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,980, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FLSmidth A/S (Denmark).
"Separator apparatus and feed arrangement for increased capacity" was invented by Taavi Orupold (Woolloongabba, Australia), Michael Gardiner (Capalaba, Australia), Byron Sadler (Wishart, Australia), Andrew Klos (Pinkenba, Australia) and David Starr (Forest Lake, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidized bed separator (1) includes a feed section (4) between an upper separation chamber (19) and a main separation chamber (6). The feed section (4) has one or more feed pipes (11) extending horizontally and transversely with respect to a body wall (10) of the fluidize...