SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC...
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B 03
SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS (separating isotopes B 01 D 59/00; crushing or disintegrating B 02 C; centrifuges or vortex apparatus for carrying out physical processes B 04
) [5]
B 03 B
SEPARATING SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS (removing fluids from solids B 01 D; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high voltage electric fields B 03 C; flotation, differential sedimentation B 03 D; separating by dry methods
B 07; screening or sifting B 07 B; by picking B 07 C; separating peculiar to particular materials and provided for in other single classes, see the relevant classes)
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Conditioning for facilitating separation by altering physical properties of the matter to be treated (pretreatment of ores in general C 22 B)
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Preparatory heating
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by additives
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by varying ambient atmospheric pressure
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Separating by pneumatic tables or by pneumatic jigs (sink-float separation using dry heavy media B 03 B 5/46) [2]
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using swinging or shaking tables [6]
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using rotary tables or tables formed by travelling belts (separating solids from solids using gas currents and revolving drums B 07 B 4/06) [6]
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using fixed and inclined tables [6]
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Washing granular, powdered or lumpy materials; Wet separating (separating by pneumatic tables or by pneumatic jigs B 03 B 4/00) [2]
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using shaken, pulsated or stirred beds as the principal means of separation (B 03 B 5/28, B 03 B 5/48 take precedence) [2]
Constructional details of shaking tables, e.g. riffling [2]
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on vanners [2]
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on jigs [2]
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using pulses generated mechanically in fluid [2]
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Plunger jigs [2]
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Diaphragm jigs [2]
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Moving-sieve jigs [2]
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using pulses generated by air injection [2]
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using pulses generated by liquid injection [2]
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Constructional details of jigs, e.g. pulse control devices [2]
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in sluices [2]
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by sink-float separation [2]
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using heavy liquids or suspensions [2]
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using centrifugal force (centrifuges B 04 B; cyclones B 04 C) [2]
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Applications of hydrocyclones [2]
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Devices therefor, other than using centrifugal force (jigs B 03 B 5/10) [2]
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of conical receptacle type [2]
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of trough type [2]
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of drum or lifting wheel type [2]
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Application of particular media therefor [2]
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using dry heavy media; Devices therefor [2]
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by mechanical classifiers (sink-float separation aspects B 03 B 5/28) [2]
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Rake classifiers [2]
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Spiral classifiers [2]
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Drag classifiers [2]
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Drum classifiers [2]
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Bowl classifiers [2]
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by non-mechanical classifiers, e.g. slime tanks (using shaken, pulsated or stirred beds as the principal means of separation B 03 B 5/02; hydraulic classifiers B 03 B 5/62; water impulse classifiers B 03 B 5/68) [2]
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by hydraulic classifiers, e.g. of launder, tank, spiral or helical chute concentrator type [2]
Combinations of wet processes or apparatus with other processes or apparatus, e.g. for dressing ores or garbage
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General arrangement of separating plant, e.g. flow sheets
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specially adapted for oil-sand, oil-chalk, oil-shales, ozokerite, bitumen, or the like
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specially adapted for furnace residues, smeltings, or foundry slags
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specially adapted for refuse
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Feed or discharge devices integral with washing or wet-separating equipment (filling or emptying devices per seB 65 G 65/30)
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Control arrangements specially adapted for wet- separating apparatus or for dressing plant, using physical effects (detecting, measuring, or analysing devices G 01; control devices in general G 05
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using optical effects
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using electrical or electromagnetic effects
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using absorption or reflection of radioactive emanation
