Title of Invention

DENSIFYING OF A BULK PARTICULATE MATERIAL

Abstract A method of densifying a bulk particulate material includes at least partially confining the bulk particulate material, and mechanically agitating the confined bulk particulate material with at least two elongate rotatable members (14), (15) of which at least one is submerged in the confined bulk particulate material. The rotatable members each have an axis of rotation and include a plurality of axially spaced agitating formations (40) which project outwardly away from their axes of rotation. The rotatable members are transversely spaced.
Full Text THIS INVENTION relates to densifying of a bulk particulate material. In
particular, it relates to a method and to apparatus for densifying a bulk particulate
material.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of
densifying a bulk particulate material, the method including
at least partially confining the bulk particulate material; and
mechanically severely agitating the confined bulk particulate material with at least
two elongate rotatable members submerged in the confined bulk particulate material, to
provide a smaller average particle size and increased BET surface area, the rotatable
members each having an axis of rotation and including a plurality of axially spaced
agitating formations which project outwardly away from their axes of rotation, and the
rotatable members being transversely spaced and arranged one above the other,
thereby to densify the bulk particulate material.
The action of the submerged rotatable members and the agitating formations
is thus not to compress the bulk particulate material, but mechanically severely to
agitate the confined bulk particulate material, during agitation thoroughly mixing the bulk
particulate material, without significantly fluidising the bulk particulate material and
without causing any stable cavities in the bulk particulate material.
Typically, each rotatable member is submerged in the confined bulk
particulate material. In other words, there is typically a head of bulk particulate material
above all of the rotatable members.
The method may include feeding the bulk particulate material being densified
in a direction which is transverse to the axes of rotation of the rotatable members, past
the rotatable members.
The at least two rotatable members arranged one above the other may be
rotated in the same direction.
Preferably, at least two of the elongate rotatable members are arranged side
by side. When at least two rotatable members are arranged side by side, they may be
rotated in opposite directions.
A vertical bulk density gradient may be established in the confined bulk
particulate material, with the highest bulk density being at the bottom.
The bulk particulate material may be at least partially confined in a manner
which leaves a free head space above the confined bulk particulate material, with the
agitated bulk particulate material being allowed to take up at least some of the free head
space during agitation.
The axes of rotation of the rotatable members are typically substantially
parallel. The axes of rotation preferably extend sideways, e.g. substantially horizontal.
The bulk particulate material may be at least partially confined in a vessel.
The rotatable members may be rotated such that a point on an extreme
radially outer periphery of a rotatable member, submerged in the bulk particulate
material, travels at a speed of between about 3 m/s and about 100 m/s, typically
between about 20 m/s and about 23 m/s.
Confining the bulk particulate material may include feeding the bulk
particulate material into the vessel. Thus, an entire body of bulk particulate material
may be densified inside the vessel to provide a uniform body of particulate material
having a uniform bulk density inside the vessel.
The method may include vibrating the vessel to inhibit agglomeration or
build-up or caking of the particulate material against interior surfaces of the vessel.
The method may include discharging the flowable densified bulk particulate
material from the vessel. It is to be appreciated that the method can be conducted on a
continuous basis or on a batch basis, discharging of the densified bulk particulate
material from the vessel and feeding of bulk particulate material into the vessel thus
occurring batch-wise, or on a controlled basis. Thus, the bulk particulate material may
be fed on a continuous basis into the vessel, and the densified bulk particulate material
may be discharged on a continuous basis from the vessel, the entire body of bulk
particulate material inside the vessel having, at steady state conditions, a substantially
higher average bulk density than bulk particulate material feed.
In one embodiment of the invention, a bulk particulate feed material is
densified on a continuous basis, with the bulk particulate feed material being fed from
above the rotatable members and with densified bulk particulate material being
removed from below the rotatable members.
The method may include measuring or determining the bulk density of the
densified bulk particulate material prior to discharging it from the vessel. Instead, the
method may include measuring or determining the bulk density of the densified bulk
particulate material after it has been discharged from the vessel, or during agitation of
the bulk particulate material, e.g. by measuring the current drawn by an electric motor or
motors used to rotate the rotatable members.
The rotatable members may be rotated at an angular speed of between 100
rpm and 3500 rpm. Preferably, the rotatable members are rotated at an angular speed
of between 500 rpm and 1000 rpm. Typically, the rotatable members are rotated at an
angular speed of between 700 rpm and 800 rpm, e.g. about 732 rpm.
The bulk particulate material, prior to densification, may have a mean particle
size of less than 1 mm. Typically, the bulk particulate material has a mean particle size
of less than 0.5 mm, even less than 1 urn, e.g. about 0.15 urn.
The method may include extracting dust from the vessel.
The ratio of the bulk density of the particulate material prior to densifying
thereof, to the bulk density of the flowable densified particulate material may be at least
2 : 3. Preferably, the ratio of the bulk density of the particulate material prior to
densifying thereof, to the bulk density of the flowable densified particulate material is at
least 1 : 5, depending on the bulk density of the particulate material prior to densifying
and the particulate material being densified, The ratio can be as large as 1 : 10, or even
larger, e.g. 1 : 12 depending on the bulk density of the particulate material prior to
densifying and the particulate material being densified.
The mechanical agitation of the bulk particulate material may be effected in
the presence of a densification agent. The densification agent will be present in
quantities small enough to ensure that the densified bulk particulate material remains
flowable and essentially dry, and therefore does not form a dough, paste, slurry or the
like.
The densification agent may be a polar liquid. In a preferred embodiment of
the invention, the densification agent is an aqueous fluid, e.g. water or demineralised
water.
When the densification agent is an aqueous fluid, the bulk particulate
material, prior to or during densifying thereof, may include water in a mass
concentration falling in a range with a lower limit of about 0.5 %. The lower limit may
however be as low as about 0.45 %, or even as low as about 0.4 %. An upper limit of
the range may be as high as about 10 %, or even higher at about 15 %, or even as high
as about 20 %.
It is however to be appreciated that the bulk particulate material being
densified may affect the effective range within which an aqueous densification agent
can be used. The aforementioned ranges are however suitable for the densification of
microsilica, such as silica fume.

The bulk particulate material may be a hygroscopic material. The bulk
particulate material may be microsilica, e.g. fumed silica, precipitated silica, colloidal
silica or silica gel.
Instead, the bulk particulate material may be selected from the group
consisting of carbon black, coal, fly ash, kaolin, and meta kaolin. Also, the bulk
particulate material may be selected from the group consisting of Mn2O3, Mn3O4, V2O5,
alumina, bauxite, cement and slag.
When the bulk particulate material is particulate silica, the particulate silica
may have a particle size of the less than 0.5 urn, typically less than 0.2 urn. Indeed, it is
expected that the invention will find particular, though not exclusive application in
densifying so-called silica fume.
The method may include adding the densification agent to the bulk
particulate material, prior to or during mechanical agitation of the bulk particulate
material.
The method may include allowing the concentration of the densification agent
to reduce during or after the mechanical agitation of the bulk particulate material. Thus,
an average concentration of the densification agent in the densified bulk particulate
material may be less than the average concentration of the densification agent in the
bulk particulate material being densified.
The method may include allowing bulk particulate material to heat up during
the mechanical agitation, with at least a portion of the densification agent vaporizing and
being removed from the bulk particulate material being densified or from the densified
bulk particulate material.
In one embodiment of the invention, when the densification agent is an
aqueous liquid, the bulk particulate material may include water in, or water may be
added to the bulk particulate material to, a concentration of more than 4 % by mass e.g.
4 % to 8 % by mass, with the densified bulk particulate material including less than 3 %
water by mass. In another embodiment of the invention, when the bulk particulate

material is microsilica and the densification agent is an aqueous liquid, the microsilica
includes water in, or water is being added to the microsilica to, a concentration of
between 4 % and 8 % by mass, e.g. between 6 % and 8 % by mass, with the densified
microsilica including less than 1.5 %, preferably less than 1 %, water by mass. The
Applicant has also found that, when the bulk particulate material is microsilica, excellent
results are obtained when the microsilica being densified includes about 1.5 %
moisture, with the densified microsilica being substantially dry with a moisture content of
almost 0 %.
The method may include controlling the density of the densified bulk
particulate material. The controlling of the density of the densified bulk particulate
material may be effected by a method selected from the group consisting of
manipulating the residence time of the bulk particulate material in the vessel,
manipulating the angular speed of rotation of the rotatable members, manipulating the
level of the bulk particulate material in the vessel, controlling the concentration of the
densification agent present with the bulk particulate material, and two or more of these
methods. The controlling of the density of the densified bulk particulate material is
however not necessarily limited to these methods.
The invention extends to a method of densifying a bulk particulate material
which includes
feeding the bulk particulate material into a densification zone;
at least partially confining the bulk particulate material in the densification zone;
and
mechanically agitating the confined bulk particulate material with at least one
elongate rotatable member submerged in the confined bulk particulate material, the
rotatable member having an axis of rotation and including a plurality of axially spaced
agitating formations which project outwardly away from the axis of rotation, the bulk
particulate material being fed through the densification zone in a direction which is
transverse to the axis of rotation of the rotatable member.
According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided bulk
particulate material densification and size reduction apparatus which includes

a vessel to at least partially confine a body of a bulk participate material, the
vessel defining a bulk particulate material receiving or confining zone;
at least two elongate rotatable members which are transversely spaced and
arranged one above the other such that they will be submerged in use by bulk
particulate material in the bulk particulate material receiving or confining zone
mechanically severely to agitate the bulk particulate material, the rotatable members
each having an axis of rotation and including a plurality of axially spaced agitating
formations which project outwardly away from their axes of rotation; and
drive means connected to the rotatable members capable of rotating the rotatable
members at various elevations at different speeds about their axes of rotation to agitate
bulk particulate material in the bulk particulate material receiving zone.
Preferably, each rotatable member with agitating formations is arranged to be
submerged in use by bulk particulate material in the bulk particulate material receiving
zone.
The at least two rotatable members arranged one above the other may be
configured to rotate in the same direction.
Preferably, at least two of the elongate rotatable members are arranged side
by side. When at least two rotatable members are arranged side by side, they may be
configured to rotate in opposite directions.
The vessel may define a free head space above the bulk particulate material
receiving or confining zone.
The axes of rotation of the rotatable members are typically substantially
parallel. The axes of rotation preferably extend sideways, e.g. substantially horizontal.
The apparatus typically includes an outlet or outlets for densified bulk
particulate material at a low elevation and an inlet for bulk particulate material at a
higher elevation than the outlet. The inlet may be above the rotatable members and the
outlet or outlets may be below the rotatable members. Thus, the outlet or outlets may
be a bottom outlet or bottom outlets.

In one embodiment of the invention, the inlet, outlet(s) and rotatable
members are arranged in use to feed bulk particulate material being densified through
the bulk particulate material receiving or confining zone in a direction which is
transverse to the axes of rotation of the rotatable members.
The apparatus may include a densification agent inlet leading into the vessel.
The apparatus may include a densification agent outlet from the vessel to
remove vaporized densification agent. Instead, the densificatfon agent inlet may also
function as a densification agent outlet.
The agitating formations may project radially away from the axes of rotation
of the rotatable members. The rotatable members may thus include a core from which
the agitating formations project and to which they are attached.
The agitating formations may individually comprise a shank or shaft portion
and a head portion at an end of the shaft portion remote from the core. The head
portion may advantageously be used to scrape clean internal surfaces of the vessel.
The agitating formations may be arranged in a plurality, e.g. four, axially
extending but circumferentially spaced rows. The rows may be staggered so that an
agitating formation in one row is flanked by empty positions in adjacent rows.
The drive means may be capable of rotating the rotatable members at an
angular speed of between 100 rpm and 3500 rpm when the rotatable members are
submerged in the body of particulate material. Typically, the drive means is capable of
rotating the rotatable members at an angular speed of between 500 rpm and 1000 rpm
when the rotatable members are submerged in the body of particulate material, e.g. at
about 700 rpm to 800 rpm.
The apparatus may be configured for continuous operation in a continuous
rocess.
The apparatus may include conveying means and bagging means, the conveying
means being arranged to convey densified bulk particulate material from the vessel
to the bagging means for bagging the densified bulk particulate material. Instead, the
outlet for densified bulk particulate material may feed into bagging means.
The apparatus may include vibration means for vibrating the vessel to inhibit
agglomeration or caking or build-up of the particulate material against interior
surfaces of the vessel.
The apparatus may include dust extraction means for extracting dust from the
vessel.
The rotatable members and interior surfaces of the vessel may be coated with a
material which inhibits caking or agglomeration or build-up of the bulk particulate
material against or on them.
The apparatus may include density measurement means and control means for
controlling the bulk density of the densified bulk particulate material.
The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the
accompanying diagrammatic drawings.
Brief Description of the Accompanying Drawings
Figure 1 shows a sectioned elevational view of one embodiment of densification
apparatus in accordance with the invention for densifying a bulk particulate material;
Figure 2 shows an elevational side view of a rotatable member of the densification
apparatus of Figure 1; and
Figures 3 and 4 show schematically other arrangements of rotatable members of
densification apparatus in accordance with the invention for densifying a bulk
particulate material.
Referring to Figure 1 of the drawings, reference numeral 10 generally indicates one
embodiment of densification apparatus in accordance with the invention for
densifying a bulk particulate material. The apparatus 10 include a vessel 12 for

containing and confining the bulk participate material, and transversely spaced elongate
rotatable members 14, 15 which are in use submerged in the bulk particulate material
contained in the vessel 12, and which are rotatable about horizontal longitudinally
extending axes of rotation, which are parallel..
The vessel 12 is rectangular in plan, with the longer sides of the vessel 12
being parallel to the axes of rotation of the rotatable members 14, 15 and with the
rotatable members 14, 15 extending through the shorter sides of the vessel 12.
Bearings are provided for the rotatable members 14,15.
The vessel 12 defines a bulk particulate material receiving or confining or
densification zone 16 within which the rotatable members 14,15 are located.
The vessel 12 includes an Inlet 22 for feeding bulk particulate material into
the vessel 12, and an outlet 24 to remove densified bulk particulate material from the
vessel 12. The inlet 22 is located in a roof 26 of the vessel 12, and the outlet 24 is
located in a wall 28 of the vessel 12 extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the
rotatable member 14. In a more preferred embodiment, the outlet, or more than one
outlet, is located in a floor 46 of the vessel 12..
The rotatable member 14 is located more or less at the elevation of the outlet
24. The rotatable member 14 is mechanically attached by means of a coupling 17 to a
drive shaft 30, which is in turn drivingly connected to an electric motor 32. The electric
motor 32 is capable of selectively rotating the rotatable member 14 at an angular speed
of between 700 rpm and 800 rpm. The coupling 17 also functions as a pulley. By
means of a pulley 19, a drive belt 21 and the coupling/pulley 17, the electric motor 32
can also drive the rotatable member 15.
The electric motor 32 and the vessel 12 are supported on a base 34 having
legs 36.
The rotatable members 14, 15 each include a core 38 and a plurality of
axially spaced, radially extending agitating formations 40. The agitating formations 40
of each rotatable member 14, 15 are arranged in four axially extending rows, only three

rows of which are visible in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. The rows are
equiangularly spaced from one another so that an angle of 90 ° exists between adjacent
rows. The rows are also staggered so that an agitating formation 40 in one row is
flanked by empty positions in adjacent rows, with agitating formations 40 of non-
adjacent rows being diagonally aligned.
Each agitating formation 40 comprises a shank portion 42 and a head portion
44 (see Figure 2). In one embodiment of the invention, each agitating formation 40 is in
the form of a bolt screwed into the core 38. However, it is to be appreciated that there
are many other suitable embodiments of agitating formations.
The vessel 12 and the rotatable member 14 are dimensioned such that there
is little clearance between the floor 46 and walls 28 of the vessel 12, on the one hand,
and the head portions 44 of the agitating formations 40 when the rotatable member 14
is rotated, on the other hand. Similarly, there is little clearance between the head
portions 44 of the agitating formations 40 of the rotatable member 15 and the walls 28
of the vessel 12. Accordingly, the head portions 44 act during rotation of the rotatable
members 14, 15 as scrapers to inhibit caking of the bulk particulate material on interior
surfaces of the vessel 12, in addition to agitating the bulk particulate material.
A densification agent inlet 48 is provided in a wall of the vessel 12, at a
relatively high elevation. The inlet 48 is in flow communication with a water feed line 50.
A flow controller 52 is provided in the flow line 50.
If desired, a dust extraction outlet (not shown) may be provided for the vessel
12, and a vibrator (not shown), may be mounted against an exterior surface of the
vessel 12.
In use, the vessel 12 is fed on a controlled and measured basis with bulk
particulate material, as shown by arrow 54, continuously to fill the vessel 12 thereby to
cover the rotatable members 14, 15. Water as densification agent is added in a
predetermined controlled ratio through the inlet 48 to the bulk particulate material.
When the bulk particulate material is silica fume, this ratio is about 6 : 100 on a mass

basis. However, it is to be appreciated that the apparatus 10 can also function without
the use of a densification agent, such as water.
In order to density the bulk particulate material, the submerged rotatable
members 14, 15 are rotated at an angular speed of about 732 rpm by means of the
electric motor 32. The agitating formations 40 severely agitate the bulk particulate
material thereby densifying the bulk particulate material. During agitation, the bulk
particulate material is flung against the sides of the vessel 12. The rotatable members
14, 15 however do not fluidise the body of bulk particulate material inside the vessel 12
to any significant extent, nor are cylindrical cavities formed co-axial with the rotatable
members 14, 15.
If a vibrator is present, the vibrator is run to inhibit caking of the bulk
parti"culate material against the interior surfaces of the vessel 12, and dust which is
formed is extracted through the dust extraction outlet (if present), together with water
vapour formed as a result of the frictional heating of the particulate material, which can
reach temperatures of 70 °C to 80 °C. If a separate densification agent outlet is not
provided, the bulk particulate material inlet 22 can serve to remove water vapour from
the vessel 12.
The densified bulk particulate material is discharged through the outlet 24.
Discharging is effected by the rotation of the rotatable member 14. The density of the
densified bulk particulate material discharged from the vessel 12 is measured by density
measurement and control means (not shown), which increases or decreases the
discharge rate of the densified bulk particulate material from the vessel 12 by opening
or closing the outlet 24, thereby increasing or decreasing the residence time of the bulk
particulate material in the vessel 12, in order to density the bulk particulate material to a
desired bulk density. Typically, the densified bulk particulate material includes less than
1 % by mass water and is thus essentially dry.
Referring to Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings, other embodiments of
densification apparatus in accordance with the invention for densifying a bulk particulate .
material are generally indicated by reference numerals 200 and 300. As can be seen
from the simplified schematic diagrams shown in Figures 3 and 4, various other

arrangements of rotatable members are possible. In Figure 3, it is shown that more
than two, e.g. three, rotatable members may be used in a vertical arrangement, and that
more than one outlet 24 may be employed. Figure 5 illustrates how a plurality, e.g. four,
rotatable members 14 are arranged in a matrix, and that a bottom outlet 24 (preferred)
may be employed.
When a plurality of vertically spaced rotatable members are used, rotatable
members at a higher elevation can be used to shape or reshape and reduce in size
particles of the particulate material (e.g. alumina or bauxite), with rotatable members at
a lower elevation contributing more to the densification of the bulk particulate material.
In such an arrangement, the speed of the rotatable members at various elevations may
be different.
It is an advantage of the invention, as illustrated, that it provides a cost
effective method and apparatus for densifying a bulk particulate material, such as silica
fume. It is a further advantage of the invention, as illustrated, that the method and
apparatus are capable of densifying material such as silica fume to a higher bulk density
than conventional pneumatic (or other) methods and apparatus used for the densifying
of silica fume and like materials. Particle agglomeration is also much less compared to
the prior art pneumatic densification processes of which the Applicant is aware, thus
providing smaller average particle sizes, and increased BET surface areas. The
apparatus 10, as illustrated, advantageously also lends itself to continuous processes.
WE CLAIM
1. A method of densifying a bulk particulate material, the method comprising at least
partially confining the bulk particulate material; and mechanically severely agitating the
confined bulk particulate material with at least two elongate rotatable members
submerged in the confined bulk particulate material, to provide a smaller average
particle size and increased BET surface area, the rotatable members each having an
axis of rotation and comprising a plurality of axially spaced agitating formations which
project outwardly away from their axes of rotation, and the method being characterized
in that the rotatable members are transversely spaced and arranged one above the
other, thereby to densify the bulk particulate material.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, which comprises feeding the bulk particulate
material being desified in a direction which is transverse to the axes of rotation of the
rotatable members, past the rotatable members.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, in which the at least two rotatable
members arranged one above the other are rotated in the same direction.
4. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which at least two
rotatable members are arranged side by side.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4, in which the at least two rotatable members
arranged side by side are rotated in opposite directions.
6. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which a vertical bulk
density gradient is established in the confined bulk particulate material, with the
highest bulk density being at the bottom.
7. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which rotatable
members at various elevations are rotated at different speeds.
8. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the axes of
rotation of the rotatable members are parallel and in which the axes of rotation are
horizontal.

9. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which a bulk particulate
feed material is densified on a continuous basis, with the bulk particulate feed material
being fed from above the rotatable members and with desified bulk particulate material
being removed from below the rotatable members.
10. The method as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, in which the mechanical
agitation of the bulk particulate material is effected in the presence of a densification
agent.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10, in which the densification agent is an aqueous
fluid.
12. The method as claimed in claim 10 or claim 11 in which an average concentration of
the densification agent in the densified bulk particulate material is less than the
average concentration of the densification agent in the bulk particulate material being
densified.
13. The method as claimed in any one of claims 10 to 12 inclusive, in which the bulk
particulate material is allowed to heat up during the mechanical agitation, with at least
portion of the densification agent vaporizing and being removed from the bulk
particulate material being densified or from the densified bulk particulate material.
Bulk particulate material densification and size reduction ^apparatus which comprises:
a vessel to at least partially confine a body of a bulk particulate material, the vessel
defining a bulk particulate material receiving or confining zone;
atjeast two elongate rotatable members which are transversely spaced and arranged
one above the other such that they will be submerged in use by bulk particulate
material in the bulk particulate material receiving or confining zone mechanically
severely to agitate the bulk particulate material, the rotatable members each having an
axis of rotation and including a plurality of axially spaced agitating formations which
project outwardly away from their axes of rotation; and
drive means connected to the rotatable members capable of rotating the rotatable
members at various elevations at different speeds about their axes of rotation to
agitate bulk particulate material in the bulk particulate material receiving zone.
15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14, in which the at least two rotatable members
arranged one above the other are configured to rotate in the same direction.
16. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14 or claim 15, in which at least two rotatable
members are arranged side by side.
17. The apparatus as claimed in claim 16 in which at least two rotatable members are
arranged side by side are configured to rotate in opposite directions.
18. The apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 17 inclusive, in which the axes of
rotation of the rotatable members are parallel and in which the axes of rotation are
horizontal.
19. The apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 18 inclusive which comprises an
outlet for densified bulk paniculate material at a low elevation and an inlet for bulk
particulate material at a higher elevation than the outlet, with the inlet, outlet and
rotatable members being arranged in use to feed bulk particulate material being
densified through the bulk particulate material receiving or confining zone in a direction
which is transverse to the axes of rotation of the rotatable members.
20. The apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 19 inclusive, which comprises a
densification agent inlet leading into the vessel.
21. The apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 14 to 20 inclusive, which comprises a
densification agent outlet from the vessel to remove vaporized densification agent.
A method of densifying a bulk particulate material includes at least partially confining the
bulk particulate material, and mechanically agitating the confined bulk paniculate material
with at least two elongate rotatable members (14), (15) of which at least one is submerged in
the confined bulk particulate material. The rotatable members each have an axis of rotation
and include a plurality of axially spaced agitating formations (40) which project outwardly
away from their axes of rotation. The rotatable members are transversely spaced.

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Patent Number 215000
Indian Patent Application Number 02185/KOLNP/2005
PG Journal Number 08/2008
Publication Date 22-Feb-2008
Grant Date 20-Feb-2008
Date of Filing 07-Nov-2005
Name of Patentee RUSSEL-SMITH, KEVAN, VAUGHAN
Applicant Address 28 GEMINI STREET, SUNDOWNER, 2161 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 RUSSEL-SMITH, KEVAN, VAUGHAN 28 GEMINI STREET, SUNDOWNER, 2161 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
PCT International Classification Number B01J 2/10
PCT International Application Number PCT/IB2004/050504
PCT International Filing date 2004-04-23
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 2003/3133 2003-04-23 South Africa