Apparatus for handling and wetting dust

Claim 1

A DUST HANDLING APPARATUS COMPRISING WALLS FORMING A HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED MIXING CHAMBER AND A VERTICAL OUTLET CHAMBER, ONE WALL OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER BEING FORMED OF REMOVABLE SECTIONS TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE INTERIOR, A TAPERED NOZZLE CONNECTING ONE END OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID OUTLET CHAMBER, A DUST INLET CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A STEAM INLET IN THE END OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER ADJACENT SAID DUST INLET FOR INTRODUCING STEAM TO CARRY DUST ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER THROUGH SAID NOZZLE INTO SAID OUTLET CHAMBER, SUPPLEMENTARY STEAM INLETS IN THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER, WATER INLETS IN THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID MIXING CHAMBER DIRECTED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION OF DUST FLOW FOR INTRODUCING WATER WITH TURBULENCE TO WET THE DUST, AND SPACED APART VERTICALLY EXTENDING WATER PIPES LOCATED INSIDE SAID OUTLET CHAMBER ADJACENT THE VERTICAL WALLS THEREOF, SAID PIPES HAVING A SERIES OF SPRAY OPENINGS DIRECTED INWARDLY OF SAID OUTLET CHAMBER FOR INTRODUCING WATER TO FURTHER WET THE DUST.