Hydro cyclone

Claim 1

A HYDROCYCLONIC DEVICE FOR SEPARATING A LIQUID SUSPENSION OF SOLIDS INTO ACCEPTED AND REJECTED FRACTIONS, INCLUDING A SHELL PROVIDING A SEPARATING CHAMBER HAVING AN INLET FOR TANGENTIAL ADMISSION OF A LIQUID SUSPENSION, A NOZZLE HAVING A THROUGH OPENING MOUNTED TO PROJECT IN SAID CHAMBER AND DEFINE AN OPENING THEREFROM ADJACENT SAID TANGENTIAL INLET FOR DISCHARGE OF ACCEPTED FRACTIONS, SAID NOZZLE BEING IN SPACED RELATION TO THE CHAMBER WALL, MEANS DEFINING AN OPENING FROM SAID CHAMBER AT ITS OPPOSITE END FOR DISCHARGE OF REJECTED FRACTION, SAID CHAMBER, NOZZLE AND MEANS DEFINING THE TANGENTIAL INLET TO SAID CHAMBER BEING SO ARRANGED THAT ON TANGENTIAL ADMISSION OF A LIQUID SUSPENSION A SWIRLING FLOW THEREOF IS PRODUCED ADJACENT THE CHAMBER WALL TO CARRY REJECTED FRACTIONS THROUGH THE OPENING AT SAID OPPOSITE END OF SAID CHAMBER AND ACCEPTED FRACTIONS TO AND THROUGH SAID NOZZLE AND MEANS ON SAID NOZZLE ADJACENT THE INLET THERETO IN SAID CHAMBER PROVIDING AN EXTERNAL LATERAL PROJECTION TO INHIBIT FLOW OF DIRT RICH FRACTIONS THROUGH SAID NOZZLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF EDDY CURRENTS CONSEQUENT TO DELIVERY OF THE SUSPENSION THROUGH SAID TANGENTIAL INLET.