Cleaner for cyclone apex discharge

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR REMOVING HEAVY SOLID PARTICLES FROM A FLUID CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES AND SAID HEAVY SOLID PARTICLES, COMPRISING A MAIN CYCLONE SEPARATOR DEVICE, THE UPPER END OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH A TANGENTIAL IN TAKE FOR THE FLUID CONTAINING THE MIXTURE AND AN AXIAL OUTLET FOR THE FLUID AND THE LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES FREED FROM THE HEAVY SOLID IMPURITIES, AN AUXILIARY CYCLONE SEPARATOR COAXIAL WITH SAID MAIN CYCLONE AND ARRANGED BELOW THE LATTER, THE UPPER END OF THE SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE BEING PROVIDED WITH A TANGENTIAL INLET FOR INTRODUCING A DILUTION FLUID IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE FLUID MIXTURE AND THE LOWER END THEREOF BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET FOR THE HEAVY SOLID IMPURITIES, AND FLUID PASSAGE MEANS FOR BRINGING THE UPPER END OF SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE INTO COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID MAIN CYCLONE AND CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A FLUID PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY IN AXIAL RELATION TO SAID CYCLONES, AND AN ANNULAR LATERAL FLUID PASSAGEWAY LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY AND IN COMMUNICATION AT ITS INTERIOR PERIPHERY WITH SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY, SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY BEING TAPERED AND BEING DIVIDED INTO AN UPPER TAPERED PORTION AND A LOWER TAPERED PORTION BY SAID LATERAL PASSAGEWAY, SAID LATERAL PASSAGEWAY BEING LOCATED AT THE LEVEL OF SAID TANGENTIAL INLET FOR DILUTION FLUID AND DIRECTING THE FLUID MIXTURE COMPOSED OF ALL OF THE HEAVY IMPURITIES AND PART OF THE LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES, WHICH IS DISCHARGED FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID MAIN CYCLONE AND PASSES DOWN THROUGH THE PORTION OF SAID VERTICAL PASSAGE ABOVE SAID LATERAL PASSAGEWAY, TOWARD THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WALL OF SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE IN WHICH IS PROVIDED SAID INLET, SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY CONDUCTING AN AXIAL FLOW OF FLUID CONTAINING ONLY LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES PASSING UPWARDLY FROM SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE INTO SAID MAIN CYCLONE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR REMOVING HEAVY SOLID PARTICLES FROM A FLUID CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES AND SAID HEAVY SOLID PARTICLES, COMPRISING A MAIN CYCLONE SEPARATOR DEVICE, THE UPPER END OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH A TANGENTIAL IN TAKE FOR THE FLUID CONTAINING THE MIXTURE AND AN AXIAL OUTLET FOR THE FLUID AND THE LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES FREED FROM THE HEAVY SOLID IMPURITIES, AN AUXILIARY CYCLONE SEPARATOR COAXIAL WITH SAID MAIN CYCLONE AND ARRANGED BELOW THE LATTER, THE UPPER END OF THE SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE BEING PROVIDED WITH A TANGENTIAL INLET FOR INTRODUCING A DILUTION FLUID IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE FLUID MIXTURE AND THE LOWER END THEREOF BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET FOR THE HEAVY SOLID IMPURITIES, AND FLUID PASSAGE MEANS FOR BRINGING THE UPPER END OF SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE INTO COMMUNICATION WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID MAIN CYCLONE AND CONSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A FLUID PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING VERTICALLY IN AXIAL RELATION TO SAID CYCLONES, AND AN ANNULAR LATERAL FLUID PASSAGEWAY LOCATED INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY AND IN COMMUNICATION AT ITS INTERIOR PERIPHERY WITH SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY, SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY BEING TAPERED AND BEING DIVIDED INTO AN UPPER TAPERED PORTION AND A LOWER TAPERED PORTION BY SAID LATERAL PASSAGEWAY, SAID LATERAL PASSAGEWAY BEING LOCATED AT THE LEVEL OF SAID TANGENTIAL INLET FOR DILUTION FLUID AND DIRECTING THE FLUID MIXTURE COMPOSED OF ALL OF THE HEAVY IMPURITIES AND PART OF THE LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES, WHICH IS DISCHARGED FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID MAIN CYCLONE AND PASSES DOWN THROUGH THE PORTION OF SAID VERTICAL PASSAGE ABOVE SAID LATERAL PASSAGEWAY, TOWARD THE UPPER PORTION OF THE WALL OF SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE IN WHICH IS PROVIDED SAID INLET, SAID VERTICAL PASSAGEWAY CONDUCTING AN AXIAL FLOW OF FLUID CONTAINING ONLY LIGHT SOLID PARTICLES PASSING UPWARDLY FROM SAID AUXILIARY CYCLONE INTO SAID MAIN CYCLONE.