Method of and apparatus for solid waste recovery
Abstract
Abstract SOLID WASTE, ESPECIALLY HOUSEHOLD SCRAP, IS SEPARATED INTO COMPONENT SUBSTANCES ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RELATIVE DENSITIES BY ENTRAINING THE WASTE IN A LIQUID AND SWIRLING THE LIQUID AND WASTE IN A VESSEL HAVIN G A PERIPHERAL SIDE WILL WITH ONE OR MORE CORNER PORTIONS. THE HEAVIEST COMPONENT SUBSTANCES ARE COLLECTED IN THE CORNER PORTIONS OF THE VESSLE AND OTHER SOLID WASTE STILL ENTRAINED IN THE LIQUID IS REMOVED AT LOCATIONS INWARDLY OF THE SIDE WALL. IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, A ROTOR IS LOCATED CENTRALLY OF A SQUARE VESSEL TO SWIRL LIQUID AND WASTE. COLLECTING MEMBERS, PREFERABLY OF A CONVEYOR TYPE, ARE LOCATED IN THE CORNER PORTIONS OF THE VESSLE TO COLLECT AND REMOVE THE HEAVIER WASTE AND SUCTION CONDUITS ARE INSERTED INTO THE VESSEL INWARDLY OF THE SIDE WALL AT PARTICULAR RADIAL DISTANCES FROM THE CENTER OF THE VESSLE TO REMOVE ENTRAINED WASTE OF DIFFERENT DENSITIES. THE VESSEL IS PROVIDED WITH AN UPWARDLY CONVEX BOTTOM WALL AND A SKIMMER AT THE TOP FOR REMOVING FLOATING WASTE.
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- 👤 Frank J Hruby
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