Sorting device separating a powder mixture into spheroidal and sharp-edged particles

Claim 1

A SORTING DEVICE FOR SEPARATING A POWDER INTO SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES AND SHARP-EDGED PARTICLES, WHEREIN A PLURALITY OF SEPARATING CASCADE MEMBERS ARE SPACED APART, ARE DISPOSED AT SUCCESSIVELY LOWER LEVELS AND ARE INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL SO AS TO FORM AN INCLINED CASCADE-SORTING TUNNEL, AND ARE SECURED TO THE SIDE WALLS OF AN ELONGATED CONTAINER HAVING A INLET DISPOSED AS ITS UPPER END AND OUTLETS DISPOSED AS ITS LOWER END, THE SORTING DEVICE COMPRISING BRAKING APRONS SECURED ABOVE THE SEPARATING-CASCADE MEMBERS TO FORM PART OF THE SORTING TUNNEL, A SEPARATION PLATE BEING POSITIONED NEAR THE LOWER END OF THE ELONGATED CONTAINER, RECEIVING MEANS COLLECTING SPHEROIDAL PARTICLES AND SHARP-EDGED PARTICLES, RESPECTIVELY, THE RECEIVING MEANS BEING PLACED BELOW THE LOWER END OF SAID CONTAINER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SEPARATION PLATE, A VIBRATING CHUTE POSITIONED ABOVE THE UPPER END OF THE CASCADE-SORTING TUNNEL, A FRAME SUPPORTING THE CONTAINER, THE FRAME PROVIDING A DOWNWARDLY INCLINED SUPPORTING PLANE HAVING AN ANGLE A WITH A RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL, A PLURALITY OF VIBRATORS AND SHOCK ABSORBERS BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE CONTAINER AND THE FRAME, AND THE BRAKING APRONS BEING DISPOSED OVER THE SPACES BETWEEN THE CASCADE MEMBERS.