Cyclone with plural peripheral discharge tubes

Claim 1

A device for centrifugally separating solids from liquid or vapor, said device comprising: a. a main body (11) having an upper cylindrical portion and funnel-shaped lower portion, said upper portion being open at its upper edge but being closed to the atmosphere by means for receiving said liquid or vapor as it flows over said upper edge, said lower portion being open at its lower end said receiver means including discharge means; b. a container (15) closed to atmosphere, but said lower end in which separated solids are to be stored temporarily before being discharged; c. a tangential injection inlet (12) in said main body upper portion, so disposed that solids-containing liquid or vapor fed through said tangential inlet follows a spiral path within said main body; d. a plurality of outlets (13) from said main body, said outlets (13) being arranged in axial alignment at the outermost periphery of said main body; and, e. a plurality of vertical tubes (14) around the outermost periphery of said main body, each of said vertical tubes (14) having a vertical slit and each of said vertical tubes being positioned around the outermost periphery of said main body such that each of said tubes is open at both its upper and lower ends and each of said plurality of outlets from said main body opens to a respective one of said vertical slits, said tubes at their lower ends opening to said container (15), and at their upper ends opening to said receiving means.

Claim 2

A device for centrifugally separating solids from liquid or vapor, said device comprising: a. a main body (11) having an upper cylindrical portion and funnel-shaped lower portion, said upper portion being open at its upper edge but being closed to the atmosphere by means for receiving said liquid or vapor as it flows over said upper edge, said lower portion being open at its lower end said receiver means including discharge means; b. a container (15) closed to atmosphere, but said lower end in which separated solids are to be stored temporarily before being discharged; c. a tangential injection inlet (12) in said main body upper portion, so disposed that solids-containing liquid or vapor fed through said tangential inlet follows a spiral path within said main body; d. a plurality of outlets (13) from said main body, said outlets (13) being arranged in axial alignment at the outermost periphery of said main body; and, e. a plurality of vertical tubes (14) around the outermost periphery of said main body, each of said vertical tubes (14) having a vertical slit and each of said vertical tubes being positioned around the outermost periphery of said main body such that each of said tubes is open at both its upper and lower ends and each of said plurality of outlets from said main body opens to a respective one of said vertical slits, said tubes at their lower ends opening to said container (15), and at their upper ends opening to said receiving means.