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US4152254A
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Disk centrifuge for granular material
Assignee: BKMI Industrieanlagen GmbH
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Filing: 1977-11-10
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Granted: 1979-05-01
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Expires: 1997-11-10
Abstract
Abstract A centrifuge for sifting granular material, ranging in particle size from a few microns to several hundred microns, for example, comprises an upwardly concave frustoconical disk rotatable about a horizontal axis and provided with a similarly shaped cover defining therewith a narrow annular gap of outwardly converging radial cross-section. Air, or some other gaseous or liquid fluid, is axially introduced from above into that gap together with the granular material to be centrifuged, the fluid stream imparting to the smaller particles an added acceleration making the velocities of all particles substantially equal at the disk periphery.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Steier
- 👤 Wolfram Quittkat
- 👤 Wulfram Schmid-Meil
- 👤 Otmar Hornberger
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 08:41
CPC Classifications
B; B07; B07B; B07B7/00; B07B7/08; B07B7/083; B07B11/00; B07B11/06; B65; B65G; B65G31/00; B65G31/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
In an apparatus for centrifuging granular material, including a slinger disk spacedly overlain by a cover and defining therewith a narrow annular gap centered on an axis, drive means for jointly rotating said disk and said cover about said axis, an inner conduit opening axially from above into said gap for depositing differently sized particles of granular material on an upper surface of said disk with resulting centrifugal acceleration of said particles in a radially outward direction within said gap, an outer conduit surrounding said inner conduit and forming therewith an annular channel opening into said gap, and a source of fluid communicating with said channel for setting up in said gap a continuous outwardly directed fluid flow preferentially entraining smaller particles to compensate at least in part for the more intense centrifugal acceleration of larger particles, the improvement wherein both said conduits are stationary and said channel has an outlet provided with a set of stationary vanes imparting to said fluid flow a rotation codirectional with that of said disk.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
In an apparatus for centrifuging granular material, including a slinger disk spacedly overlain by a cover and defining therewith a narrow annular gap centered on an axis, drive means for jointly rotating said disk and said cover about said axis, an inner conduit opening axially from above into said gap for depositing differently sized particles of granular material on an upper surface of said disk with resulting centrifugal acceleration of said particles in a radially outward direction within said gap, an outer conduit surrounding said inner conduit and forming therewith an annular channel opening into said gap, and a source of fluid communicating with said channel for setting up in said gap a continuous outwardly directed fluid flow preferentially entraining smaller particles to compensate at least in part for the more intense centrifugal acceleration of larger particles, the improvement wherein both said conduits are stationary and said channel has an outlet provided with a set of stationary vanes imparting to said fluid flow a rotation codirectional with that of said disk.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein said gap narrows in a radially outward direction to such an extent that its peripheral cross-section does not increase with radius.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein said disk and said cover have generally frustoconical, upwardly concave confronting surfaces.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein said gap is substantially unobstructed at least along its outer periphery.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The improvement defined in claim 1 wherein said outlet is formed by axially spaced transverse extensions of said inner and outer conduits, said vanes being disposed between said extensions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The improvement defined in claim 5 wherein said extensions lie above said disk and below said cover.
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