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US4872972A
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Apparatus for classifying particles
Assignee: Kobe Steel Ltd
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Filing: 1987-11-05
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Granted: 1989-10-10
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Expires: 2007-11-05
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for classifying particles entrained by a solid-gas jet stream includes a feed nozzle, a cyclonic wall having an inner arcuate wall, and an auxiliary inner arcuate wall provided at an outlet port of the nozzle. The solid-gas stream is preliminarily bent along the auxiliary inner wall so that the particles are preliminarily or roughly classified into undersized and oversized particles by the action of the centrifugal force before they are classified by the cyclonic wall. The apparatus may include a collecting port disposed downstream of the nozzle outlet port and spaced slightly away from the inner arcuate wall of the cyclonic wall. The collecting port permits the apparatus to collect the undersized particles in a more effective manner.
Inventors
- 👤 Minoru Wakabayashi
- 👤 Hiroyuki Murata
- 👤 Yasuo Sugino
- 👤 Masanobu Yamao
- 👤 Takao Nishikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 20:03
CPC Classifications
B; B07; B07B; B07B7/00; B07B7/08; B07B7/086; B07B7/0865
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
253 words
An apparatus for classifying particles, said apparatus comprising: (a) a feed nozzle having an outlet port defined by a first side wall and a second side wall spaced from and at least approximately equidistant from said first side wall for producing a first jet stream of particles entrained in a gas; (b) a cyclonic block disposed downstream of and continuous to said first side wall of said feed nozzle, said cyclonic block having a first inner arcuate surface sized, shaped, and positioned such that, in use, the first jet stream flows therealong; (c) a control port sized, shaped, the positioned to produced a second jet stream of a gas that merges tangentially with the first jet stream adjacent said cyclonic block but on the side thereof remote from said cyclonic block to accelerate the first jet stream, said control port being defined by a first straight, imperforate side wall the merges tangentially with said second side wall and a second straight, imperforate side wall that is spaced from and at least approximately parallel to said first straight, imperforate side wall; and (d) at least two collecting ports disposed downstream of said cyclonic block in position to receive portions of the merged first and second jet streams, wherein: (e) said cyclonic block has a second inner arcuate surface sized, shaped, and positioned such that, in use, the first jet stream flows therealong and (f) said second inner arcuate surface is located upstream of said first inner arcuate surface and upstream of said control port.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
253 words
An apparatus for classifying particles, said apparatus comprising: (a) a feed nozzle having an outlet port defined by a first side wall and a second side wall spaced from and at least approximately equidistant from said first side wall for producing a first jet stream of particles entrained in a gas; (b) a cyclonic block disposed downstream of and continuous to said first side wall of said feed nozzle, said cyclonic block having a first inner arcuate surface sized, shaped, and positioned such that, in use, the first jet stream flows therealong; (c) a control port sized, shaped, the positioned to produced a second jet stream of a gas that merges tangentially with the first jet stream adjacent said cyclonic block but on the side thereof remote from said cyclonic block to accelerate the first jet stream, said control port being defined by a first straight, imperforate side wall the merges tangentially with said second side wall and a second straight, imperforate side wall that is spaced from and at least approximately parallel to said first straight, imperforate side wall; and (d) at least two collecting ports disposed downstream of said cyclonic block in position to receive portions of the merged first and second jet streams, wherein: (e) said cyclonic block has a second inner arcuate surface sized, shaped, and positioned such that, in use, the first jet stream flows therealong and (f) said second inner arcuate surface is located upstream of said first inner arcuate surface and upstream of said control port.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein one of said at least two collecting ports is located between 0.3 and 3 mm from said first inner arcuate surface of said cyclonic block.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein: (a) a first one of said at least two collecting ports is defined by said first inner arcuate surface of said cyclonic block and a first wall; (b) a second one of said at least two collecting ports is defined by said first wall and a second wall; and (c) the upstream end of said first wall is upstream of the upstream end of said second wall.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said second inner arcuate surface comprises an extension of said first inner arcuate surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said first inner arcuate surface is a rotatable cylindrical surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said outlet port has a width of 1-15 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said outlet port has a width of 2-10 mm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
An apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said first and second side walls are both arcuate.
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