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US 10,259,184 B2Granted
Aluminum dust collection and compacting apparatus
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorFrank Bishop
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Abstract
An apparatus for collecting dust from a cutting unit is provided. The apparatus includes a rotary valve operatively connected to the cutting unit, a conduit in fluid communication with the rotary valve, and a compacting machine disposed downstream from the conduit and configured to receive dust from the conduit. A blower is configured to pull air downstream to carry the dust into the compacting machine. The compacting machine produces a compact from the dust.
Claims18
An apparatus for collecting dust from a cutting unit comprising:
- a rotary valve operatively connected to the cutting unit;
- a conduit in fluid communication with the rotary valve;
- a primary dust collection unit and a back-up dust collection unit that are disposed downstream from the conduit:
- a compacting machine disposed downstream from the primary dust collection unit and configured to receive dust from the conduit;
- a plurality of slide gates for operatively selectively controlling movement of the dust from the conduit to either one of the primary dust collection unit and the back-up dust collection unit;
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- a blower configured to pull air downstream to carry the dust into the compacting machine, and the compacting machine produces a compact from the dust.
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An apparatus for collecting aluminum dust from a cutting unit comprising:
- a rotary valve operatively connected to the cutting unit;
- a conduit in fluid communication with the rotary valve;
- a primary aluminum dust collection unit and a back-up aluminum dust collection unit that are disposed downstream from the conduit:
- a compacting machine disposed downstream from the primary aluminum dust collection unit and configured to receive aluminum dust from the conduit and to produce an aluminum compact;
- a plurality of slide gates for operatively selectively controlling movement of the aluminum dust from the conduit to either one of the primary aluminum dust collection unit and the back-up aluminum dust collection unit;
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- an explosion isolation valve disposed along the conduit and upstream from the compacting machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.