Dust and particle separator with vortical action
OwnerDonald Maynardinventor
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Abstract
A particle separator is provided for separating small particles from large particles from material. The particle separator includes a conical shaped separator housing that forms a cyclonic separator enclosure, a cover attached at a top portion of the cyclonic separator enclosure, and an opening at a bottom portion of the cyclonic separator enclosure. The cyclonic separator enclosure has an inlet tube with a tangential entry opening along an inner wall of the cyclonic separator enclosure, where the inlet tube projects horizontally outward from an upper portion of the cyclonic separator enclosure. An outlet tube extends upward from a center of the cover with a vacuum unit connected to the outlet tube that creates a vortex in the cyclonic separator enclosure.
Claims32
A particle separator for separating small particles from large particles from material comprising:
- a conical shaped separator housing that forms a cyclonic separator enclosure;
- a cover attached at a top portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an inlet tube with a tangential entry opening along an inner wall of said cyclonic separator enclosure, and where said inlet tube projects horizontally outward from an upper portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an outlet tube extending upward from a center of said cover;
- a vacuum unit connected to said outlet tube that creates a vortex in said cyclonic separator enclosure;
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- an opening at a bottom portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure, where said opening at the bottom portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure has a ledge that divides said opening in half and deflects the larger particulate downward into a collection funnel that feeds into a collection container or bin.
A particle separator for separating small particles from large particles from material comprising:
- a conical shaped separator housing that forms a cyclonic separator enclosure;
- a cover attached at a top portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an inlet tube with a tangential entry opening along an inner wall of said cyclonic separator enclosure, and where said inlet tube projects horizontally outward from an upper portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an outlet tube extending upward from a center of said cover;
- a vacuum unit connected to said outlet tube that creates a vortex in said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an opening at a bottom portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
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- a controller that adjusts operating parameters, where said controller operates an electric eye that determines a level of collected large particulate, and releases the large particulate from a collection funnel into a collection container or bin.
A particle separator for separating small particles from large particles from material comprising:
- a conical shaped separator housing that forms a cyclonic separator enclosure;
- a cover attached at a top portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an inlet tube with a tangential entry opening along an inner wall of said cyclonic separator enclosure, and where said inlet tube projects horizontally outward from an upper portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an outlet tube extending upward from a center of said cover;
- a vacuum unit connected to said outlet tube that creates a vortex in said cyclonic separator enclosure;
- an opening at a bottom portion of said cyclonic separator enclosure;
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- a controller that adjusts operating parameters, where said controller operates a pad switch that releases the large particulate from a collection funnel into a collection container or bin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.