Feed apparatus for a slurry
AssigneeCDE Global Limited
InventorsAlexander Humphrey, Jordan McCooe
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for feeding slurry to a recycling or slurry treatment process at an elevated location. The apparatus includes a reception hopper for receiving the slurry from a transport vehicle, and a bucket elevator for conveying the slurry from a loading zone, in communication with the reception hopper, to a discharge zone at an elevated location. The reception hopper includes a trough having parallel side walls and a bottom wall. The loading zone of the bucket elevator communicates with a first end of the trough, the trough including a movable wall extending perpendicular to the side walls of the reception hopper and being movable towards the first end of the trough to urge slurry towards the loading zone of the bucket elevator.
Claims18
An apparatus for feeding slurry to a recycling or slurry treatment process at an elevated location, said apparatus comprising:
- a reception hopper for receiving slurry from a transport vehicle, said reception hopper comprising a trough having, parallel side walls, a bottom wall, and a movable wall;
- a bucket elevator for conveying the slurry from a loading zone in communication with said reception hopper to a discharge zone at the elevated location, said loading zone of said bucket elevator communicating with a first end of said trough;
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- a dewatering device adjacent said discharge zone of said bucket elevator for receiving the slurry therefrom;
- wherein said moveable wall is moveable towards said first end of said trough to urge the slurry towards said loading zone of said bucket elevator;
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- wherein said dewatering device comprises a dewatering screen having an apertured deck upon which the slurry is deposited from said discharge zone of said bucket elevator, a vibration generator for vibrating said apertured deck, and a sump beneath said apertured deck, such that, in use, undersize material and water pass through said apertured deck to be collected in said sump while oversize material falls from a discharge end of said deck.
An apparatus for feeding slurry to a recycling or slurry treatment process at an elevated location, said apparatus comprising:
- a reception hopper for receiving slurry from a transport vehicle, said reception hopper comprising a trough having, parallel side walls, a bottom wall, and a movable wall;
- a bucket elevator for conveying the slurry from a loading zone in communication with said reception hopper to a discharge zone at the elevated location, said loading zone of said bucket elevator communicating with a first end of said trough;
- elongate guides disposed along said side walls of said trough and perpendicular to said movable wall, for guiding movement of said moveable wall;
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- a support frame on a rear side of said moveable wall, said support frame adapted to maintain said moveable wall perpendicular to said side walls of said trough;
- wherein said moveable wall is moveable along said elongate guides towards said first end of said trough to urge the slurry towards said loading zone of said bucket elevator.
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