Adjustable, self-cleaning rotary machine which is intended to produce a flow of purefied fluid
OwnerFrancois Simon, Sandre Simoninventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a rotary machine comprising a rotor (6) bearing a packing (9) in the form of a ring which is at least partially made from a flexible, fluid-permeable material. The inventive machine also comprises variable-speed drive means for rotating the rotor (6) and means which enable the aforementioned packing (9) to be deformed in response to a variation in the rotational speed of the rotor (6). As a result, the machine can produce an air flow, extract material contained in said flow and perform a self-cleaning cycle.
Claims17
1-18. (canceled)
A rotary machine capable of generating a flux of fluid, comprising a rotor bearing a fitting in the form of a crown at least partly made in a flexible material, permeable to fluids, means for driving the rotor into rotation at a variable velocity,
- said machine comprising self-cleaning means comprising as a combination:
- control means capable of acting on the aforesaid means for driving the rotor into rotation at a variable velocity so as to generate a sudden change in the rotational velocity of said rotor,
- coupling means between a first face of the fitting and the aforesaid driving means, and
- an annular part borne by a second face of the fitting so that due to the inertia of this annular part, said sudden change in the rotational velocity of said rotor generates a process of torsion and/or compression of the fitting and consequently said self-cleaning of this fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.