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US 2007/0163451 A1Published application
Device for separating objects
OwnerJean Fachauxinventor
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Abstract
Objects, particularly cherries, that are initially connected together, are separated by introducing the objects into a pipe while a water vortex is turning about the center of the pipe.
Claims17
Device for separating objects initially connected together, comprising means for generating at least one water vortex in at least one pipe, and means for introducing the objects into the said pipe while the water vortex is generated in the pipe.
Method of separating objects initially connected together, comprising:
- generating a water vortex in a pipe;
- and
- introducing the objects into the said pipe while the water vortex is in the pipe.
Apparatus for separating objects initially connected together comprising:
- a pipe for holding a non-compressible liquid;
- a vortex generator for inducing a vortex in the liquid in the pipe;
- the vortex generator and the pipe being arranged for enabling the vortex to turn about a longitudinal axis of the pipe while the objects are in the liquid and being turned by the vortex;
- the diameter of the pipe, the length of the pipe through which the vortex turns the objects, the distance separating the objects while the objects are initially connected together, the size of the objects and the rotation speed of the vortex about the axis being such that the objects are separated without contacting an interior wall of the pipe.
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