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.
Claims20
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;
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- a compacting machine disposed downstream from the conduit and configured to receive dust from the conduit,
- wherein a blower is configured to pull air downstream to carry the dust into the compacting machine, and the compacting machine produces a compact from the dust.
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 compacting machine disposed downstream from the conduit and configured to receive aluminum dust from the conduit and to produce an aluminum compact;
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- an explosion isolation valve disposed along the conduit and upstream from the compacting machine.
An aluminum compact manufactured according to a method that uses an apparatus with a rotary valve operatively connected to a cutting unit, a conduit in fluid communication with the rotary valve, and a compacting machine disposed downstream from the conduit and configured to receive aluminum dust from the conduit, wherein a blower is configured to pull air downstream to carry the aluminum dust into the compacting machine, and the compacting machine produces the aluminum compact from the dust.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.