Purging apparatus
OwnerClaude C. Laval, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A purging apparatus having a housing for receiving material subsequently to be purged, a source of fluid under pressure connected to the housing adapted to direct a fluid stream into the housing to agitate the material therein, a tube mounted on the housing and having a vortex chamber communicating with the housing through a slot disposed transversely and eccentrically to the chamber, and a discharge conduit connected to the tube.
Claims20
In combination with a pump having a fluid intake adapted for insertion in a well, said pump mounting a particle separating device on the intake thereof, a purging apparatus comprising a particle collection housing mounted on the separating device having a particle receiving opening communicating with the separating device;
- means mounted on the housing for selectively opening and closing said opening;
- a source of fluid under pressure connected to the housing;
- a vortex tube mounted on the housing and having a slot therein communicating with the collection housing, said slot defining a path of fluid travel oblique to the tube;
- and a discharge conduit secured on the tube.
In combination with a submersible water pump, having water entrance and discharge ends, adapted for insertion in a water well, and mounting a particle separating device on the entrance end thereof, a particle purging apparatus comprising a collection housing, having an interior and a lower floor, secured on the separating device;
- a wall, having a valve opening therein, affixed on the housing so as to separate the separating device from the interior of the housing;
- a valve closure pivotally fastened on the wall adjacent to the valve opening within the interior of the housing;
- a valve opening sealing member borne by the closure;
- a water deflecting baffle secured on the closure;
- a water inlet conduit mounted on the housing and communicating with the interior thereof in alignment with the baffle;
- a tube, having a vortex chamber, affixed on the housing extending longitudinally with the interior thereof, said tube having a longitudinal slot therein obliquely communicating with the chamber;
- a water discharge conduit mounted on the housing in communication with the vortex chamber;
- and a selectively operable source of water under pressure mounted on the inlet conduit.
In combination with a pump having an intake;
- a separator connected to the intake of the pump adapted to remove solid particles from fluid drawn into the intake of the pump;
- and a particle purging apparatus comprising a particle receiving housing connected to the separator and having a passage therebetween through which particles can pass from the separator to the housing, means connected to the housing for supplying fluid under pressure thereto to agitate the particles into fluid suspension and to impart fluid pressure to the housing, a cylindrical vortex chamber extended longitudinally of the housing having a slot longitudinally therein communicating with the interior of the housing to receive fluid and fluid borne particles therefrom, said slot being disposed tangentially of the chamber to impart vortexing movement to fluid therein to sustain suspension of the particles, and exhaust means connected to the vortexing chamber to release fluid borne particles therefrom.
A purging comprising a substantially fluid tight housing having an outlet and a passage adapted for connection to a source of fluid borne particles to receive the same therethrough, valve means for opening and closing said passage, and fluid means connected to the housing operative remotely from said housing alternately to close the valve means to pressurize the housing and force fluid borne particles from the housing through the outlet and to open the valve means to admit fluid borne particles through the passage.
A purging apparatus comprising:
- A. a substantially fluid tight housing having a passage adapted for connection to a source of fluid borne particles to receive the same therefrom,
- B. an inlet conduit connected to the housing,
- C. an outlet conduit connected to the housing,
- D. conntrolled means for supplying fluid under pressure to the inlet conduit for passage therethrough into the housing,
- E. valve means for opening and closing said passage, and
- F. fluid pressure responsive means operative alternately to open the valve so that the housing received particles from the source and to close the valve to pressurize the housing with influx of fluid from the inlet conduit to force fluid borne particles out the outlet conduit.
A purging apparatus comprising:
- A. a substantially fluid tight housing adapted for connection to a source of fluid borne particles in downward extension therefrom, said housing having a wall between it and the source providing a passage therethrough for the gravitational descent of particles from the source into the housing;
- B. an inlet conduit connected to the housing;
- C. an outlet conduit connected to the housing;
- D. controlled means for supplying fluid under pressure to the inlet conduit for passage therethrough into the housing;
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- E. valve means responsive to influx of fluid into the housing from the inlet conduit to close said passage to pressurize the housing and force fluid and fluid borne particles out the outlet conduit and responsive to interruption of said influx of fluid to open said passage to receive fluid and fluid borne particles from the source.
A purging apparatus comprising:
- A. a particle collection housing having an upwardly disposed opening for the gravitational receipt of particles therethrough,
- B. a flap valve having a sealing surface and an oppositely disposed pressure receiving surface,
- C. means mounting the flap valve within the housing for pivotal movement toward the opening to bring the sealing surface into closing relation to the opening and away from the opening to a retracted position,
- D. inlet conduit means coonnected to the housing disposed to direct a fluid stream therethrough against the pressure receiving surface when the valve is in retracted position to urge the valve toward the opening and disposed to direct the fluid stream against the pressure receiving surface when the valve is closed to retain it in closed position,
- E. means for controlling fluid flow through the inlet conduit means,
- F. outlet conduit means connected to the housing and extended therefrom, and
- G. means on the valve positioned for the impingement of fluid thereagainst when the valve is in closed position to direct the fluid downwardly in the housing to agitate the particles therein for removal in fluid stream through the outlet conduit.
A purging apparatus comprising:
- A. a particle collection housing adapted for connection to a source of fluid borne particles in downward extension therefrom;
- B. a partition between the source and the housing having an opening therein for the descent of particles therethrough into the housing;
- C. a flap valve having angularly related oppositely disposed sealing and pressure receiving surfaces;
- D. means mounting the flap valve on the partition within the housing for pivotal movement toward the opening to dispose the sealing surface in closing relation thereto and from the opening to a retracted position;
- E. inlet conduit means connected to the housing disposed to direct a fluid stream therethrough against the fluid receiving surface to urge the valve toward the opening;
- F. means for controlling fluid flow through the inlet conduit means;
- G. an elongated substantially cylindrical tube having a longitudinal slot open in the housing to receive fluid borne particles therefrom;
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- H. an outlet conduit connected to the tube, the pressure receiving surface of the valve being configurated to direct fluid impinged thereagainst when the valve is in closed position downwardly in the housing and toward the slot in the tube to facilitate removal of fluid borne particles therethrough, and the slot being substantially tangential to the tube to cause a vortex action therein to facilitate removal of fluid borne particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.