Hydroseparator stacker
OwnerEdwin A. Kehrinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for transporting a slurry composed of a solid suspended in a liquid, for separating the solid from the liquid, and for discharging the solid onto a mound for storage. The hydroseparating stacker includes a separator for removing a portion of the liquid from the slurry and leaving a slurry concentrate. The separator is supported by a boom which includes a first hollow support element operably coupled to the separator for transporting the slurry thereto. The boom also includes a second hollow support element operably coupled to the separator for removing the excess liquid therefrom. The separator and the boom are movably suspended superadjacent to the mound for depositing the slurry concentrate discharged from the separator onto the mound for storage.
Claims12
An apparatus for movably supporting a separator of the type which accepts an input slurry comprising a solid suspended in a liquid and removes a portion of the liquid therefrom to produce a slurry concentrate, said movable separator support comprising:
- a vertical support having a vertical pivot axis therethrough;
- a boom movably coupled to said vertical support, said boom having said separator attached thereto, said boom defined by a plurality of support elements including a first hollow support element operably coupled between a source of said slurry and an input of said separator for transporting said slurry thereto, said boom further including a second hollow support element operably coupled to said separator for removing said portion of said liquid therefrom, and said boom including a third support element connected to said first and second support elements and positioned substantially parallel thereto along the length of said boom, said first, second and third support elements disposed to define said boom as having a generally triangular cross-section.
An apparatus for transporting a slurry composed of a solid suspended in a liquid, and for discharging the solid onto a mound for storage, said apparatus comprising:
- a separator for removing a portion of said liquid from said slurry leaving a slurry concentrate;
- a boom for supporting said separator, said boom at least partially defined by a plurality of support elements, said plurality of support elements including a first hollow support element operably coupled to said separator for transporting said slurry thereto, said boom further including a second hollow support element operably coupled to said separator for removing said portion of said liquid therefrom, and said boom further including a third support element connected to said first and second support elements and positioned substantially parallel thereto along the length of said boom, said first, second and third support elements disposed to define said boom as having a generally triangular cross-section;
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- suspension means for movably suspending said boom and said separator supradjacent to the mound, whereby said slurry concentrate containing said solid may be discharged from said separator onto the mound for storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.