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US 5,009,331 AGranted
Apparatus for separating elongated contaminants from a stream of material
AssigneePhillips Petroleum Company
InventorSanford N. Smith
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing elongated contaminants from a stream containing pellets and elongated contaminants. The method comprising flowing the stream through a snagging zone in which the contaminants are snagged.
Claims17
An apparatus for separating elongated contaminants from a stream of material containing pellets and said contaminants, said apparatus comprising:
- a separation means having wall means defining an entrance, an exit, and an enclosure, said enclosure located between said entrance and exit, each of said entrance and exit having centers defining an axis;
- support means comprising rod means within said enclosure;
- at least one outwardly extending projection affixed to said rod means to snag said contaminants as said pellets continuously flow in substantially parallel relation to said axis through said enclosure.
An apparatus for separating elongated contaminants from a stream of material containing pellets and said contaminants, said apparatus comprising:
- a separation means having wall means defining an entrance, an exit, and an enclosure, said enclosure located between said entrance and exit, each of said entrance and exit having centers defining an axis;
- support means disposed within said enclosure comprising a first set of substantially parallel rods, oriented in a first plane normal to said axis, and a second set of substantially parallel rods, oriented in a second plane normal to said axis;
- at least one outwardly extending projection affixed to each of said rods to snag said contaminants as said stream flows through said enclosure.
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