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US 5,203,045 AGranted
Nozzle mounting in atmospheric diffusers
AssigneeKamyr, Inc.
InventorStefan Golston
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Abstract
Nozzle breakage in an atmospheric diffuser for treating paper pulp is precluded by mounting the nozzle to the rotating scraper arm by a connection which will break when the nozzle is subjected to a drag force of about 50% of the force that will break the nozzle. The connection preferably includes a pivot connection of a nozzle extension at one side of the arm, and a shear pin connection of the extension at the end opposite the pivot connection. An oblong nozzle is integral with the nozzle extension, with the fluid introducing openings of the nozzle remote from its connection to the extension. The amount of pivotal movement of the nozzle when the shear pin breaks is limited to about 15.degree.-26.degree. so as to prevent the nozzle from contacting an annular extraction screen of the diffuser.
Claims27
An atmospheric diffuser for treating paper pulp, comprising:
- a generally upright vessel having a central vertical axis;
- a plurality of annular screens;
- means for mounting said annular screens within said vessel concentric with said central vertical axis;
- means for reciprocating said mounting means up and down so that said screens move parallel to said central vertical axis;
- a treatment arm assembly;
- means for mounting said arm assembly within said vessel vertically spaced from said screens for rotation about said central axis;
- means for rotating said arm assembly about said central axis in a first direction;
- means for supplying treatment fluid to said arm assembly;
- a plurality of elongated treatment fluid introduction nozzles for introducing treatment fluid into said vessel between said annular screens;
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- fluid tight connection means for effecting connection of a first plurality of said nozzles to said arm assembly so that said nozzles are vertical and disposed between said screens and so that treatment fluid will normally flow from said arm assembly into said nozzles and from said nozzles into the interior of said vessel, but so that the connection between each of said first plurality of nozzles and said arm assembly will be broken if a said nozzle is subjected to a high drag load, but less than the load which will break that nozzle.
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A connection between an arm and a nozzle, comprising
- a nozzle extension having first and second ends;
- a pair of first ears with aligned first through extending openings therein at said first end of said extension;
- a second ear with a second through extending opening parallel to said first openings, said second ear extending from said second end of said extension;
- an elongated nozzle having a first end integral with said nozzle extension, and having a second end extending outwardly from said extension in a dimension perpendicular to a plane containing said first and second openings, said nozzle second end having means defining at least one fluid introducing opening therein;
- an arm having first and second portions;
- said arm first portion having a first ear disposed between said extension first ears and having a first opening therein, in alignment with said extension first openings;
- said arm second portion having at least one second ear which is adjacent said extension second ear and having a second opening therein, in alignment with said extension second opening;
- a pivot pin received by said first openings;
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- a shear pin, having shear resistance properties significantly less than those of said pivot pin and said nozzle, received by said second openings, and extending parallel to sid pivot pin.
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A method of treating paper pulp in an upright vessel having a vertical axis, a plurality of annular screens mounted on extraction arms and concentric with the vertical axis, and a plurality of treatment arms having treatment fluid introducing nozzles connected thereto by connections and disposed between the annular screens;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) introducing paper pulp so that it flows vertically in the vessel past the annular screens, liquid being withdrawn from the pulp within the vessel through the screens and extraction arms;
- (b) rotating the treatment arms and attached nozzles so that the nozzles move through the pulp in a first direction of rotation, while introducing treatment fluid into the pulp through the nozzles, the treatment fluid flowing through the treatment arms into the nozzles, a drag force naturally being applied to the nozzles as they move through the pulp in the first direction of rotation;
- (c) reciprocating the extraction arms, and attached screens, up and down;
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- (d) should the drag force on a nozzle become greater than a high predetermined value, but less than the amount of drag force that would break the nozzle, providing breaking of the connection between the nozzle and the treatment arm so that treatment fluid flows into the pulp directly from the treatment arm, rather than through the nozzle, the treatment fluid diluting the pulp at the area of breakage so as to reduce the drag force at that point.
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A connection between an arm and a nozzle, comprising
- a nozzle extension having first and second ends;
- a pair of first ears with aligned first through extending openings therein at said first end of said extension;
- a second ear with a second through extending opening parallel to said first openings, said second ear extending from said second end of said extension;
- an elongated nozzle, oblong in cross-section, and having a first end integral with said nozzle extension, and having a second end extending outwardly from said extension in a dimension perpendicular to a plane containing said first and second openings, said nozzle second end having means defining at least one fluid introducing opening therein;
- an arm having first and second portions;
- said arm first portion having a first ear disposed between said extension first ears and having a first opening therein, in alignment with said extension first openings;
- said arm second portion having at least one second ear which is adjacent said extension second ear and having a second opening therein, in alignment with said extension second opening;
- a pivot pin received by said first openings;
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- a shear pin, having shear resistance properties significantly less than those of said pivot pin and said nozzle, received by said second openings.
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A connection between an arm and a nozzle, comprising
- a nozzle extension having first and second ends;
- a pair of first ears with aligned first through extending openings therein at said first end of said extension;
- a second ear with a second through extending opening parallel to said first openings, said second ear extending from said second end of said extension;
- an elongated nozzle having a first end integral with said nozzle extension, and having a second end extending outwardly from said extension in a dimension perpendicular to a plane containing said first and second openings, said nozzle second end having means defining at least one fluid introducing opening therein;
- an arm having first and second portions;
- said arm first portion having a first ear disposed between said extension first ears and having a first opening therein, in alignment with said extension first openings;
- said arm second portion having at least one second ear which is adjacent said extension second ear and having a second opening therein, in alignment with said extension second opening;
- a pivot pin received by said first openings;
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- a shear pin, having shear resistance properties significantly less than those of said pivot pin and said nozzle, received by said second openings;
- said extension second ear having a stop projection extending outwardly therefrom in said first direction of rotation;
- and said arm second portion second ear having a stop pin extending therefrom in a dimension parallel to said second openings, said stop pin intersecting an arcuate path of movement of said stop projection about said pivot pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.