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US 5,343,596 AGranted
Inclined rotatable drums and method for grading fibrous material
AssigneeAnkal Pty Limited
InventorAndrew F. Kaldor
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AssigneeAnkal Pty Limited
InventorAndrew F. Kaldor
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A separator for the separation of fibrous bark from core material of chopped or crushed stalks of a crop such as Kenaf having two or more hollow bodies for rotation on inclined axes, each having a perforated wall and upper inlet and lower outlet ends. Within at least one of the bodies is provided a plurality of longitudinally extending, circumferentially spaced baffles. With rotation of each body while downwardly inclined from the inlet to the outlet, a fibrous phase of the material is conveyed in turn to discharge from the outlet end of one body and conveyed into the inlet of another body, while a more solid phase is discharged through the perforated walls of the bodies.
A fibre separator comprising:
A method of separating fibres from an unseparated mass containing the fibres and also containing core particles, said method comprising the steps of:
An apparatus for grading fibrous material comprising two or more hollow bodies for rotation on inclined axes, each having a perforated wall and upper inlet and lower outlet ends, and a plurality of longitudinally extending, circumferentially spaced baffles within at least one of said bodies, the axes of the hollow bodies being inclined and the wall of each hollow body being perforated such that with rotation of each body while downwardly inclined from said inlet to said outlet ends a fibrous phase of the material is conveyed in turn to discharge from the outlet end of one body and conveyed into the inlet of another body, while a more solid phase is discharged through said perforated walls of the bodies.
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