Junk separator for, and in combination wtih, a pulp slurry inlet chamber of a pulp handling machine

A junk separator, for a circular pulp slurry inlet chamber of a pulp handling machine, which circular chamber has a substantially imperforate, bottom floor, comprising:

• a barrier coupled to and depending from said floor of said chamber;
• an opening, formed in said floor, and terminating at said barrier;
• and
• means in communication with said opening for collecting junk therein.

In combination with a slurry inlet chamber of a pulp slurry handling machine, a junk separator, comprising:

• a slurry inlet chamber having an outer peripheral wall, a bottom floor, and a slurry inlet conduit wherein said floor has an aperture formed therein;
• a plate set in said aperture;
• said plate having an elongate opening formed therein and extending substantially tangent to said wall;
• and
• means coupled to said wall, and extending inwardly relative to said chamber, for guiding heavy particles from said inlet conduit to said opening;
• said means comprising a flight extending along substantially a full half of said wall between said inlet conduit and substantially said opening;
• said flight being at a given elevation above said floor adjacent to said inlet conduit, and gradually declining to another elevation above said floor adjacent to said opening.