Integrated terminal deck and spout for vibrating separator and method of fabrication
AssigneeSouthwestern Wire Cloth, Inc.
InventorJames F. Nogalski
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Abstract
An integrated terminal deck and spout assembly for a vibrating separator and a method of fabricating a terminal deck constructed such that the deck has a protruding tongue which extends out past the deck blank. The protruding tongue forms the bottom plate of the discharge spout. This reduces the number of parts necessary to assemble a terminal deck. It also provides a structurally stronger discharge spout than found in the prior art and reduces the time and labor necessary to assemble a terminal deck. This change in design also reduces fatigue cracking in the deck blank near the terminal deck discharge spout.
Claims6
A vibrating separator, comprising:
- a cylindrical walled container body, including a woven wire screen separator to separate particles of different sizes, a terminal deck plate to gather together particles that have passed through said separator and direct said particles towards a terminal deck discharge spout opening located on the periphery of said cylindrical walled container body and out through a terminal deck discharge spout wherein said terminal deck plate being constructed of a flat piece of material installed in said container body to provide a sloped surface to said terminal deck;
- said terminal deck plate has a protruding tongue which extends through said terminal deck discharge spout opening;
- said terminal deck plate and said terminal deck discharge spout are formed out of a single planar piece of material;
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- said protruding tongue forms a bottom plate for said terminal deck discharge spout.
A method to fabricate a vibrating separator which method comprises:
- fabricating a terminal deck plate having an elliptical external shape and a protruding tongue formed from a single planar piece of material;
- installing said terminal deck plate in a cylindrical walled container body with said tongue extending through an opening in said container body and fastening said terminal deck thereto;
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- fastening a discharge spout to said terminal deck tongue and said container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.