Particle separator
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsCharles J. McColgan, Peter Bizzaro
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Abstract
A particle separator is provided and includes a vessel and a scupper. The vessel is receptive of a fluid flow and configured to output the fluid flow at first and second outlets. The vessel includes a curved, inwardly facing surface. The scupper is disposed within the vessel to define a first flowpath along which the received fluid flow is directed to flow toward the first outlet between the curved, inwardly facing surface and a first side of the scupper, and a second flowpath along which the received fluid flow is directed to flow toward the second outlet along a second side of the scupper, which is opposite the first side.
Claims17
A particle separator, comprising:
- a vessel, which is receptive of a fluid flow and configured to output the fluid flow at first and second outlets, the vessel including a curved, inwardly facing surface that has a major longitudinal axis and defines an interior extending with a substantially uniform interior width along the major longitudinal axis;
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- a scupper disposed within the vessel to extend along an entire axial length of the vessel to define:
- a first flowpath along which the received fluid flow is directed to flow toward the first outlet between the curved, inwardly facing surface and a first side of the scupper, and
- a second flowpath along which the received fluid flow is directed to flow toward the second outlet along a second side of the scupper, which is opposite the first side.
A particle separator, comprising:
- a vessel including a curved, inwardly facing surface defining an inlet, an outlet and a drain,
- the surface having a major longitudinal axis and further defining an interior extending with a substantially uniform interior width along the major longitudinal axis;
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- a scupper disposed within the vessel to extend along an entire axial length of the vessel to define:
- a first flowpath from the inlet to the drain between the curved, inwardly facing surface and a first side of the scupper, and
- a second flowpath along a second side of the scupper, which is opposite the first side.
A particle separator, comprising:
- a vessel including a curved, inwardly facing surface defining an inlet and an outlet, which is coplanar with the inlet, and a drain,
- the surface having a major longitudinal axis and further defining an interior extending with a substantially uniform interior width along the major longitudinal axis;
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- a scupper disposed within the vessel to extend along an entire axial length of the vessel to define:
- a first flowpath from the inlet to the drain between the curved, inwardly facing surface and a first side of the scupper, and
- a second flowpath along a second side of the scupper, which is opposite the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.