IP Library Granted Patent US 10,792,677
Granted Patent B2
US 10,792,677 · App. 16/724,885 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Cyclone with guide vanes

Inventors: Robert Maduta (Hemsbach, DE); Krystian Jastrzebski (Frankfurt am Main, DE); Linus Perander (Stokke, NO)
Assignee: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
B04C5/04B04C5/13B01D45/12B04C5/103B04C2005/136B04C2009/004
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Patent No.
US 10,792,677
App. No.
16/724,885
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cyclone for the separation of solid particles and/or at least one liquid from a fluid, featuring a housing, an inlet opening for introducing the fluid together with the solid particles and/or the at least one liquid into the housing, a discharge port for the solid particles and/or the at least one liquid, a dip tube for discharging the fluid from the housing, and at least two guide vanes. Each guiding vanes shows a geometrical form with at least three edges e 1 , e 2 , e 3 . Further, each guide vane is directly or indirectly fixed to the housing with at least one edge e 3 at a fixing point, whereby an area a is defined as the cross-sectional area of the housing intersecting the fixed edges e 3 . In addition, each guide vane shows at least two edges e 1 and e 2 which are not fixed to the housing, whereby the first edge e 1 has a distance d 1 and the second edge e 2 has a distance d 2 , and whereby d 1 <d 2 to the centerline c of the housing. According to the invention, the first edge e 1 shows a distance L 1 to the area a and the second edge e 2 shows a distance L 2 , whereby L 2 >1,25*L 1.

Claims (8)

1. A cyclone for the separation of solid particles and/or at least one liquid from a fluid, comprising a housing, an inlet opening for introducing the fluid together with the solid particles and/or the at least one liquid into the housing, a discharge port for the solid particles and/or the at least one liquid, a dip tube for discharging the fluid from the housing, and at least two guide vanes, each with a geometrical form with at least three corners e 1 , e 2 , e 3 and each guide vane being directly or indirectly fixed to the housing with at least one corner e 3 at a fixing point, whereby an area a is defined as the cross-sectional area of the housing intersecting the fixed corners e 3 , whereby each guide vane shows at least two corners e 1 and e 2 which are not fixed to the housing, whereby the first corner e 1 has a distance d 1 and the second corner e 2 has a distance d 2 , and whereby dl<d 2 to the centerline c of the housing wherein the first corner e 1 shows a distance L 1 to the area a and the second corner e 2 shows a distance L 2 , whereby L 2 >1.25×L 1 , wherein the geometric form features at least four corners e 1 , e 2 , e 3 and e 4 , whereby two corners e 3 and e 4 are fixed directly or indirectly, and wherein the geometric form is a trapezoid and the connection between the two corners e 1 and e 2 is one of the trapezoid's parallel sides.

2. The cyclone according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge port is arranged opposite to the inlet opening.

3. The cyclone according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the guide vanes is curved in one axis.

4. The cyclone according to claim 3 , wherein the radius of the curving changes over the distance between corner e 1 and corner e 3 and/or corner e 2 and corner e 3 .

5. The cyclone according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two of the guides vanes are mounted on a support element which is fixed at the housing.

6. The cyclone according claim 1 , wherein the distance between the area a to the opening of the dip tube in the housing is maximum 40% of the overall length of the housing and/or that the distance between the area a to the opening of the dip tube is at a height of between 60 and 100% of the overall length of the housing measured from the discharged port.

7. The cyclone according to claim 1 , wherein the distance between the opening of the dip tube and the housing cap is between 0 and 70% of the total length of the housing.

8. A support element with at least four guide vanes, whereby each guide vane comprises a geometrical form with at least three corners e 1 , e 2 and e 3 , whereby at least one corner e 3 is fixed to the support element at fixing points, whereby each guide vane comprises at least two corners e 1 and e 2 which are not fixed to the support element, whereby the first corner e 1 has a distance d 1 and the second corner e 2 has a distance d 2 , and whereby dl<d 2 to a centerline c of a housing, wherein the support element forms the area a and that the first corner e 1 comprises a distance L 1 to the area a and the second corner e 2 comprises a distance L 2 , whereby L 2 >1.25×L 1 , wherein the geometric form features at least four corners e 1 , e 2 , e 3 and e 4 , whereby two corners e 3 and e 4 are fixed directly or indirectly, and wherein the geometric form is a trapezoid and the connection between the two corners e 1 and e 2 is one of the trapezoid's parallel sides.

Assignments (5)
DE-MERGER Recorded Oct 3, 2023
From: METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY
To: METSO OUTOTEC METALS OY
Reel/Frame 065114/0419 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2023
From: METSO OUTOTEC METALS OY
To: METSO METALS OY
Reel/Frame 065114/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
To: METSO MINERALS OY
Reel/Frame 062308/0415 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: METSO MINERALS OY
To: METSO OUTOTEC FINLAND OY
Reel/Frame 062308/0451 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2020
From: MADUTA, ROBERT; JASTRZEBSKI, KRYSTIAN; PERANDER, LINUS
To: OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY
Reel/Frame 051930/0838 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 114 757 · Jul 3, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2018067806 · Jul 2, 2018
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