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Sand separator

  • US 3,204,772 A
  • Filed: 06/21/1962
  • Issued: 09/07/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A UNIT FOIR SEPARATING ENTRAINED SAND FROM WATER, INCLUDING IN COMBINATION:

  • A VERTICAL CYLINDRICAL STORAGE TANK HAIVING A SIDE WALL, A TOP WALL WITH A CENTRAL OUTLET FOR WATER, AND A BOTTOM WALL WITH A CENTRAL OUTLET FOR A SAND SLURRY;

    A CONICAL SHAPED PARTITION ATTACHED TO THE INSIDE OF SAID SIDE WALL AND TAPERING CONCENTRICALLY DOWNWARD WITH SAID TANK AND HAVING A TRUNCATED END OPENING AT ITS LOWER END, SAID PARTITION FORMING A CONICAL SEPARATOR COMPARTMENT ABOVE SAID OPENING AND A QUIESCENT STORAGE ACCUMULATOR COMPARTMENT SURROUNDING AND BELOW SAID CONICAL PARTITION;

    AN INLET MEANS FOR DISCHARGING WATER CONTAINING SOLIDS SUCH AD SAND, IN A SUBSTANTIALLY TANGENTIAL DIRECTION INTO THE SEPARATOR COMPARTMENT OF SAID UNIT ABOVE SAID OPENING IN SAID CONICAL PARTITION;

    A DISC-LIKE MEMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACERS SUPPORTED BY AND MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CONICAL PARTITION

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