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Magnetic trap assembly with a nonmetallic trap structure

  • US 5,100,538 A
  • Filed: 08/06/1990
  • Issued: 03/31/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a vibrating conveyor having a substantially horizontal conveyor pan, a magnetic trap in the conveyor pan to remove foreign metallic substances from a flow along the conveyor pan, the magnetic trap comprising:

  • (a) a nonmetallic floor;

    (b) nonmetallic walls;

    (c) a nonmetallic recess in the floor to momentarily trap the flow; and

    (d) a magnet assembly beneath the recess to retain metallic objects in the recess.

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