WET SALT HARVESTER

摘要

Described is an intake funnel (3) for a wet salt harvester (1). The intake funnel has an inlet end (4) connectable to a cutter head (5) and an outlet end (6) connectable to a pump installation (7). The intake funnel (3) comprises a middle section (8) arranged between the inlet end (4) and outlet end (6). The middle section (8) is provided with a branch pipe (9) with a valve (10) for allowing liquid to be introduced into the intake funnel (3). The intake funnel (3) is provided with a grate plate (13) located at a front end (4a) of the inlet end (4) of the intake funnel (3). The intake funnel (3) is peculiar in that the intake funnel (3) is provided with a number of inlet ports (14) for injecting pressurized liquid in the opposite direction of suction flow towards the funnel inlet grate plate (13).