摘要 |
<p>The centrifugal cleaner (20) of this invention is of the type having an inverted cylindrical cone (36), with a tangential inlet (34) at the top and an outlet at the bottom (26). The improvement consists of placing a ring (22) or flow smoothing means on the inside surface of the cylindrical cone about onehalf the diameter of the base of the cone (36) down from the inlet. The ring (22) forces the stock injected into the centrifugal cleaner (20) to flow towards the axis of the cone away from the inside cone wall. Once the stock passes over the dam (22) it once again flows to the inner wall of the cone (36). The stock, in being forced to flow over the ring (22), is made uniform, eliminating spiraling of the flow which has been found to decrease the efficiency with which separation within the cleaner is accomplished.</p> |