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EP 0827428 A1 19980311 - CYCLONE RECOVERY SYSTEM AND CYCLONE SEPARATOR WITH PERFORATED THIMBLE

Title (en)

CYCLONE RECOVERY SYSTEM AND CYCLONE SEPARATOR WITH PERFORATED THIMBLE

Title (de)

RÜCKGEWINNUNGSANLAGE MIT ZYKLON UND ZYKLON MIT PERFORIERTEM TAUCHROHR

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE RECUPERATION A CYCLONE ET SEPARATEUR CYCLONE A MANCHON PERFORE

Publication

EP 0827428 A1 19980311 (EN)

Application

EP 96920314 A 19960520

Priority

  • US 9607285 W 19960520
  • US 44593595 A 19950522
  • US 53289095 A 19950920

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9637310A1] Apparatus and process for extracting powder from a stream of powder laden air drawn from a manual powder spray booth in a first embodiment, with a cyclone recovery system, typically containing two cyclone separators (28a, 28b) for separating the powder from the air. The resulting cyclone cleaned air is drawn through a prefilter section (32) by a fan section (34) having serially stacked fans. The prefilter section further separates powder from the cyclone cleaned air. The resulting prefilter cleaned air is next filtered in a final filter section (38) and exhausted to the air surrounding the cyclone recovery system. The invention also relates to an improved cyclone separator (28b) which incorporates a perforated thimble (78) between the downwardly, and upwardly moving vortexes in the cyclone separator (28b) to reduce the pressure drop across the cyclone separator (28a). In a second embodiment, a stream of powder laden air is drawn from an automatic powder spray booth (202) with a cyclone recovery system typically incorporating horizontally disposed cyclone separators (248a-c), each with a perforated thimble (300), a filter module (224) with cartridge filters (226a, 226b), a fan module (230), and a final filter (234). The cyclone separators (28a, 28b) are preferably arranged vertically and have a breakaway design to facilitate cleaning.

IPC 1-7

B05B 15/12; B04C 5/10; B04C 5/13; B04C 5/14

IPC 8 full level

B01D 50/00 (2006.01); B04C 5/10 (2006.01); B04C 5/13 (2006.01); B04C 5/14 (2006.01); B04C 9/00 (2006.01); B05B 14/48 (2018.01); B05B 15/04 (2006.01); B05B 15/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B04C 5/10 (2013.01); B04C 5/13 (2013.01); B04C 5/14 (2013.01); B05B 14/48 (2018.01); Y02P 70/10 (2015.11)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9637310A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR IT LI SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9637310 A1 19961128; AU 5866096 A 19961211; AU 698958 B2 19981112; CA 2219102 A1 19961128; CN 1185123 A 19980617; EP 0827428 A1 19980311; JP H11505174 A 19990518

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9607285 W 19960520; AU 5866096 A 19960520; CA 2219102 A 19960520; CN 96194063 A 19960520; EP 96920314 A 19960520; JP 53579296 A 19960520