CA1092304A - Truck mounted separator apparatus - Google Patents
Truck mounted separator apparatusInfo
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- CA1092304A CA1092304A CA293,824A CA293824A CA1092304A CA 1092304 A CA1092304 A CA 1092304A CA 293824 A CA293824 A CA 293824A CA 1092304 A CA1092304 A CA 1092304A
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- collection chamber
- airstream
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01D—SEPARATION
- B01D50/00—Combinations of methods or devices for separating particles from gases or vapours
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
- B60P1/00—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading
- B60P1/60—Vehicles predominantly for transporting loads and modified to facilitate loading, consolidating the load, or unloading using fluids, e.g. having direct contact between fluid and load
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60P—VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
- B60P3/00—Vehicles adapted to transport, to carry or to comprise special loads or objects
Abstract
Abstract Truck mounted vacuum collector apparatus including first and second particle collection chambers having adjacent discharge openings for simultaneously emptying both chambers at a single discharge point. The second chamber is mounted on a platform forward of the first chamber. A passageway extends from the second chamber below the first chamber to a discharge opening immediately below a discharge opening in the first chamber. A hinged door covers both discharge openings. The chambers are emptied by hydraulically tilting the platform and allowing the door to swing open to permit the accumulated matter to empty from the first chamber through the corresponding discharge opening and from the second chamber through the second discharge opening via the passageway below the first chamber.
Description
3~4 s~ck~L~o~ b~ v5~ ~on his inve~tion rel~te~ cJ~neral:L~ to trucX moun~ed collector apparatus and mor~ particularl~ to a multi-statJe truck mounted ~acu~ collector apparatus having ~2veral partlcula~e material collection chc~nb~r~ adap-ted ~o selecti~ely discharge collccted particula~e materials ~rom a comm~n ~ischarge point.
portable, heavy-du~y ~acuum colle~tor apparacus are commonly usea in industxial ana othe~ appl~cation~ to .
co~lact wet and/or dry particulate ~a~erials. Xn lndu~trial applications such as at foundrle~ and mal~ufac~uring plants, in partic~lar, ~he apparatus ~ay be u~ed to collect Waste ~la-cerial3 and spillage sucn as slag, steel shot, sand, a~h, car~on black and the like~ ~s a ~atter o~ econom~, a ~acuum collector apparatus may be used ~o collect var~ous mate~ials ~ar~ing w~dely ln particulate si~e and wei~ht and, in some .
.cases, even ~7ater. For example; operations at ~oun~ries normally r sult in the accumulation of we~ and dxy sa~ld, of~en a~dixed with ~.e~al chips fxom cas~ing and metal shop ~p~lla~e from cast cleanlng~ E~icient ~oundry operation requir~3~remo~al of those ma~eri~l~. t~anu~acturing plant~
also u~e con~eyors, gxindersr pneumatic chisel3, ~J~xe bru~h~s, machinP tools, and o~er power toDls and machines producing du~t and other particulate materials. Such use g~es r~se t~ ~eriou~ health, sa~e~y, and ~achine maintenance problem~
which can on:L~ be eliminated throu~h continuous remo~al oE
such materia:L~
Becaus~ of the dl~ersity of the m~terial~ collectea, ~uch ~acuum collector apparatus pxe~erabl~ compr~se~ a sel~-~ ~ .
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.. containad ~ulti-3-ta~e unit wher~ln ~ach ono o~ the ~ever~l stages is ut.ilizea to remove p~rticulate materL~l~ or spilla~e in a particular size and weigilt r~.ng~. The three-~tage apparatus in U~it~d States Pat~nt ~o. 3,780,502, iss~ed to ~u~re et al., har. be2n found to be quite e~ective ( ~n ~uch application~. ~n th~t apparatu~, hea~ier particulate ; - mate~ials suspended in the in~ce aixs~ream ~re remov~d fro~
~ he ~irstre2m in a c~clone sapara~or stage according to ~J~11 ; ~ ~ known ph~31cal principle~ o~F h~eroyeneous ~.at~ri~l ~low.
Subse~u~n~ly, the air~tream, st~ll carrying lighter particles, i is drat~n through a ~ertical ~o~nwardl~ extending linear accelerator no~le to remo~e the heavLest o~ the remaining materials tharefrom. Finall~, th~ airstrea~ is directed i : through a plurality oF ~abric, fla~ bag, ~:Llter alements ~hich filtel out and r~o~e subst~ntiall~ all o~ the re.maining particul~ta material ln the air~txeam ard, in pa=ticular, u~
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.~. th~ appaxatus are found at dif~exPn~ locatlon3 in the plant ..
`- ~nd are not easil~ xeached by a stationary ~acuum appara~us.
Mobile vacuu~ apparatus have been provia2d here~o~ore in.th~
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*o~m of s~lf-propel1ed mobile unit~. 5uch unlts ha~e commonl~
.: . inclua~d a f~rs~ b~x in which heavier reu~e ig collected (- and a du~t containex for collecting dust and lighter weight .
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, waste materials. These material~ ~re com~only em~tied æxo~
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~he box and the dust contain2r~ through respec~l~e ind~vidual , door3 provided therein. Thu~, With some units t i~ the materi~l~ are t~ be empt.~ed at a single ~ischarge p~int, the .. . .
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it mus~ be repositioned at the discllarge point as first the box and then the dust container are wlloade~.
Another prior art apparatus comprises a self-contained suction type cleaning unit having a rearward hopper for collecting heavier dirt particles and refuse and an adjacent forward dust bin in which dust and lighter parti-cles are deposited. The hopper and the dust bin are separated during normal vacuum operation by a swinging door covering an opening in the wall between the hopper and the dust bin. The collected waste materials are emptied from c~ the hopper and the dust bin by tilting a frame supporting the hopper and the . 10 dust bin to discharge the collected particulate matter through the rear tail-gate. The swinging door covering the opening between the two chambers allows '` the materials collected in the dust bin to empty through the hopper. When `
the particulate waste material collected in the hopper contains some moisture, ~-- however, the apparatus may be clogged. That is, the heavier particulate matter may cake in the hopper and prevent the swinging door from opening i during discharge. As a result, unless the operator cleans the hopper by removing the caked particulate matter to free the swinging door, the dust may be trapped in the dust bin and ultimately impair the operation and efectiveness of the vacuum collector apparatus.
? ~ 20 Summary of the I vention The present invention provides mobile apparatus for separating materials including heavy particulate matter from an input airstream and ~; for collecting the materials for delivery to a discharge point, comprising a platform adapted to be supportably positioned on a vehicle frame and having one end adapted to be pivotably coupled to the frame, a first enclosed collec-- tion chamber mounted on the platform, having an inlet and having a correspond-,- - ing first discharge opening adjacent the pivoted end of the platform, means ` in the first collection chamber for separating the materials, comprising generally the heavy particulate matter from the airstream, the heavy particul-.~ "
ate matter being collected in the first collection chamber, a second collection chamber mounted on the platform forwardly of the first collection chamber, J'~ vacuum collector means communicating with the second~collection chamber in i , -3-., , . ~ - . ., ~ - -. ;, . - ~ - ,.
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substantial airtight relation thercwith, meAns including a duct coupling the airstream including the remainder of the materials from the first collection chamber to the vacuum collector means, the latter including means for creating a vacuum to draw the input airstream into the first chamber and through the duct to the vacuum collector means. The vacuum collector means separates the remainder of the materials from the airstream and selectively empties the sep-; arated materials into the second collection chamber. Means comprising a passageway communicate with and extend rearwardly from the second collection chamber beneath the first collection chamber, the passageway having a corres-` 10 ponding second discharge opening immediately adjacent to the first discharge opening of the first collection chamber at the pivoted end of said platform.
A movable door is provided for covering the first and second dis~
charge openings, and the platform is tiltable to move the door away from the first and second discharge openings to permit the materials collected in the first collection chamber to empty there~rom through the first discharge opening `~
and the materials collected in the second collection chamber to move through r ~
the passageway and empty therefrom through the second discharge opening.
Accordingly, the collection chamber apparatus of the present ~ -invention facilitates the emptying of both collection chambers simultaneously at a single discharge point. Moreover, the second chamber is not susceptible ~, to blockage as a result of material caking in the first chamber. That is, -, ~ even if the particulate matter in one chamber is moist and cakes, the parti-culate matter is free to flow from the other chamber. Thus, the collection chambers need not be cleaned each time after the collection of moist particulate ; -~
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The fcatures o ~his invention which are bel~eved to be novel are se-t foxth ~7ith particularity in the appenaed claims. ~he invention, tocJether with its further objects and advantages ther~o~, may be best understood, however, b~
reference to the following description t~ken in conjunction with the accom~anying drawings, in which li~e reference --n~nerals i~enti~ like elements in the seve~l figures and in which: .
Figure 1 i~ a side elevational view partially in section illustrating a first embodiment of ~he tru~k mounted vacuum collectvr apparatus OI the presen-t invention;
igure 2 is a partial perspectiv~ view with ~ecti~n~
cut away to further show the ~irst collection chambex and the second`waste c~llection charnber; . - . ~ -~ igure 3 is a pa~tial top plan view showing ~en-trifugal se~arato~ apparatus provided in the first collection chamber in xelatio~ to ~he duct ~onnecting~the first chambex :
with the second chamber;
~ igure 4 is a si~e elevational view partially in section illustrating another embodiment o~ the present invention; and . :
~ igure S is a partiaL to~ plan view of t~e to~ of the f irst collection chamber in the embodi~ent shown in 3ure 0,.
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; Re~erring now to ~igure 1, a ~acuum collecto~ -. , - apparatus 11 is mounted on a ~xuc~, identified generally a~
13, which is used to transport the a~para~us t~ var.ious : - - 5 -! . .
' lOD2304 loca~ion~ at wllich spilla~le or ~ast:~ materials ar~ ~o be ~ collected ~d to tllen tran~port tho collec~e~ a~rials ~o a .
; d.ischar~ area or dump.
r~he vacuum collec~or apparatus 11 pxe~erably com~rises a unitar~ multi-stage wa~te par~icle separator ~or ~ separating particles o~ dif~erin~ size.s and ~eight~ from the : airstrea~ drawn through the apparatus. One such ~acu2~m collector a~paratus is ~he ~ulti-stage separator a~para~us described in IJ~S. Patent ~o. 3,780,S02. Xt will be undexstood, .
however, that other sepaxatox appara~us may be found to provide adequate particle separation and thus may be adapted :
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,~ The truck 13 includes gene.rally a chassis compxising .
;~ a bed ox lram2 15 extendin~ rearwar~ly ~ the ~r~lc~ cab 17 to support thereo~ R pla~orm 19 on whic~ are moun~ed ~he'. ~ .
. vacuun2 colIector a~paratus 11 and a pair of associa~ed~ .
.~ particle colleciion chambers, identi~ied generally at 21 and .
t,.`~ 23, for collecting and holdin~ the par~iculate materials ~ .
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s shown in Fi~ure 1 and ~urther illustrated in igure ~, the first collection c~amber 21 is a rein~orced . -s ~s~eel enclosure, h~ving a top wall 25, a floor 27! a fxon~
s ~ wall 29, a rear wall 31, and side wall~ 33 ancl 35. ~lthough in the presant e~bodimentr a box-like chambex is sho~n, it ill be undarstood that other chamber con~igurations, e~g~, cylindrical, can be utilized without departing ~rom the principles of the ~resent invention. ~he second collection .
: chamber ~3, ~lso corlstructed of rein~orced steel, is located . foxward o~ the ~ir~t cha~ber 21 and comprises a ~ront wall ; 37, a~partial back wall 3~, a bottom wall 41~ and a pair of .. .. . .
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side wa.lls ~3 clnd ~5. The ch~mber 23 is open ~t the top.
T~e bot~o~ ~all ~1 o t~e second coll~cti.on ch~mb~r 23 e~terld~ b~lo~ tha ~lo~r 27 of the first chambex 21 to the rear edg~ of tAe pl~tfo~n :L9 while the floor 27 extend~
~orwardly to the hottom e~Je o:f the xear ~Jclll 39 of the secolla chamber ~3. The ~loor 27, the bo~tom ~7all 41, and side walls 33, 35 de.Fine a passa~eway, id~nti~ied ~enerally at 47, b~low the first collection chamber 21, leadin~ ~rom the seco~d cl~amber ~3 to the r~ar o~ the plat.~orm 19~ Also, the ~ot-tom poxtions o~ the side wall~ 43 and 45 ex~end rear~ardly to t'ne lron~ ~,7all 29 of the first ch~.~ber 21 to .-enclose the por~ion of the passa~eway ex~endin~ be~w~en the t~Yo cha~ b~rs.
In the present embodi~ent an air duct 49 couples the second collection char~ber 23 to tS~le first ~ham~er 21.
T~e duct 49 ex-~ends alon~ ~he in-~erior surfaces Oî the ~op a~d fronl walls, 2~ and ~9, respectively, ~rom the rear wall 31 where it ls bloc~e~ ~ a ~1all Sl to ~he fro~st of the 100r 27 whsere it opens to tne ~assageway 47 to the second cham~2~ 23, th~ duct ~9 opening to the firs~ cha~ber 21 t~rough an OpeninJ 53 in the int~rior surface of the ~uc~ , -near tne center o~ th top wall 23, T~e vacuSum collector apparatus 11 includes a plat~orm base structure of a size accom~odating mount.~S~g in air-ti~ht relation uyon the second colleckion chamber 23 in co~munication with the Op~ll top ~nd th~reo~. In par~icular, Se base struc~ure comprise~ a channel member 55 running s . .
. adjacent the periphery o~ t~le ~otkom of the colleckor appara-tus~
, s ~ gasket 57 is provided in the channel S5 to en~age the top edge o~ tlle front, rear and qide ~7alls 37, 39, ~3, ~5 of the , , -.. . . ~ .
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~ ~econ~ chamber ~en the vacuum collector ~pp~lratus is s~t ; thereon. q~he ~as~et 57 sea'ls the vacuu~ coll~c~ox apparakus : 11 .in air-tiyht relation ~o the second char~er 23, Col-laps.ible pne-una'cic bello~s 59 and ~1 extend upwardly from ,:. su~port members 63 and 65, respectively, to supp~rt th~
. ( vacu~ collector a~paratus 11 on the sacond collection , chamber 23, In operation, the vacu~m collectox appara~us 11 . produces a vacuun~ therein which is txanslated to th2 second . ~ collection ch~mb~x 23 and through the passa~eway ~7 and tha .. duct 49 -to the ~irst chamber 21~ ~n air inlet tube 67 .. : . .
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,.~ chamber 21 to communicate with a *lexi~le hose 69 connecied to the outer end of khe inle~ tube 67. ~he vacu-~l created in th~ ap~aratus is e*fecti;ve to draw particulate materials and~ox liqui~s such as water into the appaxakus throu,h the ~- hose 69 as an operakor rl~o~es the ~ree end oE th hose 69 into proxi~ity ~herewith. Of course, depending on the .
vacuum appaxatus 11 and other variables such as t~e cross-, . sectional size and the lenyth of the hose 69, the apparatu~
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iron chips, and the like.
As the n~atexials are draw~ illtO the apparatus, ..
, ( they are directed througil ~he inle~ tu~ 67 to a cent.rifugal - separator 71 mounted to the inker.ior sur~aca o~ the duct 49 .~, , .
. . . at the openin~ 53 thereto as illustrated further in ~i~ure .'I.` 3. r~he centri~ugal separdtor 71 directs t~e airstream ;nto a circular pattern, a~d the heavier particles ana the li~uid~
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.:~ OL l:~1e SeP-1ra''0r 71 as 1~ ! airstrcam, cclrrying the remairling ~igllter particles, passes ~hrough ~lle ope~lng 53 into the ~ duct ~9. Tha duct ~9 direc~s the.airstrec~m and the rem~ining :, materials to th~ passa~ewa~ ~7 betw~en the ~irst and second collection chc~nbe~s 21 ~nd 23 where the a.irstream i5 drawn into the secon~ char~er 23. Thexe, some o~ the remainin~
particles in the airstream may set~le to the bo-ttom of the ~; chambex .lS the partiall~ cleaned aixstream ~s drawn into the multi-sta~-e sepaxator apparatus 11 ~hich xe~oves the smaller ',- . particlcs be~ore selectivel~ depositing them also in~o the second clla~ber 23~ l'he cleaned air then exits rom the . appaxatus throu~h a blow2r ~xhaust mu1er 73.
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howeverr t}~e duct 49 does no~ ~o~.~unicate directl~ with the . second chcl~ber 23, but rather ends at 2 poin~ in the Lxon~
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wall 2g above the floor 27 of th~ Iirst chamber where a coupling m2~er 50 couples the incomirlg airstrearn directly ~xom tll~ duct 49 illtO, for exclmple, the cyclo~e separa~or stag~ of t~e multi-stage se~arator apparatus ll. There is no direct con~unication between the first and second c~ers 21 and 23. As in the pxevious er~odiment, the multi-scage vacuum collector ap~aratu~ ll is moun~ed above t~e second chamber ~3 and d~posits tha-lighter ~eight particulate matter in the second chamb~r. B~ cou~lin~ the airstrearn directl~
into the mulki-stage collector apl~aratus, howeverr an~
possible interaction between the airstream ~nd 'che accu-mul~ed matexials pr~vious~y collected in ~he second cham~er 23 is prevented, eliminating any possi~ility t~at the airstream can agyita~e the material stored in ~he second collection chamber 23 and cause it to rejoin the airstream.
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1~92~04 .~Eter ~h~ collection chan~2rs are ~ull, or w;lenever it is desirable -~o empt~ k'n2 clla~ber~, the ~ruck mounted appara~us can be d.ri~n to a dump or disch~rcj~ ar~a for un.loadincJ. ~l~draulic app~ratu3, identif.~ed ~c~nerally at 75, is ~rovided to raise the fxont en~ o~ the plat~orm 19 ~rhich f .is pivota~ly coupled at its otller ~nd ~ the truck frame 15 by a coupli~g mechanism 77. ~ ~isch~rge o~ening 7~ fox ~he first ch~a~ 21 extend~ across -the botto~ ~ortion o~ the rear wall 31 of the cna~ber, while ~he xear end o-f the ~
passagewa~ ~7 extendin~ below the fixst chamber 21 is open 7~ to provide a discharge o~e-ning 81 for the second collection ~ .
Cllal~be~ ~3 ~JhiCh i5 below and i~nediately adjacent to ~he .discharge opening 73. The discharge opening~ 79 a~d ~1 are ?~ ~ normall~ closed duxi1lg o~ra~ion ~ol ~h2 vacuum collection appa.atus by a discharge door 83, '~he door 83, which coYarS
both openint~s, 79 and ~ is~ mounted on the rear wall 31.of ~} ~ ihe fir3t ciha~2r imr.~ediatel ~7 abo~Ta the discharge o~ening 79 ,3 -i by a ~inging m2cnanism ~5~ ~ la~ch mechanism 37 allows ~ha - door 83 to be lock~ in its normally clos~d position~ Thus, ~ .:
~ in acco.rdan~e with the pr.inciples o~ the pxesenk invention, -. both cha~bers are simulta~eou~l~ emptied at a co~.~on aisc~ax~e ~: poin~ in a singl~ operation by ra.ising the front end of the ~ - .
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~lides ~ fror.~ ~he charn}~er throu~h tha discharge opening 79 in t~ ~its :xe~ wall as th~ platform 13 is tilted~ Simultaneousl.y, : .............. . : . j -.~ ~, , , ~ 10 ~ ~ ' ..
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t:}1'~' r.~terial collect:ed .in t~}1e ~ cond c11aT~Lber ~3 sli~es along the passacJe~a~ ~7 antl e~ s through discha.r~e openi1-g ~l.
Thus, mat~rials ~ror.l l)o~ ch;3mbers are siTEIultaneou~l~
discharyed frol~ the at~paratus ~t a sinqle point. Xf, ho~7ever, ti1e particulclte ~atter coll~cl:ed in the fir~;~ cham~2r 21 ls r~oist and cakes, the r3ateri~l in ti~~ second chamber 2 3 is no t pre~e11ted there~y rro!;~ being r~mo~re;~l or emptied from the apparatus . -inalli~, as illu~rated in the eI~odimeni: shown in ~iyures ~ and 5, the centriLugal separa~;or c~n be eliLrlir ated replac~cl by a barfle plate B~ ~ounte~ a~ ~he fronk c~f the cha~er 21. In par'cicular, the inlet tub9 67 ends ak a pc>int near th~ rear wall 31 of ~he firs t collection chclrn~er 21, and the o;>ening 53 in the duct ~9 is located adjacent tnP rear cihan~er wall 31. The ba~le pla-~e 89 is mounte.~ ko the duct ~ to snield it rxor1 the particle laden inco~in~
airs-trea~ direct~ to.~ard the barfle ~9 at high velocity~
Initiall~, kh~ ba~le 89 pxo~ect~ the duck.49 ~ro~ ~h~
s~vere effects of ~ne particulc~te rlat rials stri~ing it ~t .
igh syeed, but c~s the ma.erials are cotlected in the c~a~ber 21, ~he ~a~erials acc~nulate near the front ~rall.
These accur,1ulated ma~erials ulti,nately rise t~ a level-~^rh~re :
the~ absorb ~he ir,1~act o~ t11e incomincJ particles.
~ccordincJl~, there has been sho~m truck 1noun~ed vacuum collector ap~ratus ~avincy improve~ collection . .
, ch~ er apparatus for disch~rgin~ collect d paxticulake r.1a~erials ~ a single dischar~e point~ The apparatus o~ the -~ present in~ention eliminat~s any probl~s due to moist particulate matter cakincJ in t`ne firs~ collec~ion chamber. ~.
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~ 1hile particular e~ ocliments oE th~ pre3ent invention have b~n sllowr~ ancl descr.ibecl, i~: will ioe o~vic)us to ~llose skilled in the ar~ that various chang~s and modi-~icat:ions may b~ macle w.i ~hout d~3l?artin~ :Erom ~he inven~ion in i~s broader as~ects. ~ccorain~ he ai~ o~ ~he appsnded clairns i5 to cover all such changes and modiEication~ ~ may fall t~i~hin th~ txue spirit and scop2 o:E t'Q~- inven~ion~
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portable, heavy-du~y ~acuum colle~tor apparacus are commonly usea in industxial ana othe~ appl~cation~ to .
co~lact wet and/or dry particulate ~a~erials. Xn lndu~trial applications such as at foundrle~ and mal~ufac~uring plants, in partic~lar, ~he apparatus ~ay be u~ed to collect Waste ~la-cerial3 and spillage sucn as slag, steel shot, sand, a~h, car~on black and the like~ ~s a ~atter o~ econom~, a ~acuum collector apparatus may be used ~o collect var~ous mate~ials ~ar~ing w~dely ln particulate si~e and wei~ht and, in some .
.cases, even ~7ater. For example; operations at ~oun~ries normally r sult in the accumulation of we~ and dxy sa~ld, of~en a~dixed with ~.e~al chips fxom cas~ing and metal shop ~p~lla~e from cast cleanlng~ E~icient ~oundry operation requir~3~remo~al of those ma~eri~l~. t~anu~acturing plant~
also u~e con~eyors, gxindersr pneumatic chisel3, ~J~xe bru~h~s, machinP tools, and o~er power toDls and machines producing du~t and other particulate materials. Such use g~es r~se t~ ~eriou~ health, sa~e~y, and ~achine maintenance problem~
which can on:L~ be eliminated throu~h continuous remo~al oE
such materia:L~
Becaus~ of the dl~ersity of the m~terial~ collectea, ~uch ~acuum collector apparatus pxe~erabl~ compr~se~ a sel~-~ ~ .
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.. containad ~ulti-3-ta~e unit wher~ln ~ach ono o~ the ~ever~l stages is ut.ilizea to remove p~rticulate materL~l~ or spilla~e in a particular size and weigilt r~.ng~. The three-~tage apparatus in U~it~d States Pat~nt ~o. 3,780,502, iss~ed to ~u~re et al., har. be2n found to be quite e~ective ( ~n ~uch application~. ~n th~t apparatu~, hea~ier particulate ; - mate~ials suspended in the in~ce aixs~ream ~re remov~d fro~
~ he ~irstre2m in a c~clone sapara~or stage according to ~J~11 ; ~ ~ known ph~31cal principle~ o~F h~eroyeneous ~.at~ri~l ~low.
Subse~u~n~ly, the air~tream, st~ll carrying lighter particles, i is drat~n through a ~ertical ~o~nwardl~ extending linear accelerator no~le to remo~e the heavLest o~ the remaining materials tharefrom. Finall~, th~ airstrea~ is directed i : through a plurality oF ~abric, fla~ bag, ~:Llter alements ~hich filtel out and r~o~e subst~ntiall~ all o~ the re.maining particul~ta material ln the air~txeam ard, in pa=ticular, u~
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`- ~nd are not easil~ xeached by a stationary ~acuum appara~us.
Mobile vacuu~ apparatus have been provia2d here~o~ore in.th~
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Another prior art apparatus comprises a self-contained suction type cleaning unit having a rearward hopper for collecting heavier dirt particles and refuse and an adjacent forward dust bin in which dust and lighter parti-cles are deposited. The hopper and the dust bin are separated during normal vacuum operation by a swinging door covering an opening in the wall between the hopper and the dust bin. The collected waste materials are emptied from c~ the hopper and the dust bin by tilting a frame supporting the hopper and the . 10 dust bin to discharge the collected particulate matter through the rear tail-gate. The swinging door covering the opening between the two chambers allows '` the materials collected in the dust bin to empty through the hopper. When `
the particulate waste material collected in the hopper contains some moisture, ~-- however, the apparatus may be clogged. That is, the heavier particulate matter may cake in the hopper and prevent the swinging door from opening i during discharge. As a result, unless the operator cleans the hopper by removing the caked particulate matter to free the swinging door, the dust may be trapped in the dust bin and ultimately impair the operation and efectiveness of the vacuum collector apparatus.
? ~ 20 Summary of the I vention The present invention provides mobile apparatus for separating materials including heavy particulate matter from an input airstream and ~; for collecting the materials for delivery to a discharge point, comprising a platform adapted to be supportably positioned on a vehicle frame and having one end adapted to be pivotably coupled to the frame, a first enclosed collec-- tion chamber mounted on the platform, having an inlet and having a correspond-,- - ing first discharge opening adjacent the pivoted end of the platform, means ` in the first collection chamber for separating the materials, comprising generally the heavy particulate matter from the airstream, the heavy particul-.~ "
ate matter being collected in the first collection chamber, a second collection chamber mounted on the platform forwardly of the first collection chamber, J'~ vacuum collector means communicating with the second~collection chamber in i , -3-., , . ~ - . ., ~ - -. ;, . - ~ - ,.
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substantial airtight relation thercwith, meAns including a duct coupling the airstream including the remainder of the materials from the first collection chamber to the vacuum collector means, the latter including means for creating a vacuum to draw the input airstream into the first chamber and through the duct to the vacuum collector means. The vacuum collector means separates the remainder of the materials from the airstream and selectively empties the sep-; arated materials into the second collection chamber. Means comprising a passageway communicate with and extend rearwardly from the second collection chamber beneath the first collection chamber, the passageway having a corres-` 10 ponding second discharge opening immediately adjacent to the first discharge opening of the first collection chamber at the pivoted end of said platform.
A movable door is provided for covering the first and second dis~
charge openings, and the platform is tiltable to move the door away from the first and second discharge openings to permit the materials collected in the first collection chamber to empty there~rom through the first discharge opening `~
and the materials collected in the second collection chamber to move through r ~
the passageway and empty therefrom through the second discharge opening.
Accordingly, the collection chamber apparatus of the present ~ -invention facilitates the emptying of both collection chambers simultaneously at a single discharge point. Moreover, the second chamber is not susceptible ~, to blockage as a result of material caking in the first chamber. That is, -, ~ even if the particulate matter in one chamber is moist and cakes, the parti-culate matter is free to flow from the other chamber. Thus, the collection chambers need not be cleaned each time after the collection of moist particulate ; -~
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reference to the following description t~ken in conjunction with the accom~anying drawings, in which li~e reference --n~nerals i~enti~ like elements in the seve~l figures and in which: .
Figure 1 i~ a side elevational view partially in section illustrating a first embodiment of ~he tru~k mounted vacuum collectvr apparatus OI the presen-t invention;
igure 2 is a partial perspectiv~ view with ~ecti~n~
cut away to further show the ~irst collection chambex and the second`waste c~llection charnber; . - . ~ -~ igure 3 is a pa~tial top plan view showing ~en-trifugal se~arato~ apparatus provided in the first collection chamber in xelatio~ to ~he duct ~onnecting~the first chambex :
with the second chamber;
~ igure 4 is a si~e elevational view partially in section illustrating another embodiment o~ the present invention; and . :
~ igure S is a partiaL to~ plan view of t~e to~ of the f irst collection chamber in the embodi~ent shown in 3ure 0,.
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; Re~erring now to ~igure 1, a ~acuum collecto~ -. , - apparatus 11 is mounted on a ~xuc~, identified generally a~
13, which is used to transport the a~para~us t~ var.ious : - - 5 -! . .
' lOD2304 loca~ion~ at wllich spilla~le or ~ast:~ materials ar~ ~o be ~ collected ~d to tllen tran~port tho collec~e~ a~rials ~o a .
; d.ischar~ area or dump.
r~he vacuum collec~or apparatus 11 pxe~erably com~rises a unitar~ multi-stage wa~te par~icle separator ~or ~ separating particles o~ dif~erin~ size.s and ~eight~ from the : airstrea~ drawn through the apparatus. One such ~acu2~m collector a~paratus is ~he ~ulti-stage separator a~para~us described in IJ~S. Patent ~o. 3,780,S02. Xt will be undexstood, .
however, that other sepaxatox appara~us may be found to provide adequate particle separation and thus may be adapted :
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,~ The truck 13 includes gene.rally a chassis compxising .
;~ a bed ox lram2 15 extendin~ rearwar~ly ~ the ~r~lc~ cab 17 to support thereo~ R pla~orm 19 on whic~ are moun~ed ~he'. ~ .
. vacuun2 colIector a~paratus 11 and a pair of associa~ed~ .
.~ particle colleciion chambers, identi~ied generally at 21 and .
t,.`~ 23, for collecting and holdin~ the par~iculate materials ~ .
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s shown in Fi~ure 1 and ~urther illustrated in igure ~, the first collection c~amber 21 is a rein~orced . -s ~s~eel enclosure, h~ving a top wall 25, a floor 27! a fxon~
s ~ wall 29, a rear wall 31, and side wall~ 33 ancl 35. ~lthough in the presant e~bodimentr a box-like chambex is sho~n, it ill be undarstood that other chamber con~igurations, e~g~, cylindrical, can be utilized without departing ~rom the principles of the ~resent invention. ~he second collection .
: chamber ~3, ~lso corlstructed of rein~orced steel, is located . foxward o~ the ~ir~t cha~ber 21 and comprises a ~ront wall ; 37, a~partial back wall 3~, a bottom wall 41~ and a pair of .. .. . .
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T~e bot~o~ ~all ~1 o t~e second coll~cti.on ch~mb~r 23 e~terld~ b~lo~ tha ~lo~r 27 of the first chambex 21 to the rear edg~ of tAe pl~tfo~n :L9 while the floor 27 extend~
~orwardly to the hottom e~Je o:f the xear ~Jclll 39 of the secolla chamber ~3. The ~loor 27, the bo~tom ~7all 41, and side walls 33, 35 de.Fine a passa~eway, id~nti~ied ~enerally at 47, b~low the first collection chamber 21, leadin~ ~rom the seco~d cl~amber ~3 to the r~ar o~ the plat.~orm 19~ Also, the ~ot-tom poxtions o~ the side wall~ 43 and 45 ex~end rear~ardly to t'ne lron~ ~,7all 29 of the first ch~.~ber 21 to .-enclose the por~ion of the passa~eway ex~endin~ be~w~en the t~Yo cha~ b~rs.
In the present embodi~ent an air duct 49 couples the second collection char~ber 23 to tS~le first ~ham~er 21.
T~e duct 49 ex-~ends alon~ ~he in-~erior surfaces Oî the ~op a~d fronl walls, 2~ and ~9, respectively, ~rom the rear wall 31 where it ls bloc~e~ ~ a ~1all Sl to ~he fro~st of the 100r 27 whsere it opens to tne ~assageway 47 to the second cham~2~ 23, th~ duct ~9 opening to the firs~ cha~ber 21 t~rough an OpeninJ 53 in the int~rior surface of the ~uc~ , -near tne center o~ th top wall 23, T~e vacuSum collector apparatus 11 includes a plat~orm base structure of a size accom~odating mount.~S~g in air-ti~ht relation uyon the second colleckion chamber 23 in co~munication with the Op~ll top ~nd th~reo~. In par~icular, Se base struc~ure comprise~ a channel member 55 running s . .
. adjacent the periphery o~ t~le ~otkom of the colleckor appara-tus~
, s ~ gasket 57 is provided in the channel S5 to en~age the top edge o~ tlle front, rear and qide ~7alls 37, 39, ~3, ~5 of the , , -.. . . ~ .
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. ( vacu~ collector a~paratus 11 on the sacond collection , chamber 23, In operation, the vacu~m collectox appara~us 11 . produces a vacuun~ therein which is txanslated to th2 second . ~ collection ch~mb~x 23 and through the passa~eway ~7 and tha .. duct 49 -to the ~irst chamber 21~ ~n air inlet tube 67 .. : . .
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,.~ chamber 21 to communicate with a *lexi~le hose 69 connecied to the outer end of khe inle~ tube 67. ~he vacu-~l created in th~ ap~aratus is e*fecti;ve to draw particulate materials and~ox liqui~s such as water into the appaxakus throu,h the ~- hose 69 as an operakor rl~o~es the ~ree end oE th hose 69 into proxi~ity ~herewith. Of course, depending on the .
vacuum appaxatus 11 and other variables such as t~e cross-, . sectional size and the lenyth of the hose 69, the apparatu~
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iron chips, and the like.
As the n~atexials are draw~ illtO the apparatus, ..
, ( they are directed througil ~he inle~ tu~ 67 to a cent.rifugal - separator 71 mounted to the inker.ior sur~aca o~ the duct 49 .~, , .
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particles in the airstream may set~le to the bo-ttom of the ~; chambex .lS the partiall~ cleaned aixstream ~s drawn into the multi-sta~-e sepaxator apparatus 11 ~hich xe~oves the smaller ',- . particlcs be~ore selectivel~ depositing them also in~o the second clla~ber 23~ l'he cleaned air then exits rom the . appaxatus throu~h a blow2r ~xhaust mu1er 73.
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into the mulki-stage collector apl~aratus, howeverr an~
possible interaction between the airstream ~nd 'che accu-mul~ed matexials pr~vious~y collected in ~he second cham~er 23 is prevented, eliminating any possi~ility t~at the airstream can agyita~e the material stored in ~he second collection chamber 23 and cause it to rejoin the airstream.
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passagewa~ ~7 extendin~ below the fixst chamber 21 is open 7~ to provide a discharge o~e-ning 81 for the second collection ~ .
Cllal~be~ ~3 ~JhiCh i5 below and i~nediately adjacent to ~he .discharge opening 73. The discharge opening~ 79 a~d ~1 are ?~ ~ normall~ closed duxi1lg o~ra~ion ~ol ~h2 vacuum collection appa.atus by a discharge door 83, '~he door 83, which coYarS
both openint~s, 79 and ~ is~ mounted on the rear wall 31.of ~} ~ ihe fir3t ciha~2r imr.~ediatel ~7 abo~Ta the discharge o~ening 79 ,3 -i by a ~inging m2cnanism ~5~ ~ la~ch mechanism 37 allows ~ha - door 83 to be lock~ in its normally clos~d position~ Thus, ~ .:
~ in acco.rdan~e with the pr.inciples o~ the pxesenk invention, -. both cha~bers are simulta~eou~l~ emptied at a co~.~on aisc~ax~e ~: poin~ in a singl~ operation by ra.ising the front end of the ~ - .
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discharyed frol~ the at~paratus ~t a sinqle point. Xf, ho~7ever, ti1e particulclte ~atter coll~cl:ed in the fir~;~ cham~2r 21 ls r~oist and cakes, the r3ateri~l in ti~~ second chamber 2 3 is no t pre~e11ted there~y rro!;~ being r~mo~re;~l or emptied from the apparatus . -inalli~, as illu~rated in the eI~odimeni: shown in ~iyures ~ and 5, the centriLugal separa~;or c~n be eliLrlir ated replac~cl by a barfle plate B~ ~ounte~ a~ ~he fronk c~f the cha~er 21. In par'cicular, the inlet tub9 67 ends ak a pc>int near th~ rear wall 31 of ~he firs t collection chclrn~er 21, and the o;>ening 53 in the duct ~9 is located adjacent tnP rear cihan~er wall 31. The ba~le pla-~e 89 is mounte.~ ko the duct ~ to snield it rxor1 the particle laden inco~in~
airs-trea~ direct~ to.~ard the barfle ~9 at high velocity~
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s~vere effects of ~ne particulc~te rlat rials stri~ing it ~t .
igh syeed, but c~s the ma.erials are cotlected in the c~a~ber 21, ~he ~a~erials acc~nulate near the front ~rall.
These accur,1ulated ma~erials ulti,nately rise t~ a level-~^rh~re :
the~ absorb ~he ir,1~act o~ t11e incomincJ particles.
~ccordincJl~, there has been sho~m truck 1noun~ed vacuum collector ap~ratus ~avincy improve~ collection . .
, ch~ er apparatus for disch~rgin~ collect d paxticulake r.1a~erials ~ a single dischar~e point~ The apparatus o~ the -~ present in~ention eliminat~s any probl~s due to moist particulate matter cakincJ in t`ne firs~ collec~ion chamber. ~.
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Claims (10)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Mobile apparatus for separating materials including heavy particulate matter from an input airstream and for collecting said materials for delivery to a dis-charge point, said apparatus comprising:
a platform adapted to be supportably positioned on a vehicle frame and having one end adapted to be pivotably coupled to said frame;
a first enclosed collection chamber mounted on said platform having an inlet and having a corresponding first discharge opening adjacent the pivoted end of said platform;
means in said first collection chamber for separating said materials comprising generally said heavy particulate matter from said airstream, said heavy particulate matter being collected in said first collection chamber;
a second collection chamber mounted on said platform forwardly of said first collection chamber;
vacuum collector means communicating with said second collection chamber in substantial airtight rela-tion therewith;
means including a duct coupling said airstream including the remainder of said materials from said first collection chamber to said vacuum collector means; said vacuum collector means including means for creating a vacuum to draw said input airstream into said first chamber and through said duct to said vacuum collector means; said vacuum collector means separating the remainder of said materials from said airstream and selectively emptying said separated materials into said second collection chamber;
means comprising a passageway communicating with and extending rearwardly from said second collection chamber beneath said first collection chamber, said passageway having a corresponding second discharge opening immediately adjacent to said first discharge opening of said first collection chamber at said pivoted end of said platform;
a movable door for covering said first and second discharge openings; and said platform being tiltable to move said door away from said first and second discharge openings to permit said materials collected in said first collection chamber to empty therefrom through said first discharge opening and said materials collected in said second collection chamber to move through said passageway and empty therefrom through said second discharge opening.
a platform adapted to be supportably positioned on a vehicle frame and having one end adapted to be pivotably coupled to said frame;
a first enclosed collection chamber mounted on said platform having an inlet and having a corresponding first discharge opening adjacent the pivoted end of said platform;
means in said first collection chamber for separating said materials comprising generally said heavy particulate matter from said airstream, said heavy particulate matter being collected in said first collection chamber;
a second collection chamber mounted on said platform forwardly of said first collection chamber;
vacuum collector means communicating with said second collection chamber in substantial airtight rela-tion therewith;
means including a duct coupling said airstream including the remainder of said materials from said first collection chamber to said vacuum collector means; said vacuum collector means including means for creating a vacuum to draw said input airstream into said first chamber and through said duct to said vacuum collector means; said vacuum collector means separating the remainder of said materials from said airstream and selectively emptying said separated materials into said second collection chamber;
means comprising a passageway communicating with and extending rearwardly from said second collection chamber beneath said first collection chamber, said passageway having a corresponding second discharge opening immediately adjacent to said first discharge opening of said first collection chamber at said pivoted end of said platform;
a movable door for covering said first and second discharge openings; and said platform being tiltable to move said door away from said first and second discharge openings to permit said materials collected in said first collection chamber to empty therefrom through said first discharge opening and said materials collected in said second collection chamber to move through said passageway and empty therefrom through said second discharge opening.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said vehicle comprises a truck.
3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first collection chamber has a rear wall wherein said first discharge opening comprises an opening through said rear wall across the bottom portion of said rear wall and wherein said second discharge opening is directly below said first discharge opening, and including hinge means for coupling said movable door to said rear wall of said first collection chamber and latch means for securing said movable door in the closed position wherein said door covers said discharge openings.
4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first collection chamber comprises a substantially airtight enclosure having generally identifiable front, rear, top and oppositely disposed side walls and a floor, said duct traversing the interior of said first collection chamber along said top wall said front wall and having an input port in the vicinity of said top wall and an output port opening through said floor into said passageway, said airstream along with the remainder of said materials passing from said first collection chamber into said duct through said input port, said airstream and said remaining materials passing through said duct and through said passageway and said second collection chamber into said vacuum collector apparatus.
5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4 wherein said separating means in said first collection chamber comprises a centrifugal separator having an input port coupled to said input airstream to said first collection chamber, a first outlet port opening into said first collection chamber, and a second outlet port coupled to said duct input port, said separated materials falling through said first centrifugal separator outlet port into said first collection chamber and said airstream along with the remainder of said materials passing through said second centrifugal separator outlet port into said duct.
6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first collection chamber comprises a substantially airtight enclosure having generally identifiable front, rear, top and oppositely disposed side walls and a floor, said duct traversing the interior of said first collection chamber along said top wall and said front wall and having an input port in the vicinity of said top wall and an output port opening through said front wall, and and output port said duct output port to said vacuum collector means, said airstream along with the remainder of said materials passing from said first collection chamber into said duct through said input port, said airstream and said remaining materials passing through said duct and said coupling means directly into said vacuum collector apparatus.
7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 6 wherein said separating means in said first collection chamber comprises airstream inlet tube means extending through said rear wall of said first collection chamber and a baffle mounted adjacent the juncture of said top wall and said front wall, said baffle being positioned to intercept said input airstream including said heavy particulate matter directed from said airstream inlet tube means and shield said duct from bombardment by said heavy particulate matter, said heavy particulate matter being deposited in said first collection chamber.
8. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said vacuum collector means comprises a multi-stage particle separator.
9. Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 including means for removal mounting said multi-stage particle separator on said open top end of said second collection chamber in substantial airtight relation therewith.
10. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein said platform tilting means comprises hydraulic apparatus.
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