Patent ID: 11859906
Assignee: ALTEK EUROPE LIMITED
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  C  Y | IPC C  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of handling a molten metal processing by-product, the method including:
providing a device comprising:
an enclosure defining a chamber;
a compressing element having:
an upper surface having an inlet and an outlet;
a lower surface; and
an at least partially hollow interior provided between the upper surface and the lower surface, the hollow interior being connected to the inlet and the outlet;
the hollow interior including:
one or more fluid flow constraining surfaces that include one or more walls of the hollow interior; and
one or more fluid flow control elements disposed within the hollow interior, the one or more fluid flow control elements include one or more ribs or other projections extending from the one or more fluid flow constraining surfaces and one or more baffles; and

an actuator connected to the compressing element;

moving the compressing element toward a container unit disposed within the chamber of the enclosure to compress by-product in the container unit; and
providing a fluid into the inlet, along the one or more flow constraining surfaces and the one or more fluid flow control elements and out of the outlet.