Patent ID: 9321058
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B04B

Claim Text:
1. A machine comprising: an outer bowl; a conveyor that is coaxial with said outer bowl said conveyor moving an amount of grit and other solids; a solids baffle, said solids baffle having a distal end at an outer perimeter, a solids baffle first side and a solids baffle second side, said solids baffle having a tapered section at said distal end creating an enlarged gap between said solids baffle and a head wall; a heavy phase flow path fully passing first between said outer bowl and said outer perimeter of said solids baffle at said distal end and second between said solids baffle second side and said head wall; and a plow on said solids baffle wherein at least a portion of said plow is located on said tapered section of said solids baffle, said plow extending away from said solids baffle second side and radially inward from said distal end, said plow resupending said amount of grit and other solids away from said solids baffle second side into said heavy phase flow path as the heavy phase flow path passes between said plow and said head wall.