Patent ID: 7470347
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: D21C,D21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for withdrawing cellulose pulp from a cylindrical storage tower, comprising: the storage tower having an essentially plane bottom with a diameter at the plane bottom of the storage tower that exceeds 3 meters, which cellulose pulp is of medium consistency, having a pulp concentration of 8-14%, a pipe arranged through a wall of the storage tower, the pipe being parallel to the plane bottom of the storage tower and directed towards a center of the storage tower, the pipe having at one end an obliquely cut opening defined therein that faces upwardly in the storage tower, edges of the obliquely cut opening of the pipe surrounding the center of the storage tower, the obliquely cut opening of the pipe coinciding in one part with the center of the storage tower and the pipe being attached, at a second end of the pipe, externally to the storage tower, to an MC pump to pump out the cellulose pulp from the storage tower.