Patent ID: 7736409
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: B01D,B02C,B04C,F26B

Abstract:
1. A cyclone processing system comprising: (a) a cyclone processor having a larger diameter upper entry end and a smaller diameter lower outlet end opposite said entry end; (b) an exhaust sleeve extending into said entry end; (c) a blower operable to generate a flow of air; (d) a duct communicating with said blower and receiving said flow of air, said duct including a wall dividing said duct into an air-only duct portion and an entrained duct portion; (e) a feeder communicating with said entrained duct portion and entraining a material to be processed into said flow of air through said entrained duct portion; (f) a vortex initiator positioned on said entry end of said cyclone processor and communicating said flow of air with entrained material from said duct to said cyclone processor, said vortex initiator including: (g) said duct engaging said vortex initiator such that said air-only duct portion communicates air into said outer chamber and said entrained duct portion communicates air with material entrained therein into said inner chamber, said flow of air with material entrained therein forming a vortex, and airflow through said apertures enhancing said vortex and urging the entrained material away from said inner wall; and (h) a vane pivotally mounted within said duct in angular relation to said wall and operable to selectively proportion said airflow between said air-only duct portion and said entrained duct portion.