Patent ID: 8882873
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B01D,B04C,F23C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vortex finder for a cyclone separator, said vortex finder being suspended from a top end of said cyclone separator, said vortex finder comprising: a central axis; and a plurality of superposed, circumferentially extending rings coaxial to said central axis and assembled so as to form said vortex finder; each of said rings comprising a plurality of substantially identical plate segments positioned at the same level so as to form said ring; said plate segments of one of said rings being suspended under the force of gravity from said plate segments of another of said rings positioned above said one of said rings for connecting said plate segments of each said ring to one another; each of said plate segments including a non-flat main plate having an upper end portion and a lower end portion radially offset from said upper end portion, an upper support member integrally formed with said upper end portion of said main plate so as to face away from said central axis and a lower support member integrally formed with said lower end portion of said main plate so as to face said central axis, wherein said main plate further comprises a central portion, said upper end portion and said lower end portion extend substantially parallel to said central axis and said central portion is oriented obliquely relative to said upper end portion and said lower end portion to provide said offset; said upper support member of said plate segments of said one of said rings engaging and supported by said lower support member of said plate segments of said another of said rings positioned above said one of said rings; said lower support member defining an open-bottom pocket having at least one pass-through opening for fluidly connecting a space inside said vortex finder with a space outside said vortex finder.