Patent ID: 6264041
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B03B

Abstract:
An adjustable splitter assembly for attachment to a vertical axis spiral separator including a trough having an internal concave surface adapted to direct a flow of a slurry of solid particles in a liquid medium in a downward helical path to a product drawoff entrance in the trough, said assembly comprising a splitter having an elongated elastomeric divider body with a sharp edged portion generally vertical upstream and an enlarged portion generally downstream and a bottom surface that generally matches the surface of the trough at a location adjacent a drawoff entrance, said splitter further having an elongated arm attached to said body and extending outwardly beyond an outer rim of the trough, an elongated retainer attached to the outer rim of the trough having a plurality of sockets extending upwardly above said rim, said arm being resiliently bendable into a selected one of said sockets to lock said arm against further movement with respect to the rim and to forcibly press said splitter body substantially sealed against the surface of the trough.