Patent ID: 6413300
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A quartz trapping device for use with a roof bolt machine, the quartz trapping device comprising:a container comprising a top plate, a bottom plate and side plates wherein said container is at least partially filled with a liquid; at least one inlet mounted on said container adapted to be operatively connected with and receive an exhaust stream from a drill bit of the roof bolt machine; a plurality of downward extending baffles attached to the inside of the top plate and extending downward from the top plate toward the liquid surface; a plurality of upward extending baffles attached to the inside of the bottom plate and extending upward from the bottom plate toward the top plate; wherein said downward and upward extending baffles are arranged in an alternating configuration defining a tortuous pathway for the exhaust stream, causing the exhaust stream to deposit substantially all of the respirable dust and respirable quartz entrained therein in the liquid; and an outlet mounted on said container for releasing a substantially clean exhaust stream.