Patent ID: 9022231
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B01D,B04C

Abstract:
1. In a separator for separating solids from liquid in a liquid/solid mixture, said separator being of the type which includes a separation barrel having a central axis, an upper end, a lower end, a bottom, an interior wall which is an axially-extending cylindrical surface of rotation, inlet means extending through said wall to inject the mixture into said upper end in a spinning motion to separate solids from the liquid by centrifugal force, a spin structure in axial adjacency to said lower end of said separation barrel, the separator further comprising a collection chamber having a top and a sump region below said spin structure for receiving solids-containing material, the separator further comprising conduit means between the spin structure and said sump region through which conduit means passes said solids-containing material, and the separator further comprising an outlet barrel centrally aligned within said separation barrel, the outlet barrel axially above the spin structure to receive fluid reflected by said spin structure, the outlet barrel comprising a lower end, an upper end, and an inside wall, the improvement comprising: a filter rod extending between said spin structure and the lower end of the outlet barrel, the filter rod centrally aligned within the separation barrel and the outlet barrel.