Patent ID: 7082955
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid handling system comprising: a flow development chamber having an inlet opening and a central axis through the inlet opening, the flow development chamber comprising an outer barrel and an inner barrel concentrically mounted inside the outer barrel along the central axis to define a flow space between the outer barrel and the inner barrel, the outer barrel having an inlet end, an outlet end and an interior surface; an inlet tube located at the inlet opening of, and concentric to, the flow development chamber such that flow through the inlet tube enters the flow development chamber along the central axis of the flow development chamber; and a deflector located adjacent the inlet opening of the flow development chamber to direct flow tangentially around the inner barrel; wherein the inner barrel, the outer barrel and the deflector are arranged such that the deflector sets up a flow pattern in the flow space that circulates substantially all flow through the inlet opening into the flow development chamber around the inner barrel from a location adjacent the inlet opening to the outlet end of the outer barrel.