Patent ID: 6478161
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: B03C,B65G

Abstract:
An eddy current separator apparatus for separating non-ferrous metals from other materials, said apparatus comprising:a support frame; a table cantileverly suspended from said frame; an expansion and contraction mechanism adapted to accept a continuous conveyor belt thereabout, said expansion and contraction mechanism configurable between an operating configuration and maintenance configuration; a continuous conveyor belt loopable about said expansion and contraction mechanism and said table, said continuous conveyor belt being drawn tight in said operating configuration and slackened in said maintenance configuration, said continuous conveyor belt being easily removed from and installable onto said table in said maintenance configuration; and a magnetic rotor located at a distance interiorly of a first side of said continuous conveyor belt, said magnetic rotor adapted to generate an eddy current on an opposite second side of said continuous conveyor belt upon rotation.