Commissariat a L'energie Atomique

Claude Bourdois

Paul Marchal

Michel Ferard

Maurice Decolle

Jean Vertut

Charles Glachet

Silviu Vais

Process for the pneumatic transfer of a pulverulent material contained in a cylindrical container, wherein it comprises the introduction, via a sealed passage located in the upper part and in the axis of the container, of a suction member which is movable in translation along said axis and having at its suction end located in the container an annular nozzle which is able to direct a gas jet towards the walls of the container so as to ensure the scavenging of said walls during suction, the level of said annular nozzle in the container being maintained constantly above the level of the pulverulent material contained therein until all the material has been sucked out, including that on the bottom of the container. The process is performed by an apparatus for the pneumatic transfer of a pulverulent material comprising a cylindrical container containing the pulverulent material and pneumatic extraction duct for emptying the container. As a result of the invention it is possible to extract all the material contained in a container, particularly when the material is of a clogging or tacky nature.

Process for the pneumatic transfer of a pulverulent material

Apparatus for the separation and recovery of a solid product transported by a gas, wherein said apparatus comprises at least one filter cartridge made from a rigid porous material mounted in a sealed enclosure and defining in the latter a first filter chamber within the at least one cartridge and which communicates by its lower end with a tube for the collection of the separated solid product and a second chamber for the collection of the filtered gas outside the said at least one cartridge, the latter having two large-surface opposite porous walls maintained with an appropriate spacing by spacers fixed on the said walls and disposed in the filter chamber in such a way as to form deflectors, means for introducing the gas transporting the solid product to be separated into the said filter chamber and means for extracting the filtered gas from the collection chamber.

Apparatus for the separation and recovery of a solid product transported

The container consists of a shielded body having an internal cavity and of a capsule which can be inserted into the cavity and is capable of sliding motion along the axis of this latter. The front face of the capsule is sealed by means of a removable door and the rear face is attached to an operating rod. The cavity is sealed beyond the front face of the capsule by means of a shielded element for positioning a cover opposite to the removable door of the capsule. The cover cooperates with means for permitting leak-tight coupling or uncoupling of the cover and the capsule by displacing these latter in relative motion.

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Palaiseau, France

Claude Bourdois