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Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Wayne D Jacobson

Kenneth R Kamman

Virgil H Newman

Donald D Hoagland

Frank W Tidaback

An assembly for cleaning particulates from fluid streams has a primary and secondary centrifuge collectors and may employ negative pressure to produce the fluid stream. The primary centrifuge collector forms an outer vortex to remove larger particles, then an inner vortex to produce higher centrifugal forces upon and to remove a portion of the particulates. In the secondary centrifuge collector, a plurality of secondary centrifuge collector units are present. The partially cleaned fluid stream enters one of the secondary centrifuge collector units, where swirl vanes form an outer vortex. The fluid flow travels along the secondary vortex to the bottom of the secondary centrifuge collector unit, where the direction of the fluid flow is reversed and the fluid flow is subjected to a higher energy inner vortex. The centrifugal forces exerted by these vortices convey the particulates to the walls of the secondary centrifuge units, where the particulates are evacuated initially by gravity for disposal. The cleaned fluid flow may then be released into the environment.

Apparatus and method for removing particulates from a fluid stream

A fuel flow rate measuring system including an inlet (30) for receipt of liquid fuel, a flow meter (34) connected to the inlet for measuring and indicating fuel flow, and an outlet (44) for connection to a fuel consuming apparatus. A fuel flow recirculating line (42) is connected to the system between the flow meter and the outlet (44) and defines, with the outlet, a closed, constant volume fuel flow path. A gas vent (46) is disclosed in the path for venting gas therein while containing liquid fuel in the path. Also disclosed is a method of measuring the fuel flow rate to a fuel consuming apparatus.

Method and apparatus for measuring fuel flow

An apparatus for the separation of particles from a gas of the type which has filter elements disposed around a drum located in the center of a housing with a shutter mechanism. The improvement of the present invention also relates to an apparatus which allows separation and emptying of filter elements by the shutter mechanism and particle separation without venting of particles to the atmosphere. The apparatus is particularly useful for instance, for asphalt mixing plants, stone quarry or foundry dust separation and collection.

Particle separator and collector

An improved piston assembly including a generally cylindrical piston body having a crown, a depending relatively short ring land and a central cavity comprising inner and outer chambers. Seal receiving grooves are disposed in the ring land and are adapted to receive sealing rings, one of the grooves being specifically adapted to receive an oil ring. A generally cylindrical skirt body is provided and has an end in proximity to the piston body adjacent the ring land and is aligned with the piston body. An annular groove in the end of the skirt body opens into the outer chamber of the central cavity for receiving cooling oil draining from the cavity and for splashing the cooling oil against the interior of the piston body to cool the same. Bores from the oil ring receiving groove convey oil from such groove to the annular groove.

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Peoria, IL, United States of America

Wayne D Jacobson