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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Lummus Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Inventors:
Mark David Cory, Bluffton, SC (US);
Joseph W. Thomas, Richmond Hill, GA (US);
Assignee:
Lummus Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 13/00 (2006.01); D01G 99/00 (2010.01); D01G 23/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01G 13/00 (2013.01); D01G 23/08 (2013.01); D01G 99/005 (2013.01); D10B 2201/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vortex tube system for conditioning and blending fibrous material utilizing a helical inlet to the base of a central vortex tube, to condition and blend fibers in a fluidly conveyed stream, and to separate the fibers from debris, by abruptly changing direction of the conveying air flow. The vortex tube system for conditioning and blending combines the helical input with helical shaping of the air flow through the central vortex tube to induce greater dynamics which is continued at the top of the vortex tube through a separate drying chamber.