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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A Dongieux, Jr, St. Joseph, IN (US);
Steven J Anderson, Brown, WI (US);
Ricky L Yoder, Brown, WI (US);
Assignee:
Thermo Fibergen Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
241 27 ; 241 28 ; 162191 ;
Abstract
A device and a process for delumping pasty masses in waste materials from paper manufacture. The delumping means employs at least one rotating cylindrical drum having a plurality of flexible fingers mounted on the drum. Pasty masses are supplied to the delumper preferably by a chute mounted to the top of the delumper, and are struck by the flexible fingers of the rotating drum. Annular recesses are formed at the base of the flexible fingers which mates with a plurality of bores in the drum housings. Preferably, the fingers are rubber.