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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takao Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Saihei Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Tomoe Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 1/506 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a cleaning method for removing sediment from the inner wall of the rotary drum of a horizontal drum-type centrifugal separator which comprises charging a plurality of solid cleaning medium pieces such as globules, balls, cubes, rods, springs etc., into the rotary drum, supplying a cleaning liquid to the rotary drum, rotating the drum, and discharging the sediment together with the cleaning liquid. The solid cleaning medium is charged into the rotary drum either before centrifugal separation or at the time of cleaning after centrifugal separation.