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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2003
Kevin Gordon Peacocke, Harare, ZW;
Brett Robert Henry Knelson, Langley, CA;
Victor James Bartsch, Abbottsford, CA;
Edwin John William Zonneveld, Fort Langley, CA;
Kevin Gordon Peacocke, Harare, ZW;
Brett Robert Henry Knelson, Langley, CA;
Victor James Bartsch, Abbottsford, CA;
Edwin John William Zonneveld, Fort Langley, CA;
Knelson Patents Inc., Langley, CA;
Abstract
A centrifuge concentrator bowl includes a plurality of fluidized recesses at axially spaced positions along the peripheral wall. Each recess is defined by two side walls converging toward a base which has water injection holes for fluidizing materials collecting in the recess. The volume within which collection occurs is defined by a replaceable plastic strip member across the recess spaced from the base so that a water channel is formed inside the bowl between the base of the recess and the strip. Water from the channel is injected through holes in the strip in a generally tangential direction around the recess. The use of the replaceable strip allows the injection openings of the bowl to be tailored to requirements and/or to be cleaned of scale by rapidly removing and replacing the strips in the bowl.