Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article – Bending or twisting of work
Patent
1991-05-02
1993-04-20
Heitbrink, Tim
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article
Bending or twisting of work
210262, B29C 5308, B01D 2102
Patent
active
052040488
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for removing particulate impurities from liquids wherein the liquid flows upward through a bundle of tubes having a helical shape to present an inclined path where settling of particulates back down the tube occurs. The bundle is preferably formed around a central standpipe. This modular helical tube bundle arrangement provides a compact and inexpensive structure and great convenience for maintenance. The preferred cross sectional shape of each tube is oval to increase settling rate. In order to form the tubes from rigid tubing, a concrete form is made in accordance with a procedure which includes forming a "tent" of strings, sculpting a plasticene negative form using the tent of strings as a guide, casting concrete against the form to produce a mold that resembles a sliding board with an outside drooping edge. In a preferred apparatus the tube bundle is foamed in place within a cylindrical tank and the bundle supports the standpipe, which in turn may carry a motor and propeller assembly for break-up of bubbles forming within the reaction zone portion of the settling tube.
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Rider Allison L.
Smith Robert S.
Dulin Jacques M.
Heitbrink Tim
Rider Allison L.
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