Solid material comminution or disintegration – Apparatus – Including means applying fluid to material
Patent
1993-01-21
1994-04-19
Rosenbaum, Mark
Solid material comminution or disintegration
Apparatus
Including means applying fluid to material
241 60, 241100, 2411017, 241205, 241DIG14, 241DIG38, B02C 2340
Patent
active
053038720
ABSTRACT:
A field transportable battery disposal unit comprises a storage drum containing a neutralizing fluid and a cutting apparatus adapted to sit on top of the drum, the cutting apparatus including a cutting wheel, a driving apparatus for rotating the cutting wheel, an oscillating apparatus for oscillating the cutting wheel in a "back and forth" motion, slots disposed adjacent the cutting wheel adapted to receive one or more of the exhausted batteries, a water pump for lubricating and cooling the cutting wheel and providing a pre-neutralizing spray of water to the wheel and battery parts, and an air scrubber for neutralizing an acid mist and exhausting the neutralized acid mist, contained within the drum, to the surrounding atmosphere. The battery is inserted into one of the slots in the cutting apparatus, and the cutting wheel cuts the battery into pieces. The water pump sprays water over the cutting wheel and on the battery parts undergoing the cutting operation. The remnants of the battery, cut by the cutting wheel, fall into the drum containing the neutralizing fluid.
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Fuentes Baldemar
Milewits Marvin
Patel Dinesh R.
Bouchard John H.
Chin Frances
Garrana Henry N.
Rosenbaum Mark
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
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