HYDROVORTEX SEPARATOR Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: handling liquids with solid inclusions both in delivery and suction hydraulic systems where separation of solids is required. SUBSTANCE: separator has cylindrical housing 1 with tangential inlet branch pipe 2 and axial outlet branch pipe 3 and end wall 4 with holes 5 which are brought in communication with solids discharge branch pipe 6. Separator has also spiral partition which is located in housing 1 forming passage which is connected to inlet and outlet branch pipes 2 and 3. Partition is made in form of Archimedean spiral or logarithmic spiral. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 4 cl, 3 dwg