DEVICE FOR SEPARATING COMPACT MATERIAL FROM ARTICLE GAUZE BASE Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: wastage recovery, mainly, chemical sources of electric energy. SUBSTANCE: device comprises body housing activator made in the form of drums installed one above other in parallel. Upper drum 10 has protrusions 13 on cylindrical surface in the form of tongues with rounded heads which maximum cross-section exceeds size of mesh of metal gauze base 26. Lower drum 11 has elastic lining 15 or recesses for tongues 13. Thickness of lining and depth of recess exceed height of tongue 13. Body may be detachable in two parts (upper 2 and lower 3) joined by restoring members in the form of rubber spacers and through pins 7 with nuts 8. Upper part 2 moves vertically. Head of tongue 13 may have shape of ball segment which maximum cross-section amounts to 2-10 sizes of mesh of metal gauze base 26. Height of tongue is 4-6 times larger than thickness of recovered article 23 and diameter of recess may amount 1.2-2.0 of maximum cross sections of tongue head. EFFECT: complete separation of materials and prevention destruction of base. 5 cl, 3 dwg