LOOSE MATERIAL SIZING DEVICE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, food, mining, industry, metallurgy and civil engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has drum whose surface consists of separate members, loading device, separated fraction receiver and drive. Surface of drum is made conical, surface members are made in form of spokes with ends fitted in end face disks. Tension spokes are rigidly coupled with disks. Opposite ends of tension spokes are fastened inside drum on shaft by means of tension nut with thread opposite to direction of rotation of drum. Sprocket located on outer surface of drum comes into meshing with drum spokes. deflecting disks are mounted on drum shaft. Separated fraction receiver is made in form of chamber divided by vertical detachable partitions into compartments to conform to number of separated fractions. EFFECT: increased efficiency of separation process owing to provision of possibility of separation of loose material into any required number or fractions in size, enhanced quality and increased efficiency of process. 2 cl, 1 dwg