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K. WANDEL
3,188,942
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INVENTOR.
KURT
WANDEL
BY
KZDWWA 65M,
ATTORNEYS
3,188,942
Patented June 15, 1965
mediately as a fertilizer or stored for long periods with 35 grated masses of material until they are sufficiently re
out signi?cant loss of plant food value; My improved
duced to pass through the holes of the sieve. In order
apparatus serves also to screen out of the garbage and
to continue the disintegration of material which is drawn
waste paper solid articles not subject to disintegration,
beneath the impeller but is still of a size too large to pass
' such as wood, string, wire, rags, tin cans and the like, and
through the perforations of the sleeve 8, the under face
to retain such articles for a long period without injury to 40 of the impeller, that is, its convex face, is also studded
the machine or interference with its efficient operation,
with tungsten carbide crystals, as shown at 11a.
whereby an occasional shut down of the machine for a
In order to dewater the suspension of disintegrated
brief period to dump the accumulated metal and other
?bers after they pass through the sleeve 8, I provide a
articles which have resisted disintegration is all the at,
dewatering attachment, indicated generally by the numeral
tention that is required other than feeding the waste 45 10, which is preferably bolted or otherwise attached to
paper, garbage, etc. to the machine, and removing the
the side wall of the vessel 1, as shown more particularly
disintegrated and dewatered mass which may be fed
in FIG. 2. This dewatering attachment comprises a casing
directly into burlap bags such as now used for various
11 having a base portion which is open at one side and
kinds of prepared fertilizers or may be stored in bulk form
provided with a ?ange 12 for attachment to a similar
for bacterial action and conversion into humus or organic 50 ?ange formed on the side Wall of the vessel 1 which is
fertilizer. The pulp generated by this apparatus from
lowermost when the vessel is set in the inclined position
cellulosic material, for example, waste paper, is in a new
form. The cellulosic ?bers are in small lumps which are
disposal of garbage.
In said drawings:
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17 is of a diameter somewhat less than that of the cy
lindrical portion of the casing so that the free water in
the suspension of ?brous material as it is lifted by the
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to 90% (according to t "epnatur-e of the'mate'rial) of the
The elevating screw terminates several inches below " water content, of the-suspension as it leavesthe tank 1
the top of. the casing 11 and its shaft is provided at its. . is removed'and returned to the tank 1. e '
upper end with an extension 31 of enlarged diameter,
.7 After suf?cient material has'been fedinto the tank for
which extension projects above the casing 11 andcarriesi > contmuousdischarge,additional material may be added
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at its upper end a pair of oppositely projecting radial
continuously to 'the'vessel 1 in such increments as are
blades 32 which serve to continuously break up the as;
convenient to. handle, enough water being added to re
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suspension passes through the perforated sleeve along 50 10f dewatered material. Several sleeve sections of varying
this lower side of the sleeve and by permittingjthe screw .
extensions.
The elevating screw may be a simple solid helical vane
as shown in FIGS.1 and 2 or vmay consist of two such
vanes to double the liftinglvanes per unit of screw length
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pumped back into the tank 1. As the operation proceeds 65 between the two vanes.v
I have also found it an'advanta'ge in, some instances
the amount of suspended matter in the liquid ?owing
to increase the perforated areas through which the water
into the dewatering unit increases and the amount of.
?brous material accumulates in the dewatering apparatus _ may pass out of the garbage or other ?brous material.
until there is formed at the top of the screw awad or
layerof ?brous material against the lower face of which 70 screw with two v'anes'39 and 40 spaced closely'together
constant additions. are made by the upward pushing of
and with the upper-"vane perforatedwi'th ?ne holes pref
the screw, This wad of ?brous material, shown at W
erably
of smallervdiameter than those in the sleeve 8.
in the drawing, .servesas a porous bed against which
The two vanes are brought together, at'the lower end of
the elevated material is pressed, thereby expressing from '
it liquid in addition to what has, drained out'of the mass 75 the elevatingscrew as shown at 41, so that the water
when the material treated contains ?ne ?bers or colloidal 10 said impeller and said elevating screw and means for
matter which tends to clog the perforations of the sleeve
returning water collected between said cylinder and said
17. As here shown the helical vane of the elevating screw
solid wall to said vessel.
is formed of stiff bristles 42 projecting radially from a
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a screen is inter
channel shaped base which is wound around the shaft of
posed in said outlet passage between said vessel and said
the screw end welded or otherwise attached thereto. The 15 chamber.
channel shaped base is clamped against the base of the
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said screen con
bristles to hold them ?rmly in place.
sists of a false bottom in said vessel, said bottom having a
The upper end of the screw for about one-half turn is
downwardly extending perforated sleeve surrounding said
formed of metal as in the previously described structure,
impeller.
as is also the lower portion 44 of the screw. The upper 20
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the bottom Wall of
portion 43 serves to pack the dewatered material into
said vessel extends beyond said false bottom and said
the wad W and push the same upwardly out of the top
elevating screw is mounted in the extension of said bot
end of the sleeve and for this purpose the metal blade is
tom wall.
the bottom of the sleeve and for this purpose also the
beyond one side wall of said vessel at its lower side, said
metal blade is preferable. The mid portion of the vane
extension forming the bottom of the dewatering chamber.
where the bristles are provided serves without deforma
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said elevating
tion of the bristles to elevate the disintegrated mass and
screw extends upwardly alongside said vessel and the
the bristles serve to keep the perforations of the sleeve 30 solid wall surrounding said cylinder and said screw is
clean of all accumulated ?brous and solid matter which
attached to a side wall of said vessel.
might otherwise adhere thereto and clog up the perfora
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the foraminous
tions.
cylinder extends beyond the discharge end of said screw.
The bristles may be stiif natural bristles or may be
8. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein the elevating screw
formed of synthetic materials or of metal. They should
consists
of a shaft and a helical elevating vane and the
. be sti?' enough to lift the layer of material without bend
shaft of the screw beyond the elevating vane is enlarged.
ing downward to any signi?cant extent. The bristles also
9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the elevating
serve to allow for the drainage of Water through the vanes
screw
extends upwardly from the bottom of said chamber
as in the modi?cation shown in FIG. 5.
at an angle to the vertical.
In the foregoing speci?cation I have described my ap 40
paratus as applied to the treatment of garbage, but it will
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be understood that the apparatus has equal advantages
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A. G. STONE, Examiner.