US1530193A

US1530193A - Screening machine

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Publication number: US1530193A
Application number: US625223A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry S Montgomery
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-03-15
Filing date: 1923-03-15
Publication date: 1925-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 1942-03-17

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March 17.11925 H. s. MoNTGoMERY SCREENING CHINE Filed latch l5, 1923 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 17. 1925. Y 1,530,193

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HENRY S. MONTGOMERY, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

SCREENING MACHINE.

Application led March 15, 1923. Serial No. 625,223.

To all who/ml t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY S. MONTGOM- ERY, acitizen of the United States, residing in Riverside, county of Riverside, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Screening Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has to do with screens for screening and sizing materials in general; and although the invention has been particularly developed with referencer to the screening of fine materials that are of a light and fluffy nature and therefore diiiicult to screen by ordinary methods and some of.

the most advantageous features of the in vention are obtained when screening such materials, it will be understood that the invention is not at all necessarily limited to use with such materials but may be applied advantageously to the screening of any substance.

In the screening and sizing of such materials as diatomaceous or infusorial earths A great dificulties have been encountered where it is desired to screen to small size. The screens become quickly` clogged, even when mechanically vibrated; and the material has a tendency to gather in balls that stand on the surface of the screen and effectually prevent screening-action. I have found that the rapplication of air pressure to the materials, in conjunction with mechanical screen vibration assists greatly in screening of such materials; and I have also found that -if the materials, at the same time they are held down on the screen by air pressure, are moved over the surface of' the screen, effective screening can be accomplished. In my prior and co-pending application entitled Method and apparatus for screening materials filed Sept. 21, 1922,

p Serial No.' 589,518, I have set out a screening apparatus which embodies these gen eral principles; and the present invention presents improvements in such an apparatus as set out in said prior application. The present application deals with various features of improvement that will be fully understood from the following specification, lsaid improvements having mainly to do with the method of introducing air for the purpose of creating the desired pressures and movements of the material, and with means for removing the over size from the screen from time to time. The improvements `also include certain mechanical reinements, and also. mechanical arrangements for putting several such screens into combination with each other for the purpose of subjecting material to several suc` cessive screenings. All of these things and various other objects and features of accomplishment of the invention, will be best understood from the following detailed description of preferred and specific forms of devices illustrative of the invention, reference for such purpose being had to the accompanying drawings in which-v Fig. 1 is a vertical central section showing a single unit mechanism in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan section of the same on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 .is an enlarged detail section on line 4--4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a vertical central section showing a mechanism including several screening units;

Fig. 6 is a central vertical section of a single `vunit mechanism showing a modied kept moving over the surface of the screen; u

and although this motion over the surface o f the` screen may be preferably circular, it is not necessarily so.

I illustrate at 10 a circular screen casing with a screen 11 in its bottom, a delivery casing 12 extending below the screen casing to connect with a collector 13 which may be in the form of a collector bag' or any other of the various collector arrangements that are well known in the art. The upper end of screen casing 10 is closed by a cover plate 14 and on this' cover plate a frame or other support 15 may be mounted to su port the bearings and stuffing boxes, ete., or the mechanism that I am about to describe.

Within the screen casing there are two sets of

radial tubes

16 and 17. Tubes 16 are those throu h which air under pressure is admitted tot e screen while tubes 17 are those tlnfoughgwhich, by the application of suction, the oversize is removed from the screen. The aii discharge from tube 16 is through lines of perforations 18 that point diagonally downwardly, so that the air discharge will force the material down onto the screen and also move it around (over the surface of) the screen. I show several tubes 16; and, even if those tubes are stationary the air jets issuing from them will keep the material traveling over the, screen. But I prefer to rotate the tubes 16;--so as to make uniform their action over the whole surface of the screen. And when the tubes are rotated, the jet perforations may be pointed more nearly downwardly or exactly downwardly, as the rotation may furnish the movement over the screen. Or I may prefer in any case to point some perforations directly downwardly and some diagonally downwardly. Likewise, I prefer to rotate the suction tubes 17 in order to make their action uniform over the whole screen surface. Accordingly, I mount the vacuum tubes 17, which have a slot or a line of perforations as shown at 19 along their lower sides. on and in communication with a vertical rotating tube 20 which extends up through cover plate 14. through some suitable packingmeans as indicated at 21. The upper end of this tube 2O discharges into a chamber 22 stationarily mounted on framing 15, a stuffing box being provided at' 23 to make a suliiciently tight joint between the revolving tube and the chamber. A suction pipe 26 connects chamber 22 with a suction fan 25, under control of valve 24; and the fan may discharge into a collector 27 of any suitable type.

Inside the tube 2.0 and rotating with it is an air pipe 28; and air jet tubes 16, extending through the wall of tube 2D, connect with air pipe 28. through tube 20 and chamber 22 and through al stuffing box 29, out of the chamber, and then has a swivel connection 30 of some suitable kind with an air pressure line 31.

The rotating system that I have described may be rotatedby the air reaction of jets This air pipe extends upI 18; but I may prefer also to give this rotating system a positive drive, as by motor M operating on Worm gear 32 on rotating tube 20. If a motor is used, the parts may be rotated in either direction, either with or against the direction in which they would be rotated by air reaction.

The material to be screened may be fed into the device in different manners, for instance, it may be fed by the screw feed means indicated 35 in Fig. 1; or it may be fed in by an air blower 36 that will blow the material through tube 37 tangentially into the screen easing. This tangential introduction of the material, along with the air in which it is blown, will of course set up a circular or cyclonic motion of the material over the screen. But, regardless of the manner in which the material is introduced, movement of the material over the screen, in this case, a circularl or cylonic movement, will be set up and maintained by the action of the air jets. At the same time, the air introduced by the air jets. and that introduced with the material, if the air form of feed is used, will set up in the screen casing above the screen a certain air pressure above the air pressure that is maintained below the screen. This air pressure tends to hold the material down on the screen; and at the same time the air movement moves the material over the surface of the screen. The air pressure, in addition to the downward action of the air jets tends to keep the lines moving through the screen and keep the screen clean` while the movement of the particles tends to break up any collections of particles so that the particles themselves may pass through the screen. I may also apply a suction to discharge 13 to aid in takmg the lines away from the screen.

The Whole screen is mounted on a vibratory mounting. For instance, it may be mounted on a frame 40 supported on springs 41; and any suitable means may he used to vibrate frame '40 and the screen. For instance, asmall air hammer. indicated at 42, may act to vibrate the system. It is not necessary to have a violent vibration: it is only desired to have suiiicient vibration to help materials pass through the screen and to help dislodge any oversize particles that might otherwise be stuck in the screen.

When the device is in operation the niateriall is fed in to the vibrating screen at a suitable rate, and air pressure is admitted to air jet tubes 16 and those tubes may berevolved. The material is held down on the screen by the lair pressure and is thrown against the screen and along its surface by the direct action of the air jets 18, so that the material is kept in constant motion over the surface of the screen and is brought into more or less forcible contact with the screen. The finesass through the screen and go to the collec or; and when the oversize ha-s accumulated on the screen the suction is turned on to tubes 17 and they act to pick u the oversize and thus clean the screen. rdinarily, the applicatlon of the suction action through the eriod of one revolution of tubes 17 is su cient to clean the screen. It is not necessary to shut ofi' the feed of material or to shut off the air feed to tubes 16 during this suction' cleaning action, although that may be done 1f desired; but in any case only a small amount of fines is carried out with the oversize'. This oversize may, after passing through collector 27, be passed back tothe crusher or grinder, or it may be put into storage bins.

To operate the suction periodically I may provide a simple automatic means to open valve 24 periodically; as a cam 60 operated by Worm gear. 61 from revolving tube 28.

In Fi 6 I show a modification in which a propeller fan 50 may be used to provide the air motion for carrying and pressing the material againstscreen 1-1 and for moving it over the surface of the screen. This fan 50, driven by Vany sutable'meansas by i pulley 51, creates an air motionr downwardly and .circularly around over the screen; with the same general effect and result as hereinbe-fore stated. lIt will be understood that in any case the air movement around (parallel with the surface of) the screen is slow enough that the material is not blown over the screen surface so fast that it has no chance to go through the screen.

In Fig. 5 'I show an yarrangement of the type of device of Fig. 1 to make a mechanism including a number of screen units. Here I provide a composite screen casing made up of sections -10 and 10 with superposed screens 11, 11, and 11b which lnay be of increasing ineness. Here the rotating tube 20 extends on down through the uppermost screen 11, where it passes through a stuing box 60 and then through a suction chamber 61. Then the tube 2Q extends on down to and through the screen 11 where the same construction is repeated. This arthere are screens in the multiple unit mechanism. At each chamber 61 the tube 20 has openings 62 through its wall, and there is an internal plug 63 in tube 20 just above these openings. From each suction chamber 61 a suction pipe 26a extends to a suc` tion fan 25, By reason of the construction herein described it will be seen that the uppermost suction fan 25 will draw only on the uppermost suction tubes 17; the next suction fan 25n will draw only on the next suction tubes 17; while the lowermost suction fan 25a will draw only on -the lowermost suction tubes 17.

All the tubes 16 are connected to the common air pressure pipe 28 which extends the whole length of composite tube 20. Thus, while the various air.

jet tubes 16 are fed from a common air supply., the several suction tubes 17v connect with individual suction apparatus, and the oversize removed from the several screens is consequently kept separate. If the screens are progressively finer, the oversize from all Y the,y screens, excepting possibly the uppermost one, will be definitely sized, and so these oversizes may be passed to storage.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I show a different structure. Here the air jet pipes 16":L are arranged in grid formation and are fed with airl from a pressure connection 31'. The jets may polnt perpendicularly toward the screen 11 as indicated. The jet pipes are moved back and forth in their plane (parallel to the screen) by an eccentric and. connecting' rod 71 attached to pivoted armv 72 connected to the grid of pipes; a. guide pin 73 in slot 74 of the screen housing 10" guiding the grid of pipes in its movement. As the pi es are reciprocaled parallel to the' screenv thls movement furnishes the movement of the air jets parallel to the screen to move the material over the screen. It will be understood that here, or in the other form if jet openings pointing `straight at the screen are used, the resultant of the air jet movement per se andthe movement of the pipes over the screen is to give an air jet that has a resultant movement diagonally onto the screen; and that Where in the following claims I speak of means `to delivera diagonal air jet I mean to include either arrangement for getting such a. diagonal movement of air.

The screen is mounted on a spring supported vibrated frame as before described; and stands at a slight angle so that the` oversize works toward the lower end where itv Having described a preferred form of 'my invention, I claim rangement maybe repeated as many times as 1. In combination, a screen, and'means to lfeed material onto it, and a plurality of over the screen, with the result of blowing the material along the screen and through 1t. 3. In combination, a screen, and means to feed material onto it, and a plurality of means to direct 4air jets diagonally downwardly onto and along the screen at spaced points over its surface, said means being rotatable in a plane parallel to the screen, with the result of blowing the material alon the screen and through it.

4.?[11 combination, a screen, and means to fee-d material onto it, and a plurality of means to direct air jets diagonally downwardly onto and along the screen at s aced points over its surface, said means em odying a plurality of radial perforated tubes rotating about a common center, and means to feed air pressure to the tubes, with the result of blowing the material along the screen and through it.

5. In combination, a screen and means to lfeed material onto it, and suction means operative over the screen to remove oversize material, embodying a suction tube movable over the screen surface with a suction opening at its under side, and means to apply suction intermittently to the tube.

6. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, a revolving tube on an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen, a perforated suction tube mounted on and communicating with the revolving tube and extending radially therefrom at a. point near the screen, means to apply suction to the revolving tube, an air pressure pipe inside the revolving tube, and an air jet pipe mounted on the revolving tube and connecting with the pipe.

7. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, a revolving tube on an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen, a perforated suction tube mounted on and communicating with the revolving tube and extending radially therefrom at a point near the screen, means to apply suction to the revolving tube, an air pressure pipe inside the revolving tube, and an air jet pipe mounted on the ,revolving tube and connecting with the pipe, said air jet pipe having jet perforations that point diagonally downwardly to deliver air jets down onto and along the screen.

S. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, a revolving tube on an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen, a perforated suction tube mountedthe revolving tube and connecting with the pipe, each air jet pipe having jet perforations that point diagonally downwardly to deliver air jets down onto and along the screen.

9. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, a revolving tube on an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen, a perforated suction tube mounted on and communicating with the revolving tube and extending radially therefrom at a point near the screen, means to apply suction to the revolving tube, an air pressure pipe inside the revolving tube, and an air jet pipe mounted on the revolving tube and connecting with the pipe 5 and means positively to rotate the revolving tube.

10. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, a revolving tube on an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen, a perforated suction tube mounted on and communicating with the revolving tube and extending radially therefrom at a point near the screen, means to apply suction to the revolving tube, an air pressure pipe inside the revolving tube, and a plurality of radial air jet pipes mounted on the revolving tube and connecting with the pipe, each air jet pipe having jet perforations that point diagonally downwardly to deliver air jets down onto and along the screen, and means positively to rotate the revolvlng tube.

11. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, means to vibrate the screen, means to create an air current over and along the screen, and means to apply suction over the screen .to remove oversize material.

12. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, means to vibrate the screen, means to create a circular air current over the screen, and revolving means to apply suction over the screen to remove the oversize material.

13. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, means to vibrate the screen, means to create a circular air current over the screen, and revolving means to apply suction over the screen to remove the oversize material, the means for feeding material onto the screen involving an air current feed tangential of the screen.

14. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, suction means operative over the screen to remove oversize material, and means to apply suction intermittently to said suction means.

15. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, a revolving tube on an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen, another tube within the revolving tube, radially extending tubes over the screen and connected with the inner and outer perpendicular tubes, respectively,'one of said radial tubes being perforated for applcation of suction action to the screen and lll) the other having jet openings directed at the screen, and means to app y suction and air pressure, respectively, to the two per- Pendicular tubes.

16. In combination, a screen and means to feed material onto it, and means, independent of the material feeding means to direct an air jet diagonally downwardly onto and along the surface of the screen, with the vresult of blowing the material along 10 the screen and through 1t.

`In witness that I claim the foregoin I have hereunto subscribed my name this th day of March, 1923.

` HENRY S. MONTGOMERY.