Outlet nozzle for a centrifugal drum, centrifugal drum and assembly tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11701669-B2
Application number	US-202117166511-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2021
Priority date	Apr 29, 2016
Publication date	Jul 18, 2023
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023

Abstract

An outlet nozzle for centrifugal drums has a nozzle body with at least one cylindrical portion and having an insert connected to the nozzle body. An inlet channel and an outlet channel, which is oriented at an angle with respect to the inlet channel, are formed in the nozzle body. The insert has a torque transmitting contour for arranging a tool with a complementary tool torque transmitting contour in position in order to rotatingly secure the nozzle body in an opening of a rotatable centrifugal drum and to release said nozzle body. The insert also has a polygonal cross-section, which is smaller than the cross-section of the cylindrical section. The insert starting from the polygonal, in particular, rectangular cross-section, merges with the cylindrical section of the nozzle body over rounded surfaces having a radius greater than 1.0 mm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An outlet nozzle for centrifugal drums, the outlet nozzle comprising:
a nozzle body having a cylindrical portion and a protrusion adjoining the nozzle body,
wherein an inlet channel and an outlet channel are arranged in the nozzle body, wherein the outlet channel is oriented at an angle to the inlet channel, and
wherein the protrusion is a torque transmitting contour configured for application of a tool having a complementarily configured tool/torque transmitting contour, in order to rotatingly fasten the nozzle body in an opening of a rotatable centrifugal drum and to release the nozzle body from the opening,
wherein a cross-section of the protrusion in a direction perpendicular to the inlet channel is polygonal and is smaller than a cross-section of the cylindrical portion, and
wherein the protrusion, starting from the polygonal cross-section, merges into the cylindrical portion of the nozzle body via rounded surfaces, which widen outward towards a circumference of the cylindrical portion, having a radius larger than 1.0 mm.

2. The outlet nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion, starting from the polygonal cross-section, merges into the cylindrical portion of the nozzle body via the rounded surfaces having a radius larger than 2.0 mm.

3. The outlet nozzle of claim 1 , wherein the inlet channel and the outlet channel are oriented at an obtuse angle to each other.

4. The outlet nozzle of claim 1 , wherein an exit end of the outlet channel is configured in a region of the protrusion.

5. The outlet nozzle of claim 4 , wherein the exit end of the outlet channel is configured in a radial outer half of the protrusion.

6. The outlet nozzle of claim 1 , further comprising: the nozzle body having two or more seals configured to seal against an inner circumference of the opening in a drum wall of the rotatable centrifugal drum.

7. The outlet nozzle of claim 6 , wherein the two or more seals are positioned in such a way on the outlet nozzle that, when the outlet nozzle is installed, only short cleanable gaps to an outer contour of the drum wall or to an interspace are formed.

8. A centrifugal drum, comprising: a drum wall with a plurality of circumferentially distributed openings; and a plurality of outlet nozzles respectively arranged in one of the plurality of circumferentially distributed openings, wherein each of the plurality of outlet nozzles comprises a nozzle body having a cylindrical portion and a protrusion adjoining the nozzle body, wherein an inlet channel and an outlet channel are arranged in the nozzle body, wherein the outlet channel is oriented at an angle to the inlet channel, and wherein the protrusion is a torque transmitting contour configured for application of a tool having a complementarily configured tool/torque transmitting contour, in order to rotatingly fasten the nozzle body in the respective one of the plurality of circumferentially distributed openings and to release the nozzle body from the respective one of the plurality of circumferentially distributed openings, wherein the protrusion has a polygonal cross-section, which is smaller than a cross-section of the cylindrical portion, and wherein the protrusion, starting from the polygonal cross-section, merges into the cylindrical portion of the nozzle body via rounded surfaces having a radius larger than 1.0 mm, wherein each of the plurality of outlet nozzles, when fully screwed into one of the plurality of circumferentially distributed openings, do not protrude radially outward beyond an outer circumference of the centrifugal drum.

9. The centrifugal drum of claim 8 , wherein a notch is configured in the drum wall respectively counter to a rotational direction in a backward direction on an outside of the drum wall, behind each of the one of the plurality of circumferentially distributed openings.

Assignees

• Gea Mechanical Equipment Gmbh

Inventors

• Ketterer Kristin Katja

Classifications

• B05B1/02 Primary

  designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, {or having an outlet of particular shape}(B05B1/26, B05B1/28, B05B1/34 take precedence) · CPC title

• B04B1/10 Primary

  with discharging outlets in the plane of the maximum diameter of the bowl {(cleaning B04B15/06)} · CPC title

• B04B1/12

  with continuous discharge · CPC title

• B04B1/08

  of conical shape · CPC title

• B04B11/02

  Continuous feeding or discharging; Control arrangements therefor · CPC title