Hydrocyclones, particularly pulp cleaner cones of the canister operated type

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure A hydrocyclone, particularly a pulp cleaner cone of the canister operated type is formed of a slightly yieldable or flexible material such as polyurethane molded as two main parts, a main cone body having a generally conical vortex space or separation chamber into which a suspension or slurry feed port and a rejects or underflow outlet port open, and a closure member or vortex finder body containing an accepts or overflow outlet for the finer fraction separated from the suspension. The vortex finder body is mounted in the base end of the hollow vortex space and has a pro-, jecting portion formed with a grip area for gripping by an extraction tool to remove the …