Filament Separation in Liquids
July 30th, 1991
US Patent: 5,035,848, 30th July 1991
S F Bush
Abstract
A method of separating filaments from a clump thereof in a liquid flow from each other by sub-dividing the flow across its lateral extent to pass through an array of plurality filament separating channels having a cross-section at least large enough to accommodate the cross-section of the clumps such that flow along the channels imparts a shearing force to filaments at the edge of the flow in the channel to separate these axially from each other and from filaments at the center of the clump.
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