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An apparatus for separating solids, such as scrap material, from a gas such as an air stream. The apparatus includes a horizontally mounted outer cylinder or drum and an inner perforated cylindrical member is mounted concentrically within the drum to provide an annular space therebetween. High veloc

An apparatus for separating solids, such as scrap material, from a gas such as an air stream. The apparatus includes a horizontally mounted outer cylinder or drum and an inner perforated cylindrical member is mounted concentrically within the drum to provide an annular space therebetween. High velocity air containing scrap material is delivered through one or more tangential inlets to the annular space and the heavy scrap material is thrown outwardly by centrifugal force along the inner surface of the drum and discharged through a tangential outlet, while the air passes inwardly through the perforated member and is discharged through an axial outlet in the drum. The scrap material being discharged from the separator is fed to the lower end of a closed, inclined auger and conveyed upwardly and discharged into a surge tube of a baler where the scrap is converted into bales.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A gas-solid separator, comprising an outer generally cylindrical drum, a generally cylindrical perforated member spaced inwardly from the drum to provide an annular space therebetween, inlet means for introducing a gas under pressure and containing entrained solid material to said s

[ I claim:] [1.] A gas-solid separator, comprising an outer generally cylindrical drum, a generally cylindrical perforated member spaced inwardly from the drum to provide an annular space therebetween, inlet means for introducing a gas under pressure and containing entrained solid material to said space, first outlet means for discharging a solid material tangentially from said space, second outlet means communicating with the interior of said perforated member for discharging the gas from said drum, blower means having an inlet communicating with said second outlet means and having a discharge outlet, dust removing means connected to said discharge outlet for removing dust from said gas, an inclined auger having an auger inlet connected to said first outlet means and having an auger outlet, said solid material passing through said first outlet means to the auger inlet, drive means for driving said auger to convey the solid material upwardly in the auger and discharge the solid material through said auger outlet, sensing means for sensing the presence of solid material in the auger, said sensing means being operably connected to said drive means to drive the auger when solid material is present in said auger, and baling means communicating with said auger outlet for forming said solid material into bales.