subject: Prior Art Sieve Shaker [print this page] A sieve shaker for separating material, said sieve shaker comprising a basket for supporting a screen assembly and a collection receptacle, the basket comprising two side walls an end wall and an opening in the bottom of said basket, said basket having means to support screen assemblies for substantially covering said opening characterized in that said basket further comprises separating means in or on any of said walls for separating material. Preferably, further comprising directing means for directing separated material therefrom into said collection receptacle. The invention also provides a method for separating material using the sieve shaker of the invention, a basket of the sieve shaker of the invention and screen assemblies used in the sieve shaker of the invention.
According to the present invention, there is provided a sieve shaker for separating material, said sieve shaker comprising a basket for supporting a screen assembly and a collection receptacle, the basket comprising two side walls, an end wall and an opening in the bottom of said basket, said basket having means to support screen assemblies for substantially covering said opening characterised in that said basket further comprises separating means in or on any of said walls for separating material. Preferably, the sieve shaker further comprises directing means for directing separated material therefrom into said collection receptacle.
It is advantageous to increase the screen area in a predefined size sieve shaker, in order to increase the amount of material to be separated in a given time. It is also advantageous to decrease the weight of material to be separated in the vibratory separator as quickly as possible in order to conserve energy used by the vibratory mechanism and to increase total throughput for the basket is increased.
