.~.~ Moving open separator or separating conveyer {7}
129
.~.~.~ Rotary drum type
DEFINITION
Classification: 171/129
(under subclass 126) Apparatus in which the reticulated separating surface is formed as a member defining a surface of revolution and journalled for rotation in such fashion that a mass of excavated earth having buried objects entrained therein is applied to either the exterior or interior of said member in order to retain the objects while the earth passes therethrough.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
92, for separators which may be cylindrical and which are disposed within the confines of a surrounding endless
separating digger.
112, for rotary drum separators which roll along the ground.
113, for open drum-type separators having spiral conveyors or impellers to move excavated material therethrough.
128, for separating cylinders or drums which have separating tines or interstitial surfaces extending radially therefrom.
