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Abstract

An inlet head for a cyclone, the inlet head including a feed chamber therein having an inner side wall, a top or end wall at one end of the side wall, an open end at the other end of the side wall, the open end being of circular cross-section with a central axis, an inlet port adjacent the top or end wall for delivering an inlet stream of material to be separated to the feed chamber, an overflow outlet in the top or end wall which is coaxial with the central axis, a vortex finder extending into the feed chamber in the direction of the central axis through which an overflow stream of separated material passes to the overflow outlet. The vortex finder includes a generally tubular body having a side wall with an outer side wall surface and a passageway which includes an inlet end and an outlet end the passageway extending through the body, the passageway having an inner side wall surface and an end face at the inlet end wherein the end face is generally annular shaped and is curved from the inner wall surface outwardly towards the outer side wall surface and towards the other end.

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