A method and device for removing particulate matter from a liquid medium,
especially a molten salt bath. The structure includes a device for
capturing and removing particulate matter from a liquid medium. In
operation, the device is inserted into the liquid having the particulate
matter, with a particulate matter collector in the particle collecting
position. An agitator circulates the liquid having the particulate matter
therein. A portion of the particulate matter is collected in the
particulate matter collector during the circulation. Thereafter, the
circulation is ceased and the device is removed from the liquid with the
particulate matter in the particulate matter collector. The device is
moved to a discharge position, and the particulate matter collector is
moved to a particle discharge position to discharge the particulate
matter.
