Rotary fan press with auger
AssigneePrime Solution, Inc.
InventorJoseph W. Dendel
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Abstract
A liquid extraction assembly for extracting liquid from a mass including a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a path between the inlet and the outlet. The housing has the mass forced into the inlet to move the mass from the inlet to the outlet. The housing includes a rotating screen adjacent the path, with the rotating screen defining one wall of the path. The rotating screen includes a plurality of openings located at the path. Pressure from mass forced into the inlet presses the mass against the openings of the rotating screen to thereby force at least a portion of liquid in the mass to pass through the openings of the rotating screen. The housing has at least one stirring arm extending into the path between the inlet and the outlet, the at least one stirring arm stirring the mass in the path.
Claims24
A liquid extraction assembly for extracting liquid from a mass comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- the housing further including a path between the inlet and the outlet;
- the housing being configured to have the mass forced into the inlet to move the mass from the inlet to the outlet;
- the housing including a pair of rotating screens adjacent the path, the path being defined in an area between the rotating screens;
- each of the rotating screens including a plurality of openings located at the path;
- wherein pressure from mass forced into the inlet presses the mass against the openings of the rotating screens to thereby force at least a portion of liquid in the mass to pass through the openings of the rotating screens;
- the housing having at least one stirring arm extending into the path between the inlet and the outlet, the at least one stirring arm stirring the mass in the path;
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- wherein at least a majority of the at least one stirring arm is located in the path between the rotating screens.
A method of extracting liquid from a mass comprising:
- providing a housing having an inlet and an outlet;
- providing a path between the inlet and the outlet;
- forcing mass into the inlet of the housing to move the mass from the inlet to the outlet;
- providing the housing with a pair of rotating screens adjacent the path, with the path being defined in an area between the rotating screens, and with each of the rotating screens including a plurality of openings located at the path;
- rotating each of the rotating screens;
- pressing the mass against the openings of the rotating screens to thereby force at least a portion of liquid in the mass to pass through the openings of the rotating screens;
- extending at least one stirring arm into the path between the inlet and the outlet;
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- stirring the mass in the path with the at least one stirring arm;
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- wherein at least a majority of the at least one stirring arm is located in the path between the rotating screens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.