Solid-liquid separator
AssigneeMilieu-Pure Solutions, LLC
InventorsDaniel R. Williamson, Jr., Jean-Pierre Racine, Greg Kratzer
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Abstract
A solid-liquid separator for separating a solid phase from a liquid phase in a solid-liquid mixture is provided. The solid-liquid separator includes a basket and filter assembly housed coaxially within a tank such that when the basket and filter assembly rotates the liquid phase moves through the filter of the basket and filter assembly into the tank and is discharged from the solid-liquid separator. The solid phase is retained on the filter of the basket and filter assembly and travels vertically up the filter of the basket and filter assembly where it is discharged from the solid-liquid separator.
Claims19
A solid-liquid separator for separating a solid phase in a solid-liquid mixture, comprising:
- a leg and tank assembly, comprising a tank;
- a basket and filter assembly housed coaxially about an upright axis within the tank, wherein the basket and filter assembly comprises a filter providing filtration of the solid-liquid mixture and a basket bottom wall;
- a wiper assembly housed coaxially about the upright axis within the basket and filter assembly, wherein the wiper assembly comprises wiper blades and a cone that facilitate separation of the solid phase and liquid phase, and wherein the cone has a cone axis that is coaxial with the upright axis and directs the solid-liquid mixture downward along the basket bottom wall of the basket and filter assembly toward the filter;
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- a spindle assembly for controlling separate rotation of the basket and filter assembly and the wiper assembly about the upright axis.
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