Replaceable filter plate assembly for a rotary drum filter
AssigneeAndritz Inc.
InventorsTodd Grace, Kent Stubblefield
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Abstract
A removable filter plate for a rotary drum filter that reduces instances of welding to secure the filter plate to the drum and obviates the need for cap strips. An exemplary filter plate assembly in accordance with this disclosure comprises a filter plate and an engagement assembly, wherein the engager of the engagement assembly is configured to extend in a lateral direction toward the leading end or the trailing end of the filter plate, wherein an extended engager having an engagement end disposed under a shelf of the adjacent top hat mounting assembly defines a closed position, and wherein a retracted engager defines an open position.
Claims12
A rotary drum filter removable filter plate assembly comprising:
- a filter plate having a leading end distally disposed from a trailing end;
- an engagement assembly engaged to the filter plate, the engagement assembly comprising:
- an engager;
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- an engager holder supporting the engager, wherein the engager holder is attached to a bottom surface of the filter plate and the engager is configured to move in an axial direction, a radial direction, a lateral direction, a combination of an axial direction and a radial direction, a combination of an axial direction and a lateral direction, a combination of a radial direction and a lateral direction, or a combination thereof while supported by the engager holder, wherein in a closed position the engager is extended under a first shelf of a mounting clip and the leading end or the trailing end of the filter plate overlies the first shelf of the mounting clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.