Filter bag support system, a bag house equipment and a method for installing a filter bag
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsJoost Toebak, Diego Dibartolo, Elvan Cavus
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Abstract
A filter bag support system arranged to support a filter bag for separating food powder and air, comprising a support cage arranged to be placed inside the filter bag, and a lock ring arranged to be placed inside a top section of the support cage, wherein the top section of the support cage is expandable in a radial direction by the lock ring which is arranged to expand the top section of the support cage in the radial direction, towards an edge of the opening of a cell plate when the filter bag support system is located in the cell plate and when the lock ring is rotated within the top section.
Claims15
A filter bag support system arranged to support a filter bag for separating food powder and air when the filter bag is placed in an opening of a cell plate of a bag house equipment, said filter bag support system comprising
- a support cage arranged to be placed inside the filter bag, and
- a lock ring arranged to be placed inside a top section of the support cage, wherein
- the top section of the support cage is expandable in a radial direction, and
- the lock ring is provided with a first section with a first radius and a second section with a second radius, wherein the second radius is greater than the first radius, wherein the second section is arranged to expand the top section of the support cage in the radial direction towards an edge of the opening of the cell plate when the lock ring is radially rotated within the top section, such that the filter bag is clamped between the cell plate and the support cage.
A method for installing a filter bag in a bag house equipment, said method comprising
- placing the filter bag in a hole in a cell plate of the bag house equipment,
- placing a support cage inside the filter bag,
- placing a lock ring in a top section of the support cage, wherein the lock ring is provided with a first section with a first radius and a second section with a second radius, wherein the second radius is greater than the first radius, and the top section of the support cage is expandable in a radial direction, and
- radially rotating the lock ring such that the filter bag is clamped between the cell plate and the support cage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.