Filtering Element for Liquids Filtering Installation Comprising Same

A filtering installation incorporating a filter for liquids loaded with solid particles, including a vessel (52) provided with an inlet for the liquid to be filtered, an outlet for the filtrate emerging into a manifold and a discharge orifice for the sludge of solid particles and wherein is enclosed a plurality of filtering elements (10), each filtering element being made of elongated pockets (16) of fabric (12) of filtering media which have an upper opening (19) in communication with the outlet and which are mounted around frames (18) provided with longitudinal drainage channels (30) and suspended to support elements housed in said vessel and including a radial pipe (20) forming a manifold wherein emerges the opening of the filtering elements characterized in that the upper edge of said pockets is provided with a hem (17) receiving a stiffening element (19) and urged to be tightly fixed in a peripheral catching groove (21) integral with said support elements;

• and further characterized in that said filtering elements (10) are distributed in said vessel (52) radially in a double-star and in two series (10a, 10b) offset angularly.