Filtration media cleaning apparatus
AssigneeNihon Genryo Co., Ltd.
InventorYasuhiro Saito
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Abstract
The cleansing apparatus is equipped with: an upright outer cylinder and a screw conveyor is rotatably provided within the outer cylinder. The screw conveyor conveys filtration media introduced through an inlet at the lower end of the outer cylinder upward to an outlet at the upper end of the outer cylinder. A drive section rotationally drives the screw conveyor. A control section controls the rotation of the drive section. A regulating blade regulates the upward movement of the filtration media is above the outlet and is coaxially with the screw conveyor. A cleansing liquid is introduced through an aperture above the regulating blade within the outer cylinder.
Claims11
A filtration media cleansing apparatus that cleanses filtration media for purifying liquids, comprising:
- an upright outer cylinder having an inlet through which the filtration media are introduced into the interior of the outer cylinder and an outlet for expelling the filtration media to the exterior of the outer cylinder after cleansing is complete;
- a screw conveyor provided within the outer cylinder so as to be rotatable, equipped with a spiral blade for conveying the filtration media introduced through the inlet upward while scrubbing the filtration media;
- a drive section that rotationally drives the screw conveyor;
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- a control section that controls the rotation of the drive section;
- wherein,
- the screw conveyor having a regulating blade that regulates upward movement of the filtration media, provided above the spiral blade coaxially with the screw conveyor and about the periphery of a central shaft thereof;
- and
- the outlets being provided to expel the filtration media which are conveyed from the space between the spiral blades and the regulating blade of the screw conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.