Filter cloth arrangement for use in fixed filter cloth type filter press

A filter cloth arrangement for use in a fixed filter cloth type filter press including at least one pair of first and second filter plates formed with first and second slurry feed openings, respectively, and a pair of first and second filter cloths interposed between said first and second filter plates, said first and second filter cloths being, respectively, formed with first and second slurry holes in communication with said first and second slurry feed openings and defining a filter chamber therebetween when said first and second filter plates are clamped to each other, said filter cloth arrangement comprising:

• a support member for supporting upper ends of said first and second filter cloths;
• an elastic member for vibratingly supporting said support member;
• a fixing member for fixing lower ends of said first and second filter cloths to lower portions of said first and second filter plates, respectively;
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• a first slurry feeding plate which is attached to said first filter cloth so as to be disposed between said first and second filter cloths such that said first filter cloth is vibrated together with said first slurry feeding plate when said first and second filter plates are retracted away from each other;
• said first slurry feeding plate, when said first and second filter plates are clamped to each other, defining a slurry feed passage for introducing, in communication with said first and second slurry holes, into said filter chamber, slurry to be filtered such that the slurry is fed from either one of said first and second slurry feed openings into said filter chamber through corresponding either one of said first and second slurry holes and said slurry feed passage.