Filter press

A filter press including a plurality of filter plates, a pair of first and second filter cloths disposed at opposite faces of each of said filter plates, respectively, and a wind-up device for winding up the pair of said first and second filter cloths, said wind-up device being disposed below each of said filter plates, said filter press comprising:

• an elongated guide member for guiding the pair of said first and second filter cloths which is disposed between each of said filter plates and said wind-up device so as to extend in a widthwise direction of each of said filter plates and has a pair of first and second curved guide surfaces formed on opposite side edges thereof, respectively such that said first and second curved guide surfaces confront said first and second filter cloths, respectively, with a width of said guide member being defined by said opposite side edges of said guide member;
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• a pair of first and second guide rollers which are disposed below and adjacent to said guide member so as to extend, in parallel with each other, in said widthwise direction of each of said filter plates;
• said first and second guide rollers being spaced a predetermined clearance from each other, said predetermined clearance being smaller than said width of said guide member, the pair of said first and second filter cloths being guided downwardly from each of said filter plates and into contact with said first and second curved guide surfaces of said guide member, respectively and subsequently between the opposed inside portions of peripheries of said first and second guide rollers, respectively, and then to said wind-up device so as to be wound up by said wound-up device, whereby said first and second filter cloths are, respectively, bent inwardly toward each other at said first and second curved guide surfaces of said guide member.