US 5,308,486 AGranted

Multi-deck filter

AssigneeMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsBurkhard Heintze, Josef Triesch

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Abstract

A multi-deck filter comprising a plurality of filter plates arranged horizontally one above another which are held in parallel planes by respective frames surrounding them. A filtrate chamber and a sludge chamber are formed in each case alternately between adjacent filter plates and frames. A filter belt, which is moveable stepwise by a transport device, is positioned between two pairs of filter plates. The filter belt is unwound from a supply roll positioned outside of the multi-deck filter and, after removal of the dirt filter cake, collected by the multi-deck filter wound onto a collecting roll. A scraper, which contacts the surface of the filter belt, is positioned transversely and obliquely to the filter belt between multi-deck filter and collecting roll, for scraping off the dirt filter cake from the filter belt. An abutment positioned below the filter belt is associated with the scraper.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A multi-deck filter, comprising:

a plurality of filter plates (3) stacked horizontally on top of and parallel to one another, said filter plates having a width and a length;
a horizontally arranged filter belt (1) having a width substantially equal to the width of two adjacent filter plates (3), a length greater than the length of each of said two adjacent filter plates (3), an upper surface, a lower surface and two side edges, said filter belt being slidably mounted between two adjacent filter plates (3) and capable of sliding in a direction of travel parallel to the length of said filter belt (1);
a scraper (7) contacting and extending transversely and obliquely across at least a portion of the width of the upper surface of said filter belt (1), said portion being outside of said two adjacent filter plates (3), said scraper (7) having a V shape with two arms and being positioned on said filter belt (1) so that the vertex of said V shaped scraper (7) points toward said filter plates (3) and in a direction opposite to the direction of travel of said filter belt (1), the two arms of said V shaped scraper extending to the side edges of said filter belt (1);
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an abutment (8) contacting a portion of the lower surface of said filter belt (1) substantially beneath the portion of the upper surface of said filter belt (1) contacting said scraper (7).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.