Filter device
AssigneeDefil N.V. Holland Intertrust (Antilles) N.V.
InventorPetrus Adrianus Cornelis Maria Demmers
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Abstract
A method for filtering out of a liquid at least one solid substance includes supplying the liquid containing the substance via axial supply to a filter; filtering the liquid wherein the substance remains in the filter as residue; draining away the liquid; compressing a predetermined amount of residue to the shape of a solid bar under the pressure of the liquid during filtering; opening closeable discharge axially opposite the supply end during filtering; and removing the bar out of the filter under the pressure exerted by the liquid on the bar.
Claims11
A method for filtering out of a liquid at least one solid substance, said method comprising consecutively:
- supplying said liquid containing said substance via axial supply means to tube-shaped filter means;
- filtering said liquid containing said substance wherein said substance remains in said filter means as residue;
- draining away said liquid;
- compressing a predetermined amount of residue to the shape of a solid bar under the pressure of said liquid during filtering;
- opening closeable discharge means axially opposite said supply means during said filtering;
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- removing said bar out of said filter means under the pressure exerted by said liquid on said bar.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.