Perforated deck made out of a plurality of segments
AssigneeGL&V Management Hungary Kft
InventorDavid L. Sicley
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Abstract
A cylindrical rotating thickening device including an axial core, a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart support ribs extending radially from the axial core, and a shell surrounding the support ribs and supported thereon. The shell includes a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart grooves, and a perforated deck surrounding and supported on the shell. The deck includes a plurality of closely adjacent deck segments, and each deck segment includes a leading edge and a trailing edge. Each deck segment further includes an integral bar attached to the leading edge and received in the shell groove, and a plurality of fasteners for securing the bar to the shell.
Claims8
A cylindrical rotating thickening device including an axial core,
- a shell having a longitudinal dimension and a circumferential dimension,
- means supporting said shell around said axial core,
- a perforated deck surrounding and supported on said shell, said deck including a plurality of closely adjacent deck segments extending around said shell in its circumferential direction, and
- each deck segment including a leading edge and a trailing edge, with one edge of one of said deck segments held against said shell by the next adjacent edge of a following one of said deck segments, wherein said shell has an outer surface including a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart grooves,
- and wherein said deck further includes
- a bar attached to said leading edge and received in one of said shell grooves,
- means for securing said leading edge to said bar, and
- means for securing said bar to said shell.
A cylindrical rotating thickening device including an axial core,
- a shell having a longitudinal dimension and a circumferential dimension,
- means supporting said shell around said axial core,
- a perforated deck surrounding and supported on said shell, said deck including a plurality of closely adjacent deck segments extending around said shell in its circumferential direction, and
- each deck segment including a leading edge and a trailing edge, with one edge of one of said deck segments held against said shell by the next adjacent edge of a following one of said deck segments, and said leading edge has a lip, and said trailing edge is clamped between said leading edge lip and said shell.
A cylindrical rotating thickening device including an axial core,
- a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart support ribs extending radially from said axial core,
- a shell surrounding said support ribs and supported thereon,
- said shell having an outer surface including a plurality of longitudinally extending spaced apart grooves, and
- a perforated deck surrounding and supported on said shell, said deck including
- a plurality of closely adjacent deck segments, each deck segment including a leading edge and a trailing edge, each of said deck segment trailing edges being clamped against said shell by a following deck segment leading edge,
- a bar attached to said leading edge and received in said shell groove, said bar being an integral part of said deck segment leading edge, and
- means for securing said bar to said shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.