Filtration apparatus
AssigneeAlconbury Weston Ltd
InventorAlastair William Barton
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Abstract
A filtration apparatus (10) with a rotatable carousel (18) including five equispaced cylindrical chambers (22). Beneath the chambers (22) a kidney shaped filter plate (40) is provided, and also a downwardly extending opening (36). The chambers (22) are selectively moveable to be located over the filter (40), or over the opening (36), in which latter position material can be ejected from the respective chamber (22) by a piston and cylinder (34) located spaced above the opening (36).
Claims21
A filtration apparatus, the apparatus comprising an upper part with a plurality of chambers, a supply arrangement to enable material to be filtered to be supplied into a selective one of the chambers, and a lower part defining a plurality of stations, the upper part being selectively movable relative to the lower part to bring the chambers respectively into alignment with a required one of the stations, at least one of the stations including a filter member to enable material located in a chamber above the filter member to be filtered, a further station defining a discharge opening to enable filtered material in a chamber thereabove to be discharged from the apparatus, in which a pusher member is provided for pushing filtered material from a chamber when located above the discharge opening.
A filtration apparatus, the apparatus comprising an upper part with a plurality of chambers, a supply arrangement to enable material to be filtered to be supplied into a selective one of the chambers, and a lower part defining a plurality of stations, the upper part being selectively movable relative to the lower part to bring the chambers respectively into alignment with a required one of the stations, at least one of the stations including a filter member to enable material located in a chamber above the filter member to be filtered, a further station defining a discharge opening to enable filtered material in a chamber thereabove to be discharged from the apparatus, in which a pressurising arrangement is provided for applying increased pressure to material in a chamber to urge fluid therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.