Patent · US Expired

Liquid settling and press container

US4024810A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 6, 1975
Grant dateMay 24, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 6, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12G1/005
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a fluid or liquid settling and pressing tank for materials containing liquid, like grape, fruit mash or the like, in the most diverse forms, for example as cylinders, polygons, spheres of the like, with pressing systems arranged in the interior in the form of an elastic membrane which can be pressed by means of compressed air or hydraulic pressure into the interior of the container, also comprising loading and discharge apertures, whereby the container is rotated about its axis and designed as a closed container having immediately ahead of the one frontal wall and/or at a distance from the container jacket, a screen bottom.

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