Lauter tuns
US4542682A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 17, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12C7/161
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A lauter tun (10,100) has a bottom (16) comprising two flat plates (18,20) joined together on a straight line (see 22), each plate (18,20) sloping downwardly from the center-line to the peripheral wall (14) of the tun, such that during flushing, water flows down each slope to flush solids towards two large collection points (26) located at the lowest point of the bottom 16.
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