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Screening device for a fiber slurry, and a backwash means therefor

US5341936A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 12, 1993
Grant dateAug 30, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/287
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A hydrofoil in close proximity to an outboard surface of a rotatable slurry screen, and a hydrofoil in close proximity to an inboard surface of the screen, cooperate to create high and low slurry pressures at the surfaces which result in causing the slurry to surge through the screen to backwash the latter, thereby dislodging slurry-borne substances which tend to clog apertures in the screen.

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