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Rotary disk filter with backwash

US5855799A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 1996
Grant dateJan 5, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02W10/10
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A high capacity filter apparatus for removing solids from fluids includes a opposing filter elements defining an internal volume. Fluid to be filtered passes through the filter elements into the internal volume and through an outlet. The filter element is continuously cleaned by backwashing along the outer surface of the elements.

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