Media vacuum filter
US6475377B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 2000 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2201/54
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus for removing solids from a liquid/solid mixture disposed in a tank and rising to a mixture level, the apparatus including a suction assembly defining a suction opening, the suction assembly linked to a vacuum that causes suction at the opening, a support assembly formed about the suction surface including first and second essentially circular housing walls having wall edges and a filter belt loop sealed to the edges and sized such that the belt is slack and subject to deformation between the edges, a belt section disposed to cover the suction opening and a processor controlling a motivator to periodically alter belt position with respect to the suction opening.
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