MY102817A - Improved dewatering apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

IN AN APPARATUS FOR EXPRESSING THE LIQUID PHASE FROM A WET MIXTURE COMPRISING A FRAME, A PRIMARY ROLL JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION ON THE FRAME, A PLURALITY OF BELT LOADING ROLLS THAT ARE ROTATABLY MOUNTED TO THE FRAME PARALLEL TO A PRIMARY ROLL, A FIRST ENDLESS FILTER BELT TRAINED TO PASS AROUND A PORTION OF THE PRIMARY ROLL AND THROUGH THE ARC OF BELT CONTACT AND THE BELT LOADING ROLLS THEREBETWEEN, A SECOND ENDLESS FILTER BELT TRAINED TO PASS ABOUT THE PRIMARY ROLL IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FIRST FILTER BELT AND TO THEREAFTER PASS THEREWITH BETWEEN THE PRIMARY ROLL AND THE BELT LOADING ROLLS, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING, A HORIZONTAL DRAINAGE SECTION LOCATED BEFORE THE PRIMARY ROLL HAVING A SERIES OF BAFFLE DEVICES BELT-ALIGNING DEVICES FOR GUIDING THE BELTS IN THEIR TRAVEL, AND BELT-CLEANING DEVICES FOR WASHING THE FILTER BELTS. (FIG. 1)