| US 7,614,503 B2 | ||
| Apparatus for separating liquid and solid material from a mixture | ||
| Jan Marinus Marchal, Utrecht (Netherlands) | ||
| Assigned to Pannevis B.V., Utrecht (Netherlands) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 29, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/846,686. | ||
| Application 11/846686 is a division of application No. 10/312274, abandoned, previously published as PCT/NL01/00469, filed on Jun. 22, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0289916 A1, Dec. 20, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 33/056 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 210—401 [210/400; 210/406; 210/783] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A device for separating liquid and solid material from a mixture, comprising:
a filter cloth for allowing through the liquid and holding back the solid material;
a carrier belt for supporting the filter cloth with the mixture thereon, wherein the carrier belt is provided with one or
more openings close to at least one of the side edges or at least eccentrically thereof;
a support construction for supporting the carrier belt movable relative thereto; and
one or more suction boxes arranged under the carrier belt and connected to a respective one of the one or more openings in
the carrier belt for extracting liquid from the mixture,
wherein the carrier belt has a ribbed profile, between the ribs of which channels extend to the side edges thereof, wherein
the carrier belt is of plastic or rubber and provided with a heel part and wherein the one or more openings are arranged in
the heel part, wherein the one or more suction boxes are provided with a connection for discharging volatile constituents
from the mixture,
wherein the one or more openings are downwardly directed and situated in a region between the outer edge and a quarter of
the width of the carrier belt, and
wherein the one or more suction boxes are arranged under the region between the outer edge and a quarter of the width of the
carrier belt and underneath a respective one of the downwardly directed one or more openings.
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