DISK FILTER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: cleaning liquids from mechanical inclusions; mining-and-concentrating and coal-mining industries, metallurgy, chemical food-processing and other industries. SUBSTANCE: disk filter includes filtering disks consisting of independent sectors; these sectors are secured on sectionalized shaft fitted with distributing heads and trunnions at its ends; trunnions are fitted in bearings mounted in bedframe of suspension bath; provision is also made for drive of shaft. Suspension bath has chambers consisting of two movable halves partially embracing the surface of filtering disk; at the bottom all chambers are interconnected by means of suspension supply manifold; this manifold is provided with flexible inserts between movable and fixed parts of manifold and on sections of manifold connecting the chambers; at the top of chambers mechanism for opening and closing halves of chambers is mounted; elastic seal is secured over contour of halves of chambers; filter is provided with stirrer. EFFECT: increased throughput of filter. 6 dwg