AUGER-SEPARATOR Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: public services; agriculture. SUBSTANCE: invention can be used for separation of domestic sewage masses and farmyard manure into liquid and thick fractions at animal and poultry farms. Proposed auger-separator contains perforated or solid housing with charging and discharging devices and auger installed inside housing and rotating on shaft under action of drive. Said auger has constant or decreasing to discharging device pitch of flight blades. Auger shaft is installed on supports with bearings spring-loaded relative to housing and providing tight gapless contact of outer surface of auger flights with perforated bottom of housing or perforated removable insert of solid housing. EFFECT: provision of complete and regulated separation of liquid fraction without clogging of perforations to get less damp thick fraction. 4 cl, 13 dwg