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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1984
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1983
Setuya Kuri, Kamakura, JP;
Kuri Chemical Engineers Incorporated, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a continuous filter comprising a chamber provided with a cylindrical upper portion and a conical lower portion and having at its upper end portion a feed opening for a slurry to be filtered and at its lower end portion a discharge opening for the filtration cake, a porous support disposed inwardly of, and spaced from, the side wall of the chamber, a filter medium provided on the porous support, an outer annular filtrate-collecting space and an inner, slurry- and cake-holding space defined by the porous support, an agitation shaft extending from the slurry feeding end portion to the cake discharge end portion through said slurry- and cake-holding space, and a spiral or vane-like blade on the agitating shaft for shaving the cake on the filter medium and moving it to the discharge end portion of the chamber.