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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric P Austin, Sandbach, GB;
Michael J Gribbin, Newcastle, GB;
Assignee:
Simon-Hartley Limited, Staffordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210396 ; 210400 ;
Abstract
A sludge dewatering system comprising a moving foraminous belt (10) having a horizontal conveying run on which sludge is carried to permit drainage of water therefrom through the belt. In accordance with the invention a row of deflectors (12) are mounted on a pivotal cross beam (13) extending over the belt (10). Each deflector has a leading edge (19) and a pair of diverging and upwardly concave walls (21) whereby sludge proceeding along the conveying run of belt (10) is divided overturned and compressed by the deflectors.