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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Tetsuya Tanaka, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Koichi Tsuzuki, Tsuchiura, JP;
Noriyo Nishijima, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Fumitaka Handa, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Shiro Nakadaira, Tsuchiura, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a fluidized bed filtering apparatus, for preventing particles of filtering material from entering into a feed pipe to clog the feed pipe and lowering the frequency of washing operations, a filtering material layer made of granular filtering material is supported by a supporting layer disposed in a filtering chamber so as to provide a space in the lower portion of the filtering chamber and two lines of a first feed pipe the outlet of which opens in the filtering material layer and a second feed pipe the outlet of which opens within the space are provided for feeding corrupt water into the filtering chamber.