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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Hiroyasu Yamane, Minato-ku, JP;
Tadashi Kunitani, Minato-ku, JP;
Eiji Sakai, Minato-ku, JP;
Metawater Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A filtering and condensing apparatus of a suction type includes: a sludge tank for containing sludge to be filtered and condensed; a plurality of filtering plates aligned with each other so as to be disposed to be adjacent to each other in the sludge tank; a means for constantly applying a tension force to each of the filtering plates, which means is disposed to be over a periphery of each filtering plate. A filtering cloth of each filtering plate is divided in the lateral direction by a plurality of vertically extending seams to form multiple divided zones, in each of which zone a filtering chamber is formed. A weight member is attached to a lower portion of each filtering plate using a U-shaped body.