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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Krones Ag, Neutraubling, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Friedlaender, Regensburg, DE;
Assignee:
KRONES AG, Neutraubling, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/24 (2006.01); B01D 21/28 (2006.01); B01D 21/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/36 (2006.01); B01D 21/34 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/283 (2013.01); B01D 21/0045 (2013.01); B01D 21/245 (2013.01); B01D 21/2427 (2013.01); B01D 21/2461 (2013.01); B01D 21/34 (2013.01); C02F 1/36 (2013.01); C02F 2001/007 (2013.01); C02F 2305/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sedimentation device for separating a material mix, preferably plastic flakes, including a sedimentation basin configured to receive the material mix and a liquid, for example water; an inlet configured to introduce the material mix and/or the liquid into the sedimentation basin; an outlet configured to remove sediment from the sedimentation basin; at least one stilling plate within the sedimentation basin configured as an ultrasonic oscillating element. The invention moreover relates to a method for removing sediment from a sedimentation device.