| 摘要 |
2133757 9319830 PCTABS00027 A filter apparatus and method is disclosed for separating solid materials from liquid materials in a slurry fluid. The apparatus includes separable plate members (12, 14) that are pressed against each other to form a filter chamber (10). The plates have mating surfaces (34, 54) and hollow interior portions that create the chamber. A filter medium (28) is placed between the mating surfaces before the plates are closed. The apparatus includes means for forcing wash fluids, liquids or gasses through the slurry to force the fluids from the slurry and to produce a dry filter cake of the solids. After the filtration has been completed, the plates are separated leaving the filter cake one the filter medium and the filter medium is advanced out of the filter chamber moving a clean filter medium between the open filter plates. Another filter operation then proceeds. The filter medium is cleaned outside of the filter apparatus and can be prepared for reuse. The filter apparatus may include stacked multiple filtration chambers with operating mechanism (100) for accomplishing the simultaneous opening of each chamber.
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