Rake systems for cleaning water streams and new and novel components for such rake systems.

A method may include providing a rake system with a framework, a chain having a plurality of skimmers, an elongated rail, a first support arm, a second support arm, a first guide device, a second guide device, and/or a screen, rotating the chain, receiving debris between the chain and the screen, and/or moving the debris along the screen, via a skimmer of the plurality of skimmers, to discard the debris.

A food processing water filtration apparatus includes a rotatable drum, a source of liquid, a blade to remove solids from the drum, a drain, and a rotational drive. The system has one or more of a plurality of flights affixed to the drum, a source of mixing gas connected to the source of liquid, a source of cleaning gas connected to nozzles disposed inside the drum, and a trunnion support for an end of the drum. The drum is cylindrical and at least partially comprised of a screen. The source of liquid directs liquid towards the screen and into the drum. The drain collects at least a second portion of the liquid that passes through the screen and out of the drum. The outlet is at one or both ends of the drum. The rotational drive is connected to an end(s) of the drum, and rotates the drum.

A method may include providing a rake system with a framework, a chain having a plurality of skimmers, an elongated rail, a first support arm, a second support arm, a first guide device, a second guide device, and/or a screen, rotating the chain, receiving debris between the chain and the screen, and/or moving the debris along the screen, via a skimmer of the plurality of skimmers, to discard the debris.

A filtering device and a tableware washing apparatus, the filtering device includes a rotary filter and a drive assembly. The rotary filter includes a columnar filtering screen configured to filter water from a washing process of the tableware washing apparatus; wherein a diameter of an external circle defined by each mesh of the columnar filtering screen is between 0.2 to 0.5 mm. The drive assembly is connected to the rotary filter and configured to drive the columnar filtering screen to rotate relative to contents within the columnar filtering screen at a relative speed of 100 to 1000 r/min, for separating at least a portion of residue on the columnar filtering screen from the columnar filtering screen.

A skimming apparatus with a pivot arm and a drive follower on the pivot arm that guides a belting to facilitate precise placement of the belting for efficient skimming.

The invention relates to a filter for continuous filtration of a suspension under pressure, with a pressure vessel (1), rotating filter elements (2) disposed in the pressure vessel (1), where the filter element (2) passes through one filter cycle for each rotation, with filter zones in liquid and gaseous phase, also with filtrate channels (4′) that are connected between the filter elements (2) and separate filtrate outlets (14, 14′, 215) for each filter zone, as well as a device to control the individual filtrate zones by means of a control disc (44), where the control disc (44) has filtrate outlets (114, 115) for liquid and gaseous phase. It is primarily characterized in that a venting zone (46) is provided before the filtrate outlet of the liquid phase, viewed in the direction of the filter cycle. Thus, the compressed air in the filter elements (2) and filtrate channels (4′) can be carried off and pressure-relieved in a favorable manner.

A continuous chemical process is modified to allow parts thereto to be processed one quantum of matter at a time. This offers precision and efficiency beyond what is possible with the continuous mode. This Quantum Fluid Operation (QFO) is applied to basic unit operations: mixing, reacting, separating.

The present invention relates to a scraper device to assist with metering of material that may accumulate between the discs of a disc assembly. The scraper device includes a fixed mounting plate, a fixed retainer plate and a scraper material. The fixed retainer plate includes a shoulder. The scraper material includes an aperture through which the scraper material is removably fastened between the fixed mounting plate and the shoulder of the fixed retainer plate. The scraper device may further include a fastener to removably fasten the scraper material between the fixed mounting plate and the shoulder of the fixed retainer plate.

A device for continuously filtering material mixtures, particularly for separating contaminants out of plastic melts, includes a filter (3), which is rotatably arranged in a filter chamber (2) of a housing (1), at least one wiper (17) for lifting off contaminants retained by the filter (3), and a discharge device (18) for removing the contaminants lifted off the filter (2) by the wiper (17) from the housing (1). The discharge device (18) includes a discharge shaft (19), which is rotatably arranged at the housing (1) and which has at least one continuous opening (20) having at least one piston (22) which is movably guided therein.