Apparatus and method for separating substances with different flowability

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11999124-B2
Application number	US-202117530713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2021
Priority date	Nov 19, 2020
Publication date	Jun 4, 2024
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024

Abstract

An apparatus for separating substances of different flowability includes a housing base, a hollow drum having a perforated peripheral surface which is arranged on the housing base and is driven in a revolving manner, a continuous press belt pressed from outside against the hollow drum, while wrapping around a portion of the circumference of the hollow drum, and which, together with the hollow drum, forms an intake wedge for the material to be pressed. The press belt is mounted by at least one drive roller and at least one bearing roller, and is distinguished by the fact that the drive roller is mounted on a bearing support. The bearing support is arranged on the housing base so as to be adjustable in terms of position. A corresponding method is also provided for adapting the apparatus.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus for separating substances of different flowability, comprising:
a housing base;
a hollow drum having a perforated peripheral surface which is arranged on the housing base and is driven in a revolving manner;
a continuous press belt pressed from outside against the hollow drum, while wrapping around a portion of the circumference of the hollow drum, and which, together with the hollow drum, forms an intake wedge for the material to be pressed;
wherein the press belt is mounted by at least one drive roller and at least one bearing roller;
wherein the drive roller is mounted on a bearing support, and the bearing support is arranged on the housing base so as to be adjustable in terms of position; and
wherein the bearing support, for adjustment of its position, is adapted to be pivotable relative to the housing base about a pivot axis of a pivot bearing, the pivot axis oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the drive roller.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bearing support is in the form of an angular element and comprises a bearing support base and at least one bearing support side surface.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the bearing support base is arranged so that it lies on a horizontally extending support base of the housing base.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising at least one locking element which is configured to releasably fix the bearing support to the housing base in a locking position.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the bearing support comprises a bearing support base having an elongated hole-like passage opening for the at least one locking element.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the housing base comprises at least one vertically extending support wall which forms a counter-support for at least one adjusting element which is arranged between the support wall and the at least one bearing support side surface and is adapted for adjusting the position of the bearing support relative to the housing base.

7. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the pivot bearing is formed by a recess in a bottom part of the housing base and a protrusion of the bearing support which engages in a positive-locking manner into this recess.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bearing support is adapted to mount the drive roller by at least two mutually spaced apart axle bearings.

9. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein at least one transverse stiffening element is arranged between the bearing support base and the bearing support side surface.

10. A method for adapting an apparatus for separation of substances of different flowability, wherein the apparatus comprises a housing base, a hollow drum having a perforated peripheral surface which is arranged on the housing base and is driven in a revolving manner, a continuous press belt pressed from outside against the hollow drum, while wrapping around a portion of the circumference of the hollow drum, and which, together with the hollow drum, forms an intake wedge for the material to be pressed, and wherein the press belt is mounted by at least one drive roller and at least one bearing roller, wherein the method comprises:
orienting the drive roller at least substantially parallel relative to the peripheral surface of the hollow drum by adjustment of a position of a bearing support, on which the drive roller is mounted, relative to the housing base;
wherein the bearing support, for adjustment of its position, is pivoted relative to the housing base about a pivot axis of a pivot bearing, the pivot axis oriented at least substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the drive roller.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the bearing support is in the form of an angular element and comprises a bearing support base and at least one bearing support side surface, and the bearing support base lies on a horizontally extending support base of the housing base.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the bearing support is releasably fixed to the housing base in a locking position by a locking element.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the adjustment of the position takes place by at least one adjusting element which is arranged between at least one vertically extending support wall, forming a counter-support, of the housing base and the at least one bearing support side surface of the bearing support.

14. An apparatus for separating substances of different flowability, comprising:
a housing base;
a hollow drum having a perforated peripheral surface which is arranged on the housing base and is driven in a revolving manner;
a continuous press belt pressed from outside against the hollow drum, while wrapping around a portion of the circumference of the hollow drum, and which, together with the hollow drum, forms an intake wedge for the material to be pressed;
wherein the press belt is mounted by at least one drive roller and at least one bearing roller;
wherein the drive roller is mounted on a bearing support, and the bearing support is arranged on the housing base so as to be adjustable in terms of position;
wherein the bearing support is in the form of an angular element and comprises a bearing support base and at least one bearing support side surface; and
wherein the pivot bearing is formed by a recess in a bottom part of the housing base and a protrusion of the bearing support which engages in a positive-locking manner into this recess.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the bearing support base is arranged so that it lies on a horizontally extending support base of the housing base.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising at least one locking element which is configured to releasably fix the bearing support to the housing base in a locking position.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the bearing support base has an elongated hole-like passage opening for the at least one locking element.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the housing base comprises at least one vertically extending support wall which forms a counter-support for at least one adjusting element which is arranged between the support wall and the at least one bearing support side surface and is adapted for adjusting the position of the bearing support relative to the housing base.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the bearing support is adapted to mount the drive roller by at least two mutually spaced apart axle bearings.

20. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein at least one transverse stiffening element is arranged between the bearing support base and the bearing support side surface.

Assignees

• Nordischer Maschinenbau

Inventors

• Schwarz Olaf
• Hanf Friedemann
• Karsten Uwe
• Härtlein Joachim
• Fuchs Michael
• Arndt Henrik

Classifications

• B30B9/241 Primary

  co-operating with a drum or roller · CPC title

• B30B9/246

  The material being conveyed around a drum between pressing bands · CPC title

• A22C17/04

  Bone cleaning devices · CPC title