US 12,233,618 B2
Device and method for separating substances of different flowability that are mixed together
Olaf Schwarz, Lübeck (DE); Joachim Härtlein, Lübeck (DE); Michael Fuchs, Lübeck (DE); and Uwe Karsten, Lübeck (DE)
Assigned to Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GMBH & Co. KG, Luback (DE)
Appl. No. 17/617,791
Filed by Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066712
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254373, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019116720.5 (DE), filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234320 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B30B 9/24 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); A23N 1/00 (2006.01); A23N 4/08 (2006.01); B01D 33/073 (2006.01); B01D 33/46 (2006.01); B01D 33/64 (2006.01); B01D 33/76 (2006.01); B30B 15/32 (2006.01); B65B 69/00 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 9/241 (2013.01) [B01D 33/073 (2013.01); B01D 33/466 (2013.01); B01D 33/642 (2013.01); B01D 33/76 (2013.01); B30B 15/32 (2013.01); A22C 17/00 (2013.01); A23N 1/00 (2013.01); A23N 4/08 (2013.01); B65B 69/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for separating substances of different flowability that are mixed together, comprising:
a frame structure;
a hollow drum having a perforated circumferential surface which is driven in a revolving manner and is mounted on the frame structure;
a pressing element which lies externally in a region of the circumferential surface of the hollow drum and is driven in a revolving manner, such that the hollow drum and the pressing element form a product intake wedge for feeding in a product stream, consisting of material to be pressed, between the hollow drum and the pressing element, the hollow drum and the pressing element further forming a pressing region; and
a discharge element associated with the pressing element, the discharge element disposed downstream of the pressing region in a conveying direction of the product stream, the discharge element operable to discharge residues of the material to be pressed that remain on the pressing element after pressing;
wherein the discharge element comprises an actively drivable, endless discharge belt for discharging the residues of the material to be pressed that remain on the pressing element in a discharge direction; and
wherein the endless discharge belt is guided around a rigid, fixed transport section and a take-over section which is pivotable relative to the rigid transport section, the pivotable take-over section being mounted on the transport section so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis in order to create a movable section of the discharge belt.