US 11,999,124 B2
Apparatus and method for separating substances with different flowability
Olaf Schwarz, Lübeck (DE); Friedemann Hanf, Lübeck (DE); Uwe Karsten, Lübeck (DE); Joachim Härtlein, Lübeck (DE); Michael Fuchs, Lübeck (DE); and Henrik Arndt, Lübeck (DE)
Assigned to Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck (DE)
Filed by Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck (DE)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/530,713.
Claims priority of application No. 20208619 (EP), filed on Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152965 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. B30B 9/24 (2006.01); A22C 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 9/241 (2013.01) [B30B 9/246 (2013.01); A22C 17/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.