US 12,030,060 B2
Treatment device and method
Guido Frankenberger, Wetzlar (DE)
Assigned to FSM Frankenberger GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Filed by FSM Frankenberger GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,942.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241622 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B03B 5/58 (2006.01); B03B 11/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 101/10 (2006.01); C02F 101/30 (2006.01)
CPC B03B 5/58 (2013.01) [B03B 11/00 (2013.01); C02F 1/00 (2013.01); B03B 2011/008 (2013.01); C02F 2001/007 (2013.01); C02F 2101/10 (2013.01); C02F 2101/30 (2013.01); C02F 2303/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A treatment device for treating a mixture made up of at least a liquid, organic solids and inorganic, mineral solids, and separating the inorganic, mineral solids contaminated with organic solids from the liquid, the treatment device comprising a container adapted for receiving the mixture, wherein the container (a) tapers in a funnel shape in a first direction of a longitudinal axis of the container, (b) has an upper area including an inlet, situated on the outside in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and adapted for tangentially supplying the mixture to the container, and an outlet, adapted for discharging the liquid essentially containing the organic solids from the container, (c) a center area, disposed adjacent to the upper area in the first direction of the longitudinal axis, and a lower area, disposed adjacent to the center area in the first direction of the longitudinal axis and adapted for forming a deposit made of essentially the inorganic, mineral solids; and
a discharge apparatus tethered to the lower area and adapted for discharging the inorganic, mineral solids forming the deposit,
wherein the treatment device further includes a sleeve, disposed in the upper area, and extending in the first direction of the longitudinal axis, open to both sides and configured to guide the mixture between an outer wall of the sleeve and an inner wall of the container from the upper area to the center area and to guide the liquid, containing the organic solids, from the center area to the upper area, at least partially traversing an interior of the sleeve limited by an inner wall of the sleeve, for being discharged from the outlet.