Patent ID: 8512560
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A filter press with a press frame containing side beams to support filter plates movably along a longitudinal axis of said side beams, where said filter plates are oriented at right angles to the longitudinal axis of said side beams and said filter plates are connected to one another, and where a pressure plate is provided that can be moved along the longitudinal axis of said side beams by means of a pushing or pulling device, and said pressure plate presses said filter plates against one another during the filtration process, wherein the pushing or pulling device is mounted on a sliding carriage that can be moved on said side beams along the longitudinal axis of said side beams by means of a drive unit mounted on said sliding carriage, and said pushing or pulling device has a hydraulic drive for driving a hydraulic cylinder, where both the hydraulic drive and the hydraulic cylinder are mounted on said sliding carriage.