Patent ID: 6047835
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B04B

Abstract:
Clearing device for a centrifugal separator in which a cake is held on a filtering medium lining at least a perforated wall of a rotating basket, the device comprising:a plurality of clearing members which, when arranged at rest, are generally parallel to the generatrices of the perforated wall of the basket, the clearing members being spaced angularly between the perforated wall and the filtering medium, each clearing member resting via one end on one end wall of the basket and being equipped at the other end with a control means capable of receiving a longitudinal compressive force which, by deforming each clearing member, causes the formation of at least one convex projection which locally deforms the filtering medium; andactuating means capable of coming into contact with the control means of each clearing member to shift the clearing members in a direction for forming the projection.