Patent ID: 8444862
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
1. A rotary disc filter comprising: disc-shaped filter elements arranged in side-by-side relationship along a longitudinal direction of the rotary disc filter; the disc-shaped filter elements being rotatably arranged about a central axis of the rotary disc filter; filter cloth arranged on the disc-shaped filter elements; a flushing ramp supported on the rotary disc filter; a drive for moving the flushing ramp along the longitudinal direction of the rotary disc filter during cleaning; two spray nozzles disposed on the flushing ramp; the two spray nozzles being rotatably arranged in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of the rotary disc filter; and the nozzles in a cleaning mode being arranged on both sides of a respective disc-shaped filter element and being oriented towards each other and towards the filter cloth on each side of the disc-shaped filter element.