Patent ID: 11123665

Abstract:
The present invention is to provide a separation apparatus for separating a liquid from a treated object containing the liquid in the course of a process of sending the treated object with each rotating plate being rotated, wherein efficient separation of the liquid from the treated object can be performed, while the rotating plates are efficiently prevented from getting damaged. The separation apparatus comprises a plurality of rotating shafts 9 formed in a lateral direction while being arranged in parallel in a longitudinal direction, a driving device 7 for rotationally driving each rotating shaft 9, and a plurality of rotating plates 12 mounted on each rotating shaft 9 in parallel in a lateral direction while being in such an attitude that their plate thickness direction is oriented in a direction along the lateral direction, wherein spaces S1, S2 through which the liquid contained in the treated object is allowed to drop are formed between the mutually adjacent rotating plates 12 in the lateral direction or those in the longitudinal direction, the rotating plates 12 are configured so as to periodically repeat a state of being projected upward and a state of being not projected upward, while being elastically deformable in a direction along said each rotating shaft 9.