Patent ID: 8544383

Claim:
A liquid separating device for processing a mixture material containing both solid and liquid materials, in order to separate liquid material from the solid material the liquid separating device comprising: a support frame; at least two liquid separation assemblies disposed about the support frame in a cascading configuration, each of the separation assemblies being mounted on the support frame, each of the liquid separation assemblies comprising an upper wringing component and a lower draining component, said upper wringing component and lower draining components each being positioned with respect to another so as to define a first passage thereinbetween through which the mixture material to be processed is channeled and pressed, in order to extract liquid material therefrom, the passage having an inlet for receiving the mixture material to be processed and an outlet for releasing processed material, the passage of each subsequent assembly allowing to further extract liquid material, the passage of a subsequent assembly having an inlet for receiving material processed by a preceding one of the assemblies and an outlet for releasing further processed material, the passage of each liquid separation assembly being narrower in width than the passage of a preceding one of the assemblies so that each subsequent liquid separation assembly is enabled to extract more liquid material via an increased wring pressure resulting from a thickening of the remaining mixture material to be processed and the narrower subsequent passage through which it is channeled and pressed; and at least one guiding assembly mounted on the support frame and operatively disposed between each liquid separation assembly for urging mixture material released from a given liquid separation assembly towards a subsequent liquid separation assembly so as to increase the effective thickness of the released mixture material prior to entering the subsequent liquid separation assembly.