AN APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING SOLID MATTER FROM A LIQUID

摘要

The invention relates to an apparatus for separating solid matter from a liquid which carries solid matter. The apparatus has a rotatably driven conveyor spiral (1), which, at least in part regions, is disposed in a screen jacket which corresponds to the outer contour of the conveyor spiral (1) which, with one end, projects into a container filled with the liquid, for example a gutter or channel and, at its opposing end, displays a discharger via which the discharged solid matter may be fed to a transport container, a sack filling machine or the like. A compression zone (2) for compressing the solid matter is disposed at the end facing towards the discharger. An apparatus of this type makes possible shorter construction length and, at the same time, improved discharge of the solid matter to the side or upwards is achieved in that the per se known compression zone (2) consists of a substantially hollow cylindrical jacket (3) in whose interior space a rotatably driven discharge device (4) is disposed for discharging the solid matter in the lateral direction, i.e. substantially tangentially to the conveyor spiral (1). The apparatus consists of a substantially cylindrically designed shaft and at least one discharge element (8) radially disposed in relation thereto and by means of which the solid matter compressed in the compression zone (2) is conveyed substantially radially to the conveyor spiral (1).