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Granted Patent B2
US 12,370,472 · App. 16/628,325 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Assembly comprising a filter plate and an attachment part

Inventors: Manfred P. Hermann (Nuremberg, DE); Bernhard Salbaum (Rottenbach, DE)
Assignee: JVK Filtration Systems GmbH
B01D25/215B01D25/176B01D2201/4084
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Patent No.
US 12,370,472
App. No.
16/628,325
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly comprising a filter plate for filter press and at least one attachment part, wherein the filter plate has a filter chamber boundary surface, by means of which a filter chamber to be formed in the filter press can be bounded. At least one channel for a fluidic connection to the filter chamber boundary surface is formed in the filter plate, and the attachment part is detachably fastened to the filter plate at the channel by means of at least one detachable ball-type snap-in connection. The ball-type snap-in connection comprises at least one ball pin and at least one coupling. An assembly comprising such a filter plate for a filter press and at least one attachment part, in which the attachment part is detachably fastened to the filter plate by means of at least one ball-type snap-in connection and has an opening which is arranged in the channel.

Claims (29)

1. An assembly comprising:

a filter plate for a filter press and at least one attachment part, wherein

the filter plate has a filter chamber boundary surface, by which a filter chamber to be formed in the filter press can be bounded,

at least one channel for a fluidic connection to the filter chamber boundary surface is formed in the filter plate, and

the attachment part is fastened to the filter plate at the channel, wherein the attachment part is detachably fastened to the filter plate by at least one detachable ball-type snap-in connection, the ball-type snap-in connection comprising at least one ball pin and at least one coupling, the at least one ball pin being arranged on one of the filter plate and the attachment part, the at least one coupling being made of an elastomer and arranged on an opposite one of the filter plate and the attachment part from that of the one of the filter plate and the attachment part on which the at least one ball pin is arranged.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part has an opening, which is arranged in the channel.

3. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the filter plate has a first contact face around an opening forming the channel, and the attachment part has a second contact face around the opening, and in that the ball-type snap-in connection is formed in a region of the first and second contact faces, such that, when the attachment part is connected to the filter plate, the first and second contact faces are held in abutment against one another.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein a ring seal is arranged between the filter plate and the attachment part at the first and second contact faces.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part is a distributor ring and the channel is an infeed channel for supplying the suspension that is to be filtered into the filter chamber, wherein a suspension that is to be filtered can be supplied to the filter chamber by the distributor ring.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part is a support ring, and the channel is an infeed channel for supplying the suspension that is to be filtered into the filter chamber, the support ring arranged adjacently to a distributor ring, through which a suspension that is to be filtered can be supplied to the filter chamber.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part is formed as a supporting cam.

8. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part is an abrasion protection means.

9. The assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the channel is a discharge channel for discharging the filtrate from the filter chamber and the abrasion protection means is arranged on or at the discharge channel or at an outfeed opening of the discharge channel.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the ball pin comprises a stem, which is adjoined by a spherical termination element and the coupling comprises a ball socket for receiving the spherical termination element.

11. The assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the coupling has an entry opening for the spherical termination element of the ball pin and a maximum transverse extent of the spherical termination element is greater than a maximum transverse extent of the entry opening of the coupling.

12. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part is fastened to the filter plate by a plurality of ball pins and corresponding couplings, wherein the ball pins and the corresponding couplings are arranged around an opening of the attachment part and an outlet opening of the channel.

13. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment part is made of a material that is different from the elastomer of which the at least one coupling is made.

14. An assembly comprising:

a filter plate for a filter press and at least one attachment part, wherein

the filter plate has a filter chamber boundary surface, by which a filter chamber to be formed in the filter press can be bounded,

at least one channel for a fluidic connection to the filter chamber boundary surface is formed in the filter plate, and

the attachment part is fastened to the filter plate at the channel, wherein the attachment part is detachably fastened to the filter plate by at least one snap-in connection, the attachment part has an opening, which is arranged in the channel, and the attachment part is fastened to the filter plate by at least one detachable ball-type snap-in connection, the ball-type snap-in connection comprising at least one ball pin and at least one coupling, the at least one ball pin being arranged on one of the filter plate and the attachment part, the at least one coupling being made of an elastomer and arranged on an opposite one of the filter plate and the attachment part from that of the one of the filter plate and the attachment part on which the at least one ball pin is arranged.

15. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment part is a distributor ring and the channel is an infeed channel for supplying a suspension that is to be filtered into the filter chamber, wherein the suspension that is to be filtered can be supplied to the filter chamber by means of the distributor ring.

16. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment part is a support ring and the channel is an infeed channel for supplying a suspension that is to be filtered into the filter chamber, wherein the support ring is arranged adjacently to a distributor ring, through which the suspension that is to be filtered can be supplied to the filter chamber.

17. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment part is formed as a supporting cam.

18. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the filter plate has a first contact face around an opening forming the channel, and the attachment part has a second contact face around the opening, and in that the ball-type snap-in connection is formed in a region of the first and second contact faces, such that, when the attachment part is connected to the filter plate, the first and second contact faces are held in abutment against one another.

19. The assembly according to claim 18 , wherein a ring seal is arranged between the filter plate and the attachment part at the first and second contact faces.

20. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment part is an abrasion protection means.

21. The assembly according to claim 20 , wherein the channel is a discharge channel for discharging filtrate from the filter chamber and the abrasion protection means is arranged in or at the discharge channel or at an outfeed opening of the discharge channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2020
From: SALBAUM, BERNHARD
To: JVK FILTRATION SYSTEMS GMBH
Reel/Frame 052604/0571 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 20 2017 104 018.6 · Jul 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200147522A1 · May 14, 2020
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