Pressure type slit screen

Claim 2

A pressure type slit screen apparatus comprising: a stirring chamber; a screen cylinder having an inlet side and an accepts side with a surface thereof on said inlet side facing the stirring chamber, said screen cylinder having slit openings therein which are larger in cross-sectional area on said accepts side than on said inlet side with one side of inlet corner portions of said slit opening being chamfered; and a cylindrical rotor rotatably disposed with a cylindrical surface thereof facing said screen cylinder, said cylindrical rotor having a large number of protrusions on said cylindrical surface facing said screen cylinder, each of said protrusions having a free end spaced radially from the cylindrical surface of said rotor and in close proximity to said surface of said screen cylinder.

Claim 3

A pressure type slit screen apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said protrusions are formed of non-metallic elastic material.

Claim 4

A pressure type slit screen apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein means comprising a plurality of through openings are provided in said cylindrical surface of said rotor for passage of liquid in said stirring chamber through said rotor so that macroscopic stirring is promoted in said stirring chamber.

Claim 5

A pressure type slit screen apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said screen cylinder is constructed of a large number of rod-like members having a predetermined cross-section configuration, said rod-like members having opposite ends thereof arranged in a circular pattern with predetermined gap clearances between said rod-like members, and supports respectively fixed to the opposite ends of said rod-like members.

Claim 6

A pressure type slit screen apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein means comprising a plurality of through openings are provided in said cylindrical surface of said rotor for passage of liquid in said stirring chamber through said rotor so that macroscopic stirring is promoted in said stirring chamber.

Claim 7

A pressure type slit screen apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said screen cylinder is constructed of a large number of rod-like members having a predetermined cross-section configuration, said rod-like members having opposite ends thereof arranged in a circular pattern with predetermined gap clearances between said rod-like members, and supports respectively fixed to the opposite ends of said rod-like members.

Claim 8

A pressure type slit screen apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein said screen cylinder is constructed of a large number of rod-like members having a predetermined cross-section configuration, said rod-like members having opposite ends thereof arranged in a circular pattern with predetermined gap clearances between said rod-like members, and supports respectively fixed to the opposite ends of said rod-like members.

Claim 9

A pressure type slit screen apparatus comprising: a stirring chamber; a rotor mounted for rotation in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis of said rotor, said rotor including a rotor drum having a surface thereof facing said stirring chamber and rotatable about said rotational axis, said rotor further including a plurality of protrusions extending radially from said surface of said drum, each of said protrusions having a free end spaced radially from said surface of said rotor drum; and a screen having an inlet side and an accepts side with a surface thereof on said inlet side facing said stirring chamber and in close proximity to said free ends of said protrusions on said rotor drum, said screen including slit openings therethrough which are larger in cross-section on said accepts side than on said inlet side, each of said slit openings being elongated in a direction parallel to said rotational axis of said rotor drum and being located between a pair of walls extending into said screen from said surface of said screen, one of said walls being located upstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor and the other one of said walls being located downstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor, said pair of walls at a location adjacent said inlet side being spaced further apart in a direction towards said surface of said screen.

Claim 10

A pressure type slit screen apparatus comprising: a stirring chamber; a rotor mounted for rotation in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis of said rotor, said rotor including a rotor drum having a surface thereof facing said stirring chamber and rotatable about said rotational axis, said rotor further including a plurality of protrusions extending radially from said surface of said drum, each of said protrusions having a free end spaced radially from said surface of said rotor drum; and a screen having an inlet side and an accepts side with a surface thereof on said inlet side facing said stirring chamber and in close proximity to said free ends of said protrusions on said rotor drum, said screen including slit openings therethrough which are larger in cross-section on said accepts side than on said inlet side, each of said slit openings being elongated in a direction parallel to said rotational axis of said rotor drum and being located between a pair of walls extending into said screen from said surface of said screen, one of said walls being located upstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor and the other one of said walls being located downstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor, said pair of walls at a location adjacent said inlet side being spaced further apart in a direction towards said surface of said screen.

Claim 11

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of said protrusions is of non-metallic elastic material.

Claim 12

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein said rotor drum includes means comprising a plurality of openings therethrough for passage of liquid in said stirring chamber through said rotor so that macroscopic stirring is promoted in said stirring chamber, said openings being spaced from said protrusions.

Claim 13

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein said rotor drum is cylindrical in cross section and said surface of said rotor drum comprises a radially outer periphery of said cylindrical rotor drum.

Claim 14

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein said screen is cylindrical in cross section and said surface of said screen comprises a radially inner periphery of said cylindrical screen.

Claim 15

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein one wall of said pair of walls extends perpendicularly from said surface of said screen.

Claim 16

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 13, wherein said one of said walls extending perpendicularly from said surface of said screen is located downstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor.

Claim 17

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of said protrusions is triangular in cross section over the entire length thereof.

Claim 18

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of said protrusions is cylindrical in cross section over the entire length thereof.

Claim 19

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of said protrusions is rectangular in cross section over the entire length thereof.

Claim 20

A pressure type slit screen apparatus comprising: a stirring chamber; a rotor mounted for rotation in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis of said rotor, said rotor including a rotor drum having a surface thereof facing said stirring chamber and rotatable about said rotational axis, said rotor further including a plurality of protrusions extending radially from said surface of said drum, each of said protrusions having a free end spaced radially from said surface of said rotor drum; and a screen having an inlet side and an accepts side comprising a plurality of spaced-apart elongated members and support means for supporting said elongated members, each of said elongated members having an elongated surface forming part of a surface of said screen on said inlet side facing said stirring chamber and in close proximity to said free ends of said protrusions on said rotor drum, said screen including slit openings therethrough which are larger in cross-sectional area on said accepts side than on said inlet side, each of said slit openings comprising a space between one of said elongated members and an adjacent one of said elongated members, each of said slit openings being elongated in a direction parallel to said rotational axis of said rotor drum and being located between a pair of walls extending into said screen from said surface of said screen, said pair of walls comprising opposed surfaces of a pair of said elongated members, one of said walls being located upstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor and the other one of said walls being located downstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor, said pair of walls at a location adjacent said inlet side being spaced further apart in a direction towards said surface of said screen.

Claim 21

A pressure type slit screen apparatus comprising: a stirring chamber; a rotor mounted for rotation in a circumferential direction about a rotational axis of said rotor, said rotor including a rotor drum having a surface thereof facing said stirring chamber and rotatable about said rotational axis, said rotor further including a plurality of protrusions extending radially from said surface of said drum, each of said protrusions having a free end spaced radially from said surface of said rotor drum; and a screen having an inlet side and an accepts side comprising a plurality of spaced-apart elongated members and support means for supporting said elongated members, each of said elongated members having an elongated surface forming part of a surface of said screen on said inlet side facing said stirring chamber and in close proximity to said free ends of said protrusions on said rotor drum, said screen including slit openings therethrough which are larger in cross-sectional area on said accepts side than on said inlet side, each of said slit openings comprising a space between one of said elongated members and an adjacent one of said elongated members, each of said slit openings being elongated in a direction parallel to said rotational axis of said rotor drum and being located between a pair of walls extending into said screen from said surface of said screen, said pair of walls comprising opposed surfaces of a pair of said elongated members, one of said walls being located upstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor and the other one of said walls being located downstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor, said pair of walls at a location adjacent said inlet side being spaced further apart in a direction towards said surface of said screen.

Claim 22

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 18, wherein said elongated members are identical in cross-section and said support means comprises a pair of spaced-apart support members, said support members being located at opposite ends of said elongated members.

Claim 23

The pressure type screen apparatus of claim 19, wherein each of said elongated members is thinner in cross section in a direction towards said surface of said screen, one of said walls formed by said respective surface of one of said elongated members extending perpendicularly from said surface of said screen and being located upstream with respect to said circumferential direction of rotation of said rotor.