A rotary milking station for milking, which includes a base having a circular path disposed about a given center. The rotary milking station also includes a driving assembly operatively mountable onto the base so as to be disposed about the circular path of the base. The rotary milking station also includes a carrousel operatively mountable onto the driving assembly, the carrousel being made out of sectional segments, each sectional segment having a lower protruding vertical portion and a pair of flange portions each projecting from a corresponding side of the vertical portion, the sectional segments being interconnected to another so as to define the carrousel, the vertical portions of the sectional segments being positioned, shaped and sized so as to be disposed along the circular path of the base and for cooperating with the driving assembly to enable the carrousel to be rotatably moveable with respect to the base.
F16C 19/30 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for axial load mainly
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Liquid separating drum, separator provided with such a drum, and kit for assembling the same
B01D 33/11 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with rotary cylindrical filtering surfaces, e.g. hollow drums arranged for outward flow filtration
B01D 33/13 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with rotary cylindrical filtering surfaces, e.g. hollow drums arranged for outward flow filtration with surface cells independently connected to pressure distributors
B01D 33/067 - Construction of the filtering drums, e.g. mounting or sealing arrangements
B01D 33/00 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation
B01D 33/76 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation having feed or discharge devices for discharging the filter cake, e.g. chutes
B01D 29/44 - Edge filtering elements, i.e. using contiguous impervious surfaces
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Rotary milking station, kit for assembling the same, and methods of assembling and operating associated thereto
b) each projecting from a corresponding side of the vertical portion (15), the sectional segments (13) being interconnected to another so as to define the carrousel (11), the vertical portions (15) of the sectional segments (13) being positioned, shaped and sized so as to be disposed along the circular path (5) of the base (3) and for cooperating with the driving assembly (9) in order to enable the carrousel (11) to be rotatably moveable with respect to the base (3).
F16C 19/30 - Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings for axial load mainly
A vertical piston pump (1) for pumping waste material (3) containing a mixture of at least liquid and gaseous materials (3a,3b), the piston pump (1) including a vertical cylinder (5), a piston (7), pair of inlet and outlet ports (11a,11b), a gas release channel (15), a floating assembly (23) and a one-way gas relief assembly (29), the floating assembly (23) being cooperable with the first end (17) of the gas release channel (15) for allowing gaseous materials (3b) from waste material (3) being pumped in a lower pumping chamber (9) to evacuate into an upper release chamber (21), and the one-way gas relief assembly (29) coooperable with the second end (19) of the gas release channel (15) for allowing gaseous material (3b) originating from the lower pumping chamber (9) to be evacuated into the upper release chamber (21), and further configured for preventing gaseous material (3b) from the upper release chamber (21) from entering back into the lower chamber (9).
HYBRID CHECK VALVE FOR PISTON PUMP, PISTON PUMP PROVIDED WITH SUCH A HYBRID CHECK VALVE, KIT FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AND OPERATING ASSOCIATED THERETO
A hybrid check valve (9) for use with a port (7) of a piston pump (1) configured for pumping waste material (3) containing a mixture of at least liquid and solid materials (3a,3b), the hybrid check valve (9) being operable between opened and closed configurations for respectively allowing and preventing the passage of waste material (3) through said port (7). The hybrid check valve (9) includes a supporting component (11), a displacing component (13) for displacing the supporting component (11) between the opened and closed configurations, and an endoskeleton component (15) mountable onto the supporting component (11) and displaceable therewith via the displacing component (13). The hybrid check valve (9) further includes an exoskeleton component (17) mountable about the endoskeleton component (15), the exoskeleton component (17) having a peripheral outer surface (19) being provided with a tapered interface (21) configured for cooperating with a rim (23) of the port (7) for sealing the port (7) when the supporting component (11) is displaced into the closed configuration due to pumping pressure in the chamber (5), the tapered interface (21) being positioned, shaped and sized, and being made of a flexible material with memory, to resiliently deform itself about solid materials (3b) present between the rim (23) of the port (7) and the peripheral outer surface (19) of the exoskeleton component (17), so as to provide a compensatory seal thereinbetween, when the hybrid check valve (9) is operated in the closed configuration. Also disclosed is a piston pump (1) provided with such a hybrid check valve (9).
F04B 15/02 - Pumps adapted to handle specific fluids, e.g. by selection of specific materials for pumps or pump parts the fluids being viscous or non-homogeneous
F16K 1/20 - Lift valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces with pivoted closure members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation arranged externally of valve member
F16K 15/03 - Check valves with guided rigid valve members with a hinged closure member
F16K 25/04 - Arrangements for preventing erosion, not otherwise provided for
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ROTARY MILKING STATION, KIT FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AND OPERATING ASSOCIATED THERETO
A rotary milking station (1) for milking cows and the like, the rotary milking station (1) including a base (3) having a circular path (5) disposed about a given center (7). The rotary milking station (1) also includes a driving assembly (9) operatlvely mountable onto the base (3) so as to be disposed about the circular path (5) of the base (3). The rotary milking station (1) also includes a carrousel (11) operatively mountable onto the driving assembly (9), the carrousel (11) being made out of sectional segments (13), each sectional segment (13) having a lower protruding vertical portion (15) and a pair of flange portions (17a, 17b) each projecting from a corresponding side of the vertical portion (15), the sectional segments (13) being interconnected to another so as to define the carrousel (11), the vertical portions (15) of the sectional segments (13) being positioned, shaped and sized so as to be disposed along the circular path (5) of the base (3) and for cooperating with the driving assembly (9) in order to enable the carrousel (11 ) to be rotatably moveable with respect to the base (3).
A rotary milking station (1) for milking cows and the like, the rotary milking station (1) including a base (3) having a circular path (5) disposed about a given center (7). The rotary milking station (1) also includes a driving assembly (9) operatlvely mountable onto the base (3) so as to be disposed about the circular path (5) of the base (3). The rotary milking station (1) also includes a carrousel (11) operatively mountable onto the driving assembly (9), the carrousel (11) being made out of sectional segments (13), each sectional segment (13) having a lower protruding vertical portion (15) and a pair of flange portions (17a, 17b) each projecting from a corresponding side of the vertical portion (15), the sectional segments (13) being interconnected to another so as to define the carrousel (11), the vertical portions (15) of the sectional segments (13) being positioned, shaped and sized so as to be disposed along the circular path (5) of the base (3) and for cooperating with the driving assembly (9) in order to enable the carrousel (11 ) to be rotatably moveable with respect to the base (3).
A liquid separating device (1) for processing a mixture material (3) containing both solid and liquid materials (3a, 3b), in order to separate liquid material (3b) from the solid material (3a), the liquid separating device (1) includes a support frame (5), a series of liquid separation assemblies (7a, 7b) and a corresponding guiding assembly ( 19) between each pair of liquid separation assemblies (7). The liquid separation assemblies (7) are disposed about the support frame (5) in a cascading configuration, and the passage (13) of each liquid separation assembly (7) is narrower in width than the passage of a preceding liquid separation assembly (7) so that each subsequent liquid separation assembly (7b) is enabled to extract more liquid material via an increased wringing pressure resulting from a thickening of the remaining mixture material (3) to be processed and the narrower subsequent passage (13b) through which it is channeled and pressed.
B30B 9/20 - Presses specially adapted for particular purposes for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material, e.g. juice from fruits, oil from oil-containing material using rotary pressing members, other than worms or screws, e.g. rollers, rings, discs
B01D 33/052 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with filtering bands or the like supported on cylinders which are pervious for filtering with endless filtering bands combined with a compression device
A liquid separating drum (1) for use with a separator (3) in order to separate liquid material (11a) from solid material (11b) in a mixture material (11) to be processed. The liquid separating drum (1) includes an elongated main body (5) having a longitudinal axis (7), the main body (5) being removably mountable about a base frame (9) of the separator (3) so as to be rotatable with respect thereto, the main body (5) having an inlet (5a) for receiving the mixture material (11) to be processed, and an outlet (5b) for releasing processed material. Advantageously, the main body (5) includes a plurality of longitudinal slits (15) operatively connecting the interior (17) of the main body (5) to the exterior (19) thereof, the longitudinal slits (15) extending longitudinally with respect to the main body (5) and being provided circumferentially about said main body (5), each longitudinal slit (15) being profiled and defining an interface (21) configured for allowing liquid material (11 a) to evacuate out from the interior (17) of the main body (5) via the interface (21) in a diverging manner through the slit (15), while retaining solid material (11 b) inside the main body (5).
B01D 33/11 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with rotary cylindrical filtering surfaces, e.g. hollow drums arranged for outward flow filtration
B01D 33/27 - Filters with filtering elements which move during the filtering operation with rotary filtering surfaces, which are neither cylindrical nor planar, e.g. helical surfaces
(1) Équipement de manutention et de traitement de fumier nommément nettoyeurs et montées, nettoyeurs stabulation libre, évacuateurs souterrains, pompes électriques, pompes verticales, pompes articulées, pompes lagune, maxi-pompe, agitateurs, épandeurs de fumier liquide, rampes d'épandage, séparateurs de fumier, valves de lavage à l'eau.
(2) Stalles à vaches.
(1) Équipement de manutention et de traitement de fumier nommément nettoyeurs et montées, nettoyeurs stabulation libre, évacuateurs souterrains, pompes électriques, pompes verticales, pompes articulées, pompes lagune, maxi-pompe, agitateurs, épandeurs de fumier liquide, rampes d'épandage, séparateurs de fumier, valves de lavage à l'eau.
(2) Stalles à vaches.
