Combined air/water backwash in a travelling bridge filter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5401405
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08065772

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In a travelling bridge filtration system including a tank divided into a plurality of adjacent filter cells, each of the cells containing filter media, a travelling bridge carriage located above the tank and movable along the tank, the carriage supporting a backwash hood engageable with each of the filter cells, the improvement comprising a liquid backwash pump for causing backwash liquid to flow through the cell in a first backwash direction counter to a second filtration direction, and for causing backwash air to be drawn into the cell and to flow in the first direction with the backwash liquid.

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  • SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McDougald, Mack D Ochlocknee, GA 2 87

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