FILTER PLATE OF A FILTER PRESS

A FILTER PRESS FOR SLURRY FILTRATION COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF FILTER PLATES (1M, 1K) ARRANGED SO AS TO BE DISPLACEABLE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND BEING COMPRESSIBLE TO FONN A PACK IN A FILTRATION POSITION WHICH PACK COMPRISES BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF FILTER PLATES (1M, 1K) A FILTER CHAMBER (23) PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE FILTER CLOTH (1M, 1K). IN A DISCHARGE POSITION, ADJACENT FILTER PLATES (1M, 1K) ARE ABLE TO BE SPACED APART FROM EACH OTHER TO REACH AN EMPTYING DISTANCE (3) FOR DISCHARGING A FILTER CAKE ADHERING TO SAID FILTER CLOTH (7K). AT LEAST ONE FILLING ELEMENT (2) IS ALLOCATED TO EACH FILTER CHAMBER (23) FOR FEEDING SLURRY INTO SAID FILTER CHAMBER (23). IN ORDER TO AVOID LEAKAGE IN THE REGION OF A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEALING EDGE, TO NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE FILTRATION CAPACITY BY THE FEEDING PROCESS, AND TO DO WITHOUT AN EXTERNAL SUPPLY LINE PLUS CONNECTING LINES BRANCHING FROM IT, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT SAID FILLING ELEMENT (2) BE ARRANGED ON A JOINING PIECE (5) EXTENDING OUTSIDE A PLATE FACE AND INSIDE A SEALING EDGE (27) SURROUNDING SAID FILTER PLATES (1M, 1K) AND BE CONNECTABLE WITH A FILTER PLATE (1M) WHEREIN IN THE FILTRATION POSITION SAID FILLING ELEMENTS (2) FORM A SLURRY INLET CHANNEL (22) EXTENDING THROUGH THE PACK OF FILTER PLATES AND ARE SEALINGLY CLAMPED BETWEEN ADJACENT FILTER PLATES (1M, 1K). FIGURE 1.