A PRESSURE FILTER APPARATUS, A FILLING SHOE, A METHOD FOR UPDATING A PRESSURE FILTER APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRESSURE FILTER APPARATUS

Disclosed is a pressure filter apparatus comprising two or more vertical filter elements (16a, 16b) each comprising a vertical filter plate (10a, 10b) having a first recess (14) and a filter cloth (12a, 12b) covering the first recess, wherein adjacent two vertical filter elements (16a, 16b) are arranged to form a filter chamber between opposing first filter cloth (12a) and second filter cloth (12b) between a first filter plate (10a) and a second filter plate (10b) for obtaining a filter cake from a suspension of solids in the filter chamber when the suspension is filtered through the filter cloths, a filling shoe (30) for providing the suspension of solids to the filter chamber, wherein each of the vertical filter plates (10a, 10b) comprises a second recess (20) at a vertical outer side of the vertical filter plate, the second recesses (20) of two adjacent filter plates (10a, 10b) together forming an aperture from the vertical side to the filter chamber, which aperture is arranged to releasably receive the filling shoe (30) for inputting a suspension of solids to the filter chamber, the filling shoe (30) comprising a body arranged to fit to the aperture formed by the second recesses (20) of two adjacent filter plates (10a, 10b) together. Disclosed is also a filling shoe, a filter plate, a method for updating a pressure filter apparatus and a method for operating a pressure filter apparatus. Est divulgué un appareil de filtre à pression comprenant au moins deux éléments filtrants verticaux (16a, 16b) comprenant chacun une plaque filtrante verticale (10a, 10b) comprenant un premier évidement (14) et une toile filtrante (12a, 12b) recouvrant le premier évidement, deux éléments filtrants verticaux adjacents (16a, 16b) étant agencés pour former une chambre de filtration entre une première toile filtrante opposée (12a) et une seconde toile filtrante (12b) entre une première plaque filtrante (1 Oa) et une seconde plaque filtrante (1 Ob) pour obtenir un gâteau de filtration à partir d'une suspension de solides dans la chambre de filtration lorsque la suspension est filtrée à travers les toiles filtrantes, un sabot de remplissage (30) pour fournir la suspension de solides à la chambre de filtration, chacune des plaques filtrantes verticales (10a, 10b) comprenant un second évidement (20) au niveau d'un côté externe vertical de la plaque filtrante verticale, les seconds évidements (20) de deux plaques filtrantes adjacentes (10a, 10b) formant ensemble une ouverture du