Abstract: In filters of the type in which a cake of solids deposited from a liquid slurry thereof on a generally horizontal filter medium is subjected to treatment involving passage of liquid through the cake while on the filter medium, means is provided for increasing the drainage rate of the formed cake by causing the cake to form on the medium from the slurry fed thereto by gravity settling in the liquor of the slurry and by removing liquor of the slurry from above the cake while the liquor still contains unsettled fine particles.

Abstract: In filters of the type in which a cake of solids deposited from a liquid slurry thereof on a generally horizontal filter medium is subjected to treatment involving passage of liquid through the cake while on the filter medium, means is provided for increasing the drainage rate of the formed cake by causing the cake to form on the medium from the slurry fed thereto by gravity settling in the liquor of the slurry and by removing liquor of the slurry from above the cake while the liquor still contains unsettled fine particles, such means including means providing a backflushing flow of liquid through the underside of the filter medium and the cake forming thereon into the slurry.

Abstract: Components for wear-resistant surfacing helical metal conveyor blades have segments of wear-resistant material of like shape conforming to the helix curvature for mounting in side-by-side relation on a face of the blade. The segments have at least one slot which extends through their inner end and diagonally across the segment toward its outer end. A bar is provided for insertion in each groove with its end projecting from the inner end of the groove, the projecting bar ends being welded to the blade face to prevent movement of the segments relative to the blade.