Abstract: A horizontal endless belt vacuum filter comprises an endless belt pierced, in its central part, with holes moving above the upper opening of a longitudinal vacuum and extending beneath the upper side of the conveyor belt. An endless filtering medium passes over guide rollers and is applied on the upper side of the conveyor belt, in order to receive the mass to be filtered. The vacuum box is mounted to pivot, as a whole, about a longitudinal axis offset laterally on one side of the conveyor belt. This vacuum box is borne by the inner ends of transverse bars which are articulated on horizontally aligned bearings materializing the pivot axis and which bear, at their outer ends, a manifold. This manifold is connected on the one hand to the vacuum box, via at least one connecting pipe, and on the other hand to the source of vacuum, by at least one dismountable coupling member.

Abstract: An horizontal endless belt vacuum filter comprises an endless conveyor belt having a grooved bottom pierced with orifices for the liquid to flow and a table for supporting the upper side of this conveyor belt. This belt comprises, in its central part, a longitudinal vacuum box of which the upper inlet orifice is located beneath the orifices pierced in the belt and is defined between two substantially horizontal lateral flanges. On either side of the vacuum box are provided horizontal longitudinal elements. Plastic guide strips are mounted on the upper flanges of the vacuum box and of the longitudinal elements of the support table.The guide strips are simply fitted on the upper flanges of the vacuum box and of the longitudinal elements, and maintained by simple friction and abutment, without any additional fixing means.The guide strips on which the conveyor belt slides are advantageously snapped on the edges of the flange.