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Join Special Agent Alice Wallace, and dive into a whole new world of fresh hidden object puzzles, real romance and exciting adventure. Use your keen eye and quick wit to solve a new mystery every week.
Play through beautiful scenes and challenging puzzles every episode. Live out the weekly action, spot clues and use your hidden object skill to reveal the truth behind crime, romance, relationships and even deeper mysteries.
Enjoy exciting hidden object action, including timed matching, spot the difference, and even lock picking! Have you got what it takes to track down the culprit in these incredible adventures?
● JOIN THE TEAM – Find out what Agent Alice and her team are up to every week in brand-new hidden object episodes.
● NEW PUZZLE STYLES – It's not just hidden object games. You'll have to use all your puzzling skill with matching, action and reaction games galore!
● PLAY IN BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS – Brand new content every week, with thrilling new action, romance, rivalries and adventure.
● GET TRANSPORTED BACK TO THE SWINGING 60s – With the highest quality hand-drawn artwork, you'll experience the romance and adventure of stunning locations all over the world, right at the height of their beauty.
PLEASE NOTE: Agent Alice is free to play, but you can also purchase some items within the game for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, just disable in-app purchases on your device.
Download today and join Agent Alice in a brand-new adventure mystery every week!
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A mysterious package has arrived, and the little monster inside has only one request… CANDY! Collect gold stars, discover hidden prizes and unlock exciting new levels in this addictively fun, award-winning, physics-based game!
Key features:
• 17 boxes with 425 levels
• Innovative physics gameplay
• Adorable character
• Outstanding graphics
• "Om Nom Stories" animation shorts
• Superpowers
Game awards:
• Apple Design Award
• BAFTA Award
• Pocket Gamer Award
• GDC Award
• Best App Ever Award
Now you can earn free superpowers by trying new apps from Getjar. All these permissions allows us to give you Superpowers and Star Key for free.
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• "Get Accounts" permission. This creates a user account for you so you can restore upgrades and purchases.
• "Access Network State" permission. This allows us to determine if WiFi is available and use that instead of the Carrier Network.
• "Internet" permission. This allows us to communicate on the internet.
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Cut the Rope 2 brings fresh challenges and unanticipated obstacles to the candy crunching, physics-based phenomenon that has delighted millions of players around the world! If you like Cut the Rope, you'll love Cut the Rope 2!
With new characters, fresh gameplay elements, and, of course, Om Nom, candy collecting has never been so fun! Complete tricky missions to earn medals, advance in the game and access special levels. Play with your friends to see who can get the highest score, or tackle the puzzles on your own!
In his unexpected adventure, Om Nom breaks out of his box and travels through lush forests, busy cities, junkyards and underground tunnels, all in pursuit of one goal – CANDY! Along the way, he encounters the Nommies, the cutest candy collecting helpers a little green monster could wish for!
ALL NEW LOCATIONS TO EXPLORE! Travel through an interactive map to discover new locations filled with candy collecting, rope cutting action.
ALL NEW CHARACTERS TO MEET! Find 6 new characters, the Nommies, to help you on your unexpected journey.
ALL NEW HATS TO BRAG ABOUT! Customize Om Nom, choose your favorite candy and select your finger traces.
ALL NEW ADVENTURES FOR OM NOM! Experience completely new graphics, sound and gameplay elements, including the ability to move Om Nom.
ALL NEW MISSIONS! Collect the perfect number of stars and strategically gather fruit to complete the mission in each level.
• Roto can carry Om Nom to the best candy catching locations
• Lick can make small bridges with his tongue to help Om Nom reach his goal
• Blue can lift Om Nom to new levels of candy hunting fun
• Toss can throw objects, including candy
• Boo can scare Om Nom to jump to new heights
• Snailbrow bravely rolls on walls and ceilings and pushes candies around, like a boss
Don't waste any time - exciting surprises await! Help Om Nom find his way home...out of the forest, through a pond and a junkyard, into the city and beyond!
Cut the Rope 2 supports high resolution for an optimal gaming experience on both phones and tablets.
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Runaway Studios' mission is to create a new category of handcrafted artisanal game apps, complete with one-of-a-kind immersive narratives, stunning graphics and unique game mechanics designed to inspire mobile gamers all over the world.
★ Features ★
● A brain-teasing puzzler, Rescue Roby offers a unique robot-themed narrative, stunning graphics, realistic physics, compelling characters, and addictive and diverse game mechanics that will provide hours of mobile gaming fun!
● This challenging brain teaser comes complete with 4 dynamic chapters and ever-increasing number of play levels (180 as of today!!!) that pack a punch by getting harder as you advance.
★ The Story ★
Rescue Roby will take you on a wild, fantastical ride. Quirky yet adorable, Roby fails the quality inspection because of his odd looks and eccentric behavior. Instead of being shipped to his new owners, Roby is condemned to the scrap metal bin.
★ Your Mission ★
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to help Roby avoid his fate and escape the robot factory.
This task is not for the faint of heart, as you'll soon discover. Roby must either use or take abuse from moving conveyor belts, suspended scaffolding, exploding boxes and giant magnets that quickly attract all metal objects (including robots) into their magnetic field.
Escape is just a crane ride away. Help Roby get into the box, and he'll get carried to the next level.
★ Our Mission ★
Stay tuned for new updates including: more addicting game zones, play mechanics, obstacles + challenges and more advanced play levels to extend your mobile fun.
Atlantis is calling out to a true hero to save it from deadly peril! Set out on an exciting new quest in this spectacular mix of Match-3 and Adventure. Embark on a fascinating tile-swapping journey around the ancient lands of Rome, Greece, Troy, Phoenicia, Babylon, Egypt and Carthage to acquire seven mysterious crystals of power. Once collected and put together, they are able to restore the Altar of Poseidon and save the fabled sunken continent.
Fully optimized for the touch screen, the game sets new quality standards for Android puzzle games with fantastic graphics and superb sound effects.
Heed the call and return peace and prosperity to the legendary continent!
- Unique mix of Match-3 and Adventure
- 54 addictive levels with endless replay value
- 7 ancient lands to explore
- Fun facts about fascinating places to learn
- Spectacular cut-scenes furthering the storyline
- Impressive quality of graphics
- Superb visual and sound effects
- Elegant voice-overs
- Heed the call of Atlantis!
More Great Android apps from Playrix:
➠ AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (http://plrx.gs/ZroIch) - Spectacular adventures on air, sea and water!
➠ ROYAL ENVOY (http://plrx.gs/ZF7gy4) - Take the King's challenge!
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"This really is a retail or Xbox LIVE Arcade quality title in the palm of your hand"
-GameForward score: 5/5
"We don't use the words beautiful or console-quality lightly"
-ilounge.com (top 100 games of 2009)
"Azkend is a Puzzle Game Polished to Near Perfection"
"The classic puzzle game bar has just been raised! Once you start playing you are hooked..."
"Azkend is a very well-designed game that will keep you coming back for more."
The Relic your archeological team discovered in Far Asia proved to be more powerful than anyone knew. Now you must lift the Relic's curse by reaching the Temple of Time and returning the Relic to where it belongs.
Earn up to eight talismans and unleash their powers to hasten your quest. Enjoy breathtaking sceneries on your fascinating journey. Immerse yourself in the rich and relaxing atmosphere. Indulge in hours of entertainment in two game modes.
Step into the exciting world of Azkend!
Perfect controls, enthralling graphics and addictive gameplay highlight the uncompromised quality in this hit game.
- Enjoyable and unique game play
- Perfect touch controls
- Captivating story
- Beautiful hand drawn sceneries
- Stunning visual effects
- Azkend Free features ads
- Match tiles to break them
- Make matches by sliding your finger over three or more like tiles
Website: http://www.azkend.net
Connect matching colors with pipe to create a Flow®. Pair all colors, and cover the entire board to solve each puzzle in Flow Free. But watch out, pipes will break if they cross or overlap!
Free play through hundreds of levels, or race against the clock in Time Trial mode. Flow Free gameplay ranges from simple and relaxed, to challenging and frenetic, and everywhere in between. How you play is up to you. So, give Flow Free a try, and experience "mind like water"!
Flow Free features:
★ Over 1,000 free puzzles
★ Free Play and Time Trial modes
★ Clean, colorful graphics
★ Fun sound effects
Special thanks to Noodlecake Studios, creators of Super Stickman Golf, for their work on Flow Free!
Let Isambard Kingdom Brunel himself be your guide as you create ships to solve the same challenges which the great engineer faced when designing the ss Great Britain. Build a ship to cut through rough seas, carry as much cargo as possible, go the furthest distance and destroy opponents in tug-o-war battles.
Choose your ship's hull material (wood or iron), engine, fuel and propulsion mechanism to overcome the challenges posed by Brunel. The better you do, the more investor confidence, and so cash, you'll earn; giving you more funds to design bigger and better ships!
Become a great problem solver just like Brunel, and take inspirations from his determination, resilience, perseverence and his ability to learn from his mistakes.
• Eight ship building challenges posed by your guide, Brunel.
• Discover the capabilities of iron versus wood in the construction of your ship.
• Explore the difference between paddles and the screw propeller.
• Earn investor confidence for bigger and more complex ships.
• Learn about the design and construction of the ss Great Britain.
• Find out about the history of the ss Great Britain and her working life.
• Can you build a ship to rival the ss Great Britain?
Visit Brunel's ss Great Britain to get special unlock codes for the game!
Plan your visit to Brunel's ss Great Britain:
Developed by Aardman Animations for Brunel's ss Great Britain and the Science Museum as part of the Museums and Schools Project; supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Find out more about the Museums and Schools project:
Beautiful and surprising, the millions of Goo Balls who live in the World of Goo are curious to explore - but they don't know that they are in a game, or that they are extremely delicious.
This is the FULL award winning game, now on Android. Drag and drop living, squirming, talking, globs of goo to build structures, bridges, cannonballs, zeppelins, and giant tongues.
Mysterious Levels - Each level is strange and dangerously beautiful, introducing new puzzles, areas, and the creatures that live in them.
World of Goo Balls - Along the way, undiscovered new species of Goo Ball, each with unique abilities, come together to ooze through reluctant tales of discovery, love, conspiracy, beauty, electric power, and the third dimension.
The Sign Painter - Someone is watching you.
World of Goo Corporation - Congratulations! World of Goo Corporation is the Global Leader in Goo and Goo Related Product, including World of Goo Corporation Trademark Brand Soft Drink Beverage and World of Goo Corporation Trademark Brand Facial Exfoliating Lotion. Succulent!
Massive Online Competition - Human players around the world compete in a living leaderboard to build the tallest towers of goo in World of Goo Corporation's mysterious sandbox. World of Goo Corporation is contractually obligated to state that everyone is a winner and is enthusiastic to celebrate everyone's tower building opportunities equally.
Congratulations, and good luck!
Awards and recognition for World of Goo:
* Wii Game of the Year -IGN
* iPad Game of the Year - TouchArcade, MetaCritic
* Best Indie Game -Spike TV Video Game Awards
* Best Design -Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
* Best Downloadable Title -Game Developers Choice Awards
* Best Design -Independent Games Festival
* Technical Excellence -Independent Games Festival
* Best Indie Game -Spike TV Video Game Awards
* Game of the Year -Rock Paper Shotgun
* Game of the Year -GameTunnel
* Best PC Puzzle Game -IGN
* Best Wii Puzzle Game -IGN
* Best Artistic Design Wii -IGN
* Best New IP Wii -IGN
* Most Innovative Design Wii -IGN
* Puzzler of the Year -Golden Joystick Awards
NOTE: There are lots of Android devices out there with varying capabilities. If you have an older phone, we recommend trying the demo first.
Before you download this experience, please consider that this app contains social media links to connect with others, in-app purchases that cost real money, push notifications to let you know when we have exciting updates like new content, as well as advertising for The Walt Disney Family of Companies and some third parties. In App Purchases from $0.99-$1.00
Terms of Use: http://disneytermsofuse.com/
The application supports the Universal Chess Interface (UCI) and Chess Engine Communication Protocol (WinBoard and XBoard), which allows users to play against more powerful third party engines or even play tournaments between engines. Engine setup features time control, pondering, infinite analysis, hash tables, multiple threads, endgame tablebases, and opening test suites. Recognizes Chessbase compatible engines.
Take up the challenge - download Block Remover for free and play this awesome free brain game for kids and adults. Be the Best!
Blocks: Remover is a free puzzle game for kids and adults.
Basic features of this cool puzzle game:
You have three levels of this free brain game for kids and adults (easy, medium and hard).
The higher level of this brain game, the more color of the blocks and larger board.
The best results for each level are saved.
How to play this free cool puzzle game for children and adults?
Remove tiles of the same color (minimum three blocks of the same color must touch).
The less tiles remains on the board, the better result.
Can you clear the entire board?
Download this free puzzle game and become a Master of Blocks!
It's free puzzle game for kids and adults.
Have fun.
You like matches puzzles games ?
1000 Matches puzzles in 10 Episodes in different shapes, sizes, equations and designs.
English, German, Russian, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Croatian, Slovenian, Greek, Ukrainian, Serbian,Korean, Japanese
- Beautiful graphics with 7 inch and 10 inch tablet support and high definition hd
- Support for slower and low resolution phones
- With Google Play Services
↗ cloud save - to sync game progress across all your devices and future devices.
↗ leaderboards - to compare your result with others
↗ achievements - for more fun
- Sound, Vibration and Music specially created for the puzzles matches game
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Matches Puzzle, Matchstick Puzzles, Move the Matches
Mind Games is also now available on iPhone/iPad, Windows 8.1, and Windows Phone 8.
Description of Games:
Abstraction - Exercise your ability to quickly differentiate between words with a concrete vs. abstract meaning.
Attention Training Game - Exercise your brain's attention. Based on the flanker attention task. Practice your ability to ignore competing information and processing speed.
Anticipation - Practice your ability to anticipate and respond rapidly.
Changing Directions - Practice your attention, concentration, processing speed, and mental flexibility.
Divided Attention I - Practice your ability to divide your attention and respond rapidly.
Face Memory - Memorize a group of faces and then see if you can recall them.
Math Star - Practice your basic arithmetic skills, speed, and attention to detail.
Memory Racer - Practice for your brain's working memory and processing speed.
Memory Span - Practice your verbal and nonverbal working memory to increase the span of your immediate memory.
Memory Flow - Practice your visual and verbal memory for the flow of events.
Memory Match - Practice your memory for completed tasks.
Mental Categories - Practice your processing speed and quick categorization skills.
Mental Flex - Practice your cognitive flexibility and ability to ignore competing information.
Path Memory - Practice your ability to memorize and reproduce paths.
Serial Memory - Learn a series of 10 numbers and faces in as few trials as you can.
Self-Ordered Learning for Objects - Memorize a sequence of objects using a sequence you determine.
Similarities Scramble - Exercise your knowledge of word relationships.
Spatial Memory - Memorize the locations of the tiles that flip over with increasing numbers of tiles.
Speed Trivia - Test and improve your knowledge of general trivia and information.
Verbal Concepts - Exercise your ability to quickly identify conceptual categories.
Vocabulary Star - Improve your vocabulary and spelling skills.
Vocabulary Power - An un-timed multiple choice vocabulary task.
Visual Memory - Test and practice your visual memory skills.
Word Memory - Memorize 30 words and see if you can remember them.
Sporos is a simple yet challenging puzzle game. The objective is to light up the cells in each level with a special seed known as the sporos. Players drag pieces onto the board one at a time, arranging them to extend all the way down every row and column. Sporos demands a mix of skill, luck, and logic; in order to succeed, players will conduct clever experiments like scientists in a lab. The soothing electronic music helps you keep your cool, while the colorful graphics lend the game a spacey, biological vibe. Sporos starts off easy, but with hundreds of levels and multiple solutions for each, it will take a true puzzle genius to master this stylish, colorful app.
• Simple-yet-challenging puzzle gaming
• Futuristic theme with neon "biological" graphics
• 400 levels in Essential Labs for free – starts off simple and gets increasingly tricky
• Google Play Game Services with 20 Achievements
• Hints for purchase, just in case you get stuck
• More levels in the months to come!
★ ☆ WHY APlay!? ☆ ★
Do you think OUYA, XBox, Wii and PlayStation consoles, games and controllers are too expensive?
APlay! costs you nothing, the games are extremely affordable (less than $1) and you can use any Android device as a controller!
★ ☆ WHERE APlay!? ☆ ★
You can play APlay! mini-games anywhere! Your living room, at your friend's place, the cafe at work, a train ride or even on the plane? APlay! is 100% portable, anywhere you go!
★ ☆ HOW APlay!? ☆ ★
One Android device acts as the server and displays the game (preferably a tablet or Google TV) and the controllers automagically connect to it by scanning a simple barcode. The server communicates via Wi-Fi with the controllers and handles their input. No cables, just WiFi required!
- SpaceFight (Amazing spaceship physics simulation - Blast your enemies into the endless void!)
- TankWars (Blow up your friends with powerful shots or trap them in mines!)
- LightCycle (You liked Tron? This is for you!)
- MultiPong (The classic Pong game with a twist - Up to 4 players, up to 20 balls!)
- MultiSnake (The multiplayer version of the classic Snake game we all loved on our cell phones!)
- BarWars (Be fast and strategize to control the bars and get them to your side!)
- MatrixWars (The 2D version of BarWars, where strategy is even more important!)
- Reactor (Show off your lightning fast reaction time!)
- Sequence (Challenging memory skill game popular in the 80s!)
- MicroFighters (Think Super Smash Bros going APlay!)
- SlotCars (Can you handle the speed? Be fast but not too fast!)
☆ Problems getting APlay! to run? Contact us! → email@example.com
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☆ Feedback to make APlay! better? Contact us! → firstname.lastname@example.com
☆ Interested in an SDK? Contact us! → email@example.com
★ ☆ Please respect that this is a BETA version! ☆ ★
★ ☆ Powered by AndEngine! ☆ ★
"... a good time killer ... polished and popular game." -- @DroidGamers
"I won't quit till I've mastered every last [level]!" -- @AndroidPIT
6 special Valentines Day Levels full of love! (Limited time only!)
The animals of the Farm Tower need your help. They were endangered by a horde of hungry wolves and escaped to high towers. Now that the wolves are gone, you need to help them down from their high hidings.
Farm Tower is a great game for your kids. They'll love the the cute animals (pig, cow, chick, chicken, sheep, horse, bull, cat, no angry birds though ;) ) and the funny sounds they make.
Your mission is to destroy the blocks of the Farm Towers without letting the animals fall onto the ground.
100% Real Fan-Comments:
"Love this game" @DShaw
"Addictive, fun and very challenging. Love it." @George
"Great time killer!" @Paul
"I love this game and so do my kids." @Tonya
"Sooooo much fun!!! I love this game!" @Tony
"The game idea is great and addictive!" @Eduard
"Looks easy but you need a high IQ in your brain for later levels!" @Kim
- Over 100 Levels!
- Exploding Blocks
- Antigravity Blocks
- MultiTouch Support
- Excellent Physics
- Global HighScores and Achievements by OpenFeint!
- App2SD
- Take screenshots
- HD version (Tegra 2, THD compatible)
- HD graphics on large screen devices
- Overzoom!
Walkthrough-Videos of all Levels can be found on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOzSEZ9-BkI&p=3F03F4A89C03492C
Let me know of issues by mail, so I can let you know when I fixed them =)
Follow Farm Tower on Twitter: http://twitter.com/farmtower
Become a Farm Tower fan on FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/FarmTower
Tested on the following devices:
- HTC Desire
- HTC Desire HD
- HTC Dream / G1
- HTC Droid Eris
- HTC Droid Incredible
- HTC Evo 4G
- HTC Hero
- HTC Nexus One
- HTC Tattoo
- HTC Wildfire
- HTC myTouch 3G
- LG Optimus 3D
- Motorola CLIQ
- Motorola Droid II
- Motorola Droid X
- Motorola XOOM
- Samsung Galaxy S
- Samsung Galaxy Tab
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
- Samsung Moment
- Sony Ericsson XPeria Play
- Sony Ericsson XPeria X10
- Supports all Tegra 2 THD tablets
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Install this to stay tuned with the progress.
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50 Levels, more added to the game on regular basis!
Game includes a LevelEditor!
Permissions due to worldwide per-level highscore using Scoreloop.
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Twice the fun in the splitscreen Multiplayer mode.
Submit scores in a worldwide social map highscore (Location Permission).
Tag: Physics
"I won't quit till I've mastered every last [level]!" -- @AndroidPIT
The animals of the Farm Tower need your help. They were endangered by a horde of hungry wolves and escaped to high towers. Now that the wolves are gone, you need to help them down from their high hidings.
Your mission is to destroy the blocks of the Farm Towers without letting the animals fall onto the ground.
- 100 Levels!
- Exploding Blocks
- Antigravity Blocks
- MultiTouch Support
- Excellent Physics
- Global HighScores and Achievements by OpenFeint!
- App2SD
- Take screenshots
Walkthrough-Videos of all Levels can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOzSEZ9-BkI&p=3F03F4A89C03492C
Let me know of issues by mail, so I can let you know when I fixed them =)
50 Levels, more added to the game on regular basis!
Game includes a LevelEditor!
Permissions due to worldwide per-level highscore using Scoreloop.
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Why is it that when a good family movie comes along, it doesn't last? Is our world so full of pain that this is all we want to see on the TV? It was nice to have a show that I could enjoy that landscape, the characters, the story and wish my life could be that wonderful! Are there people out there that can still live this good kind of life, or is it all just make believe and movies/TV? Mr. Conrad, if you should read this, you keep making good movies and I'll watch them...I miss the family shows we all could use a little more! If I ever had a choice who's morals to follow, yours would only be second to my Grand -Father's!! Thanks for all the good shows...and may you and your family be blessed for the end of time.Siperkitty
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This incredible, two bedroom, two bath condominium is located in the Sunstone complex at Juniper Springs. Located in beautiful Mammoth Lakes, California it features awesome ski-in and ski-out access for the ultimate skiing experience. Look up at the mountain from a private deck with all the amenities of home, and then some. Unlike the Juniper Springs condominiums, Sunstone is truly Ski-In and Ski-Out, just steps from the locker room to the ski slope.
Nice kitchen with modern appliances including a large microwave oven and dishwasher. This spectacular condominium sleeps six, with a huge king bed, LCD screen tv and attached bath in the master bedroom, a king and LCD screen tv in the second bedroom, and a 7 in thick, comfortable pull-out sofa-bed in the living room. Very comfortable living room with a large wall mounted LCD screen tv, gas fireplace, cable TV and DVD player.
Located right on the ski slopes of Chair 15 for winter use, and hiking/mountain biking trails in the summer. Toasty warm in the winter and cool in the summer. We provide a fan for each room. Fantastic year-round heated pools and jacuzzi's. As if that were not enough, there are stainless outdoor barbecues, exercise room, laundry room, and high speed internet for your use. To relax a bit before or after skiing, there is a wonderful lounge, and several coffee bistro's. This is a Non-Smoking unit. Sorry, no pets.
We also have another two bedroom condo at Sunstone and a two bedroom at Juniper Springs Lodge. We have other premier properties that are not listed that may be available. Ask about midweek and 7 night specials!
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The condo was super clean, and comfortable for 4 adults. Amenities were excellent. We feel like we are @ home rather than a vacation rental. The parking was extremely nice, we feel more secure with the indoor condition.
We love this place and we would love to go back again.
Have stayed in this unit before and love to go back again. It is a true ski-in/ski-out condo... down the elevator, out the door, and your on the ski run to Eagle lift. The only reason I did not give it an "Excellent" rating was due to the older model, non-high def. TV in the living room (was one in our bedroom). This may seem petty, however, the secondary reason to go on this vacation was to watch the Olympics. TV screen cutoff the sides of the broadcast image which wouldn't have happened with a high-def. TV. Otherwise, this is a "Excellent" unit especially for a family with younger children and all the convenience a ski-in/ski-out unit provides. By the way, the condo. picture of Sunstone attached is taken from the gate entrance to the ski run behind.
The condo was very clean, and quite comfortable for 4 adults and a toddler. Amenities at the resort were excellent, and the indoor parking was extremely beneficial given the conditions. Highly recommended for future visits!
great place, no complaints and great location ski in ski out.
the pool is warm enough! wish we knew to bring out own ski locks for the lockers! or we missed that notice! We look forward to coming back! Loved the large cozy open lobby area!
The unit was pretty clean. It was very comfortable for a family of 5 to stay for a ski trip. Highly recommend.
Our family had a great stay ! Location was ideal to ski in & out for lunch and ski breaks. Owner was very on top of things. Had an issue with the TV in the family room - emailed the owner & it was fixed before we returned from skiing that same day. Would definitely stay here on future visits as we come to Mammoth every Dec/Jan. This definitely exceeded out expectations !!
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The Gospel itself is more scandalous than any of the recent controversies that have embroiled Mark Driscoll.The Gospel is the scandal that God loves sinners like you and me.The Gospel is the scandal that he keeps loving us when we fall.The Gospel is the scandal that no matter how low you fall, Jesus can get under you and lift you up.The Gospel is the good news that God never gives up on you.As we learnt from Ann Voskamp, we should never get over the Gospel.Many religious … [Read more...]
Mark Driscoll encourages us to point people to Jesus
This is my story – Part Five: Moving to London
By the age of 18, I had a lot of the over-confidence of youth, but that was tinged with the realization that I had a lot to learn. As I left the safety of my parental home and launched out into London to study medicine, God had a plan to teach me one of the most important lessons of my life—one which every now and then I am reminded that I still do not fully live in the light of.My youthful enthusiasm for God was, at least in part, because I felt I could hold my own socially in a church e … [Read more...]
This is my story – Part Three: My Baptism and sense of call
As a young child, one of my favorite verses was the following: Acts 10:47—"Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?" My parents found themselves with no arguments left. I had received the Spirit just as they had. I was clearly a Christian. How could they stop me any longer from being baptized?I remember the day well. We had a temporary wooden baptistery with a plastic lining. I loved watching the pipes being used to fill and em … [Read more...]
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The park is tip top nowadays and some sunny park laps does the body good. I went for a few with local shredders Matt Wainhouse, Trey Fornelius, Ryan Browne, Bart Patitucci, Keith Matsumura, and Jake Salvador on a sunny Friday, January 18, 2013. It was fun.
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Lee Hill, our resident digital media guy asked me to do a blog posting about today's show. And I have to say that his request caught me off guard for one huge reason: today, I directed the program (our usual Director is Rob Sachs, who's enjoying some time off).
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Think of directing a live radio program as if you were a train operator. Your primary responsibilities are to make the train run on time, and to steer clear of incidents. You are not necessarily worried about what's happening in one particular train car, or how many people are in another. And in that same vein (similar to a train conductor), when I direct, I don't always hear all of the show. My role isn't so much to listen to content, but my primary concern is that that we are playing the proper audio at the correct time for our listeners. (All I really hear during the show are the highlights.)
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Even though I was busy in-studio directing the program, I was still drawn to our guests' vivid memories and feelings about how they witnessed what happened. Towards the end of the conversation, one of the guests, Danny Garvin, became quite emotional when explaining how heartbreaking it is to have a loving same-sex relationship for 17 years, and be treated with less respect than married heterosexuals, who sometimes take their marriages for granted.
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on Jan 27, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I'm a parent volunteer on the Ohlone Farm Council. In my years of working with the Farm, I don't think any classrooms from other schools have requested field trip to the Farm. It sounds like a great idea.
One issue is that the school does not provide any teaching staff on the farm to host a field trip or lead a program for students from another school. Ohlone students who use the Farm do so with their classroom teacher or with parent volunteers.
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A pressure filter utilizes a vibratory impactor for imparting vertically directed high frequency shock waves to a rigid manifold from which a plurality of rigid filter tubes incorporate a fine mesh sleeve held tightly by spaced elastic bands against a unitary plastic core having inner and outer tubes interconnected by integral web portions.
1. A filter, comprising in combination,
a filter tank enclosing a filter chamber,
a liquid inlet opening into said tank through which a filtrate may be introduced into said chamber,
a rigid outlet manifold having a passageway therein,
an outlet from said tank connected to said passageway in said manifold,
shelf means affixed to said tank for supporting said outlet manifold in said chamber,
said manifold resting directly on said shelf means,
a plurlity of longitudinally incompressible filter elements suspended from said manifold in vertically oriented, mutually parallel positions,
said elements having internal cavities communicating with said passageway in said manifold, and
vibratory impactor means connected to said manifold for imparting vertically directed shock waves to said manifold,
whereby a shear force is exerted between said filter elements and filter cakes deposited thereon to release said cakes from said filter elements.
2. A filter according to claim 1, comprising
guide means for guiding said manifold for movement in a vertical direction in said tank.
3. A filter according to claim 2 wherein said guide means comprises
a plurality of rigid brackets fixed to said tank in spaced apart relationship, and
upstanding pin means slidably extending through vertical openings in said manifold.
4. A filter according to claim 3, wherein said manifold comprises a plurality of rigid tubular members fixedly connected together in horizontal relationship.
5. A filter according to claim 1 wherein said filter elements each comprises
a core including a unitary plastic core member having a central longitudinal tube, an outer tube concentric with said central tube, a plurality of longitudinally extending webs interconnecting said tubes, and said outer tube having a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs defining parallel flutes on an exterior surface thereof,
first and second end caps affixed to first and second ends of said core,
said first end cap having a passageway therethrough opening into a first end of said central tube,
said second end cap being spaced from a second end of said central tube,
passageway means through said outer tube connecting said flutes to the second end of said central tube, and
a perforate sleeve overlying said core and sealably connected to said first and second end caps.
6. A filter according to claim 5, wherein said filter elements each further comprising
said perforate sleeve is disposed over said core and sealed to an exterior of said first and second end caps, and
at least one band means surrounding said sleeve at a location between said end caps compressing said sleeve into vibration transmitting relationship with said core.
7. A filter element according to claim 1, wherein
said vibratory impactor means is fixedly mounted to said manifold.
8. A tubular filter element, comprising
a molded, one piece plastic core member having a central longitudinal tube portion, an outer tube portion having an exterior surface, said outer tube portion being concentric with said central tube portion, a plurality of longitudinally extending rectilinear webs interconnecting said tube portions, and said outer tube portion having a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs defining parallel flutes on the exterior surface thereof,
first and second caps affixed to first and second ends of said core,
said first end cap havig a passageway therethrough opening into a first end of said central tube portion,
said second end cap being spaced from a second end of said central tube portion,
passageway means through said outer tube portion connecting said flutes to the second end of said central tube portion, and
a perforate sleeve overlying said core and sealably connected to said first and second end caps.
9. A tubular filter element according to claim 8 wherein
said passageway through said end cap is a centrally disposed bore, and
an upper end of said central tube portion fits into a counterbore at an end of said bore.
10. A tubular filter element according to claim 8, comprising
passageway means through said webs in proximity to said first end cap, and
passageway means through said central tube portion in proximity to said first end cap.
11. A tubular filter element according to claim 8, comprising
said perforate sleeve is disposed over said core and sealed to said first and second end caps, and
at least one band means surrounding said sleeve at a location between said end caps compressing said sleeve into vibration transmitting relationship with said core.
12. A tubular filter element according to claim 11, comprising
a grid sleeve interposed between said core member and said perforate sleeve.
13. A filter, comprising in combination
a filter tank enclosing a filter chamber,
a liquid inlet opening into said tank through which a filtrate may be introduced into said chamber,
a rigid tubular outlet manifold loosely mounted in said tank, and having a passageway therein
an outlet from said tank connected to the passageway in said manifold,
a plurality of longitudinally incompressible filter elements fixedly mounted to said manifold in mutually parallel relationship,
said filter elements having cavities therein connected to the passageway in said manifold and perforate external surfaces on which filter cakes are deposited during operation of said filter as liquid flows from said chamber through said surfaces to said outlet, and
vibratory impactor means connected to said manifold for imparting to said manifold vibratory shock waves in a direction parallel to said external surfaces to exert shear forces at interfaces of said filter cakes and said perforate external surfaces to separate said filter cakes from said filter elements.
The present invention relates in general to the art of pressure filtration wherein a filtrate passes through a porous cake deposited on the surface of a perforate filter element into a cavity in the element, and it relates in particular to an improved method and apparatus for cleaning the filter element after a filter cake has been deposited thereon and to a new and improved tubular filter element.
In our copending application, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,289,630, there is disclosed a pressure filter which incorporates a vibratory impactor for imparting vertical shock waves to a rigid outlet manifold from which a plurality of filter elements are suspended. In that filter the manifold is mounted to the tank by resilient members such as rubber bumper springs or by mechanical springs wherefor the vibrational waves are transmitted directly to the filter elements and are not appreciably dampened by the massive tank.
One type of filter element which finds use with the above described pressure filter is described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,695,443, assigned to the same assignee as is the present invention. That type of filter element is tubular in construction and has a fine mesh sleeve formed of woven cloth or the like which fits over a rigid, tubular core member. In those applications where the length-to-diameter ratio of the filter element is more than about eight-to-one, less than perfect cleaning may occur due to relative movement between the core member and the filter sleeve and a consequent low efficient wave transmission to the sleeve. It would be desirable, therefor, to improve the transmission of the vibratory shock waves from the core member to the entire filter sleeve in relatively long filter tubes.
Another problem which is sometimes encountered with relatively long filter tubes is the tendency for the tubes to bow and thus adversely affect the transmission of vibrational shock waves from the cores to those areas of the mesh sleeves where the sleeves become spaced from the cores. It would, therefore, be desirable to provide a filter tube having greater physical strength to resist bowing without appreciably increasing the weight of the tube or adversely affecting its operating characteristics.
Briefly, there is provided in accordance with the present invention a new and improved filter having improved means for removing filter cakes deposited on the filter elements during the filtration cycle. This improved filter employs novel means for imparting vertically directed shock waves to the filter elements suspended from an outlet manifold, and it employs novel filter tubes which include means for increasing the efficiency of vibratory shock wave transmission from a vibratory impactor to the mesh sleeves mounted over the core members of the filter tubes.
In the preferred embodiment of this invention a relatively rigid outlet manifold rests directly on a plurality of shelf brackets fixedly mounted to the inner wall of the associated filter tank. A vibratory impactor which generates high frequency, low amplitude shock waves is mounted over the top of the manifold, and the filter elements are fixedly mounted to the manifold and hang downwardly therefrom. Operation of the impactor causes shock waves to travel down the filter elements to dislodge the filter cakes previously deposited on the outer surfaces of the filter elements.
In this preferred embodiment of the invention, the filter elements are filter tubes each having a novel core construction which includes an integral, center blow-down tube connected to a fluted outer tube by means of a plurality of integral webs. This core construction increases the structural strength of the tube to resist bowing, it increases liquid velocity at the bottom of the tube during filtration and during blow-down when air is blown back through the filter tubes, and it provides a plurality of internal pockets between the webs and the top cap of the tube to provide an air bump when the pressure in the filter chamber is rapidly relieved.
In addition to the novel core construction which minimizes bowing of the filter tube, one or more clamping bands surround the mesh sleeve to hold it tightly against the rigid core at spaced locations to assure efficient transmission of the shock waves to all areas of the mesh sleeve. Preferably, the bands are annular elastic members having a narrow width so as not to appreciably reduce the effective area of the filter tube.
The present invention will be better understood by a reading of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is an elevational view, partly broken away, of a pressure filter embodying the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged, cross-sectional view showing the manner in which the outlet manifold and the filter elements are mounted in the filter tank;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing another method of mounting the outlet manifold to the filter tank;
FIG. 4 is an elevational view, partly broken away and partly in cross-section, of a novel filter element embodying the present invention, a plurality of such filter elements being shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the filter tube of FIG. 4 taken along the line 5--5 thereof;
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the top portion of an alternative filter tube construction; and
FIG. 7 is an elevational view, partly broken away of a filter tube assembly embodying the invention.
Referring particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is shown a pressure filter 10 which comprises as its principal elements a generally cylindrical pressure vessel or tank 12 having a cover 13, a filtrate inlet 14 through which the liquid to be filtered is supplied to the filter chamber 15 within the tank, a liquid outlet 16 through which the effluent exits the filter, and a plurality of rigid, perforate filter elements 18 which are suspended from a rigid outlet manifold 20 connected to the outlet 16. The filter tubes 18 hang freely from the manifold 20 and are spaced from the tank 12 so as to move freely therein during the vibratory cleaning operation. The tank 12 has a generally conical lower wall portion terminating at the bottom at a drain port 22. In the illustrated tank the drain opening is relatively small and is thus suitable for a wet cake or slurry discharge. For a dry cake discharge a much larger area drain is required. An air inlet-outlet port 24 is mounted in the cover 13 and opens into the top of the filter chamber. Suitable valve means is provided transferring air to and from the tank via the port 24. During use of the filter the cover 13 is sealably secured to the tank by means of suitable gasketing and a plurality of bolts 24.
The outlet manifold 20 is preferably of the well known header-lateral type and comprises a pair of horizontal rigid header tubes 26 connected to a plurality of horizontal rigid lateral tubes 28 which extend transversely to the header tubes 26 over the tops thereof. The tubes 26 and 28 are rectangular in cross-section and have respectively mating openings in the tops of the header tubes 26 and in the bottoms of the lateral tubes 28 so that the lateral tubes drain by gravity into the lower header tubes. The lateral tubes 28 are sealably and fixedly connected to the header tubes 26 as by welding. The ends of the tubes 28 are individually closed while the ends of the header tubes 26 open into a pair of rigid end tubes 30. One of the end tubes 30 is connected to the outlet 16 by a vertically expandable conduit assembly 32, which may be of the telescoping type shown in FIG. 4 of our said copending application.
In order to support the outlet manifold and the filter tubes which it carries, four rigid shelf brackets 34 are affixed as by welding to the inner wall of the tank 12 at ninety degree intervals, and the manifold assembly 20 rests directly on these four shelf brackets. Four angle brackets 36 are affixed as by welding to the manifold and are respectively provided with guide openings 38 which slidably receive respective ones of four vertical guide pins 40 which are threadedly received in respective openings in the horizontal flange portions of the four shelf brackets 34. It may be seen that two of the angle brackets 36 are affixed to the headers 26, the other two brackets 36 being respectively affixed to the ends of the four central ones of the laterals 28 to provide a strong and rigid connection between the brackets 36 and both the header and lateral tubes.
Mounted directly on the top of the manifold 20 is a vibratory impactor 44. The impactor 44 has a mounting plate 45 which is fixedly mounted, as by welding, to the central laterals of the manifold. If desired, the plate 45 may be bolted to a separate mounting plate which lies on and is welded to a number of the lateral tubes. The impactor 44 may be of any suitable type which imparts high frequency vertically directed shock waves to the manifold 20, but is is preferably of the pneumatic type described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,212,643 which generates low amplitude, relatively high frequency, shock wave pattern. Very effective cake removal has been achieved using a frequency of vibration in the range of 3,000 cycles per minute to 4,000 cycles per minute and an amplitude between 0.020 inch and 0.040 inch. As shown a pair of pneumatic lines 46 and 47 are connected to the impactor 44 and sealably extend through the cover 13 to suitable control valves (not shown) and a source of pressurized air (not shown) for controllably operating the impactor 44. It may thus be seen that the impactor 44, the manifold 20, and the filter tubes 18 constitute an integral, rigid unit through which shock waves are transmitted when the impactor 44 is operated. Vertically traveling shock waves are thus transmitted to and through the filter tubes, and the rapid vertical vibration of the filter elements dislodges the filter cakes which are deposited on and adhere to the vertically extending outer surfaces thereof.
In our said copending application, the manifold is mounted to the tank by means of springs. The springs provide a floating mount which provide more uniform shock waves and better shock wave transmission to the filter tubes and which increases the life of the filter inasmuch as the shock waves are not transmitted through the shelf brackets to the tank. However, for certain applications where filter durability is not so important and particularly tenacious cakes are involved, it has been found that directly supporting the manifold on shelf brackets is advantageous in that a different shock wave distribution throughout each filter element is provided.
In FIG. 3 there is shown another way of mounting the manifold 20 to the tank 12. In this embodiment, the manifold 20 rests on metal extender brackets 49 which are bolted to the shelf brackets 34.
In order to cause the imparted shock waves to travel longitudinally through the filter tubes it is necessary that the tubes be substantially non-compressible in the longitudinal direction, and particularly where the filter tubes include an external perforate sleeve it is important that the cores of the filter tubes not bow or ben during use. Referring to FIG. 4 there is shown a filter tube 18 which has improved structural and operational characteristics which make it well suited for use in combination with a vibratory impactor which developes vertically traveling shock waves.
As shown, the filter tube 18 is similar in overall construction to the filter tubes described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,695,443, but it differs from such tubes primarily in the improved core member 50 which provides greater structural strength, improved blow-down characteristics and better internal cleaning. The core member 50 is an extruded is a unitary member having a central, inner tube 52, an outer tube 54 concentric with the inner tube 52, and a plurality of webs 56 which interconnect the inner and outer tubes. The outer tube 54 has a plurality of longitudinal ribs 58 which are angularly spaced to provide longitudinal grooves or flutes 60 which extend throughout the full length of the core.
Mounted over the core member 50 is a grid 62 preferably in the form of a plastic seamless tube of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,695,443. For some applications the grid 62 may be omitted. An upper end cap 64 has a central bore 66 which is internally threaded and has a counter bore 68 at the bottom. In addition, the cap 64 includes an annular groove 70 which is concentric with the bore 66. The upper end of the core tube 52 fits into the counterbore 68 and the outer core tube 54 fits into the groove 70 together with the upper end of the grid 62. The upper edge 56A of the web 56 abuts the bottom surface of the cap 64 between the groove 70 and the counterbore 68. The cap 64 is also formed of palstic and may be conveniently bonded to the core member 50 and to the grid 62 in a spin-welding operation.
As shown in FIG. 4, a lower end cap 72, also formed of plastic, is provided at the bottom with a threaded blind hole 74 used for attaching the lower end of the tube to a spacer grid in some applications. An annular groove 76 is provided in the top of the cap 72 for receiving the lower end of the outer tube portion 54 of the core member and the lower end of the grid 62. The lower end cap 72 may also be bonded to the core member 50 and to the grid 62 in a spin-welding operation. The lower edge of the 56 and the inner tube portion 52 are spaced about one-quarter to one-half inch from the top surface of the end cap 72.
Two rows of aperatures 78 are provided in the outer tube portion 54 near the bottom thereof for carrying liquid from the flutes 60 into the lower end of the core. The liquid then flows under the wall of the center tube and travels up through the tube 52 to the outlet manifold to which the top of the tube is suitably coupled as by means of short lengths of plastic pipe 80 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Two of the apertures, one above the other, are provided for each flute. A fine mesh sleeve 82 of cloth or other material suitable for supporting a precoat layer snuggly fits over the tube as shown in FIG. 5 and is sealably fastened near its ends to the top and bottom end caps. U.S. Pat. No. 3,695,443 discloses what is for some applications a preferred method of fastening the sleeve 82 to the two end caps by means of cords. However, clamps or other means may be used for this purpose.
During a filtration cycle, liquid flows through a precoat cake and a filter cake deposited on the sleeve to the sleeve 82 and through the sleeve 82 into the flutes 60. The filtered liquid then flows down through the flutes and through the passageways 78 into the cavity within the core. At the outset of the filter cycle when the tank is initially filled, air is trapped in the space between the inner and outer core tubes 52 and 54 above the passageways 78 and is compressed therein as the liquid level in the tank rises and the tank pressure increases. When the pressure is subsequently relieved at the end of the filtration cycle, the trapped air expands to push the trapped liquid and any sediment resting on the top surface of the bottom end cap 72 up through the tube 52.
In the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 6, the inner core tube 52 is provided with a vent opening 84 near the top, and the webs 56 are provided with grooves or notches 86 at the top for interconnecting the spaces in the core between the webs. In this embodiment of the invention there is no entrapment of air as in the embodiment of FIG. 4. While the advantage provided by the air bump action during cleaning is lost, there is no dead space within the core. Accordingly, the embodiment of FIG. 6 finds use where continuous circulation of the effluent is desired.
Referring to FIG. 7, there is shown a filter tube 18 mounted to and suspended from the manifold 20. Mounted over the outer sleeve 82 are a plurality of clamping bands 88 which compress the sleeve 82 tightly against the grid 62 or against the ribs 58 if a grid is not used. These clamping bands 88 prevent relative movement between the rigid core and the mesh sleeve 82 during vibration of the filter tube. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the bands are formed of rubber or other elastomeric material. The optimum distance between the bands 88 will vary with the material from which the mesh sleeve is made. However, with filter tubes which have an external diameter of about two and one-half inches and a length of twelve feet, a distance between bands of between eighteen inches and twenty-four inches have been found to provide excellent cake removal during the vibration cycle. Hence, it is believed that a band spacing of about seven to ten times the diameter of the filter tube will provide good wave transmission to the mesh sleeve.
In a typical filtration cycle, the drain is closed and with the air inlet at the top open to the atmosphere the filtrate inlet is opened so that a liquid slurry of a precoat material enters the bottom of the tank through the inlet 14. When the tank is filled, the air inlet at the top is closed and the precoat liquid slurry flows through the filter tubes into the manifold 20 out through the effluent outlet 16. Where a sufficiently thick layer of precoat cake has been deposited on the filter tubes 18, the filter is put on line and the filtrate to be filtered then passes through the precoat cake, the filter tubes, the manifold and out through the outlet 16.
When the filter cake deposited on the tubes has reached a thickness wherein the efficiency of operation of the filter would be impaired from a further cake buildup, the air inlet 24 at the top is connected to a source of air at a pressure slightly greater than the pressure in the tank. The air pressure may be somewhere between five and ten p.s.i. greater than the pressure in the tank at the time. The filtrate inlet to the port 14 is then closed and the inlet port 14 is connected by external valving back to the filtrate source or to a sewer or some other location. The air entering the top of the tank expands to force the liquid in the tank either through the filter tubes to the outlet 16 or through the inlet 14 at the bottom which now acts as a drain. As the liquid level falls below the tops of the filter tubes air begins to flow through the filter cakes thereby to dry the cakes and also to blow the heel from inside the filter tubes up through the central tubes and out through the manifold.
After the filter cakes have thus been blown dry, for some applications a leachant liquid may then be supplied to the tank via the inlet 14 and with the air inlet closed the liquid will then flow through the filter cakes to wash the cakes. It has been found that approximately two to three cake volumes of leaching liquid passing through the filter tubes will provide satisfactory leaching.
If the leaching step is used, then the blow down operation is repeated until the cake is again dry. The air inlet is then closed, the tank is depressurized in the nomal manner, and the drain at the bottom is opened if a dry cake discharge is to be provided. As mentioned above, a drain opening larger than that shown in FIG. 1 is required for a dry cake discharge. One such drain opening is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,212,643. The vibratory impactor is then operated to vertically vibrate the filter elements and shake the filter cakes therefrom. Preferably the impactor is operated in short spurts or its operation can be modulated as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,867,291 assigned to the same assignee as the present invention.
Where a wet cake discharge is used, after the leaching step and the subsequent blow down step, any suitable liquid may be supplied to the tank to fill it to a level above the tops of the filter tubes and the vibratory impactor may then be operated to shake the filter cake loose from the filter elements wherefor it mixes with the liquid in the tank. The drain may then be opened to discharge cake and liquid mixture as a slurry.
Another alternative mode of operation is to vibrate the filter elements immediately after the blow down step with or without leaching but with the drain valve closed. This will cause the dry filter cake to fall to the bottom of the tank and be collected there. Thereafter a liquid may be supplied to the tank via the inlet 14 and discharged through the bottom drain as a slurry.
Where the filter is to be used solely as a thickner, after a filter cake of desired thickness has been built up on the filter elements, the filtrate inlet can be closed and the vibrator immediately operated to shake the cake loose from the filter elements while the tank is filled with the filtrate. The drain is then opened to remove the slurry which in this case will be a substantially thicker filtrate.
It may thus be seen that the filter of the present invention may be operated in many different ways for use in many different applications. In all such cases, however, it is desirable that a highly efficient filter cake removal operation be provided, and the filter of the present invention is well suited for that purpose.
While the present invention has been described in connection with particular embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the true spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such changes and modifications which come within the true spirit and scope of this invention.
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