Apparatus for deinking and defibering wastepaper

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR DEINKING AND DECOLORING IMPRINTED PAPER STOCK TO PRODUCE PULP COMPRISING A PAIR OF VERTICALLY DISPOSED SPACED PARALLEL STANDARDS, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY ONE OF SAID STANDARDS AND ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEN BY A POWER MECHANISM, A HOLLOW SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY THE OTER STANDARD AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF LIQUID, A PIPE PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF SPACED OPENINGS FOR THE EGRESS THERETHROUGH OF LIQUID EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SHAFTS AND CONNECTED THERETO, A DRUM SUPPORTED BY SAID PAIR OF STANDARDS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE THEREIN PAPER STOCK TO BE DEINKED, HOPPER CONNECTED TO SAID DRUM FOR FILLING THE LATTER, SAID DRUM INCLUDING AN UPPER SEMI-CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND A RETICULATED BOTTOM PORTION, SAID BOTTOM PORTION COMPRISING A PAIR OF ARCUATE SECTIONS HINGEDLY CONNECT TO SAID TOP PORTION WHEREBY THE PULP CAN BE EMPTIED FROM SAID DRUM AFTER THE INK HAS BEEN REMOVED THEREFROM, AN ARCUATE VAT EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY BELOW SAID DRUM AND SUPPORTED BY SAID STANDARDS FOR RECEIVING WASTE LIQUIDS DISCHARGED THROUGH THE RETICULATED BOTTOM OF SAID DRUM, SAID VAT INCLUDING A PAIR OF ARCUATE SECTIONS ADAPTED TO BE OPENED AND CLOSED OT SELECTIVELY DISCHARGE THE DEINKED PULP THERETHROUGH, A CHANNELWAY CONNECTED TO SAID VAT FOR THE CONVEYANCE THEREALONG OF WASTE LIQUID, A MANUALLY OPERABLE VALVE FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF LIQUID FROM SAID VAT, A PLURALITY OF SPACED PARALLEL RADIALLY EXTENDING RODS EACH HAVING THEIR INNER ENDS SECURED TO SAID PIPE, ROLLERS CONNECTED TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID RODS FOR DISLODGING ANY PULP ADHERING TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID DRUM, AND A PLURALITY OF PADDLES CARRIED BY SAID PIPE FOR AGITATING THE CONTENTS OF THE DRUM.