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Claim 1

IN A MECHANISM FOR THE AERATION OF LIQUID IN A FLOCCULATION BASIN, THE SAID MECHANISM HAVING A ROCKER ARM ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY A SHAFT MOUNTED ATOP SAID BASIN AND A V-SHAPED FRAMEWORK WITH THE APEX THEREOF DIRECTED UPWARDLY SUSPENDED FROM EACH END OF SAID ROCKER ARM AND VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE THEREWITH, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF METAL SUPPORTING PLATES MOUNTED ON THE UPPER FACES OF EACH SIDE OF SAID V-SHAPED FRAMEWORK SAID PLATES ON EACH SIDE HAVING SPACINGS THEREBETWEEN EXTENDING THROUGH SAID FRAMEWORK, A PLURALITY OF MULTIPLE VENT TUBULAR UNITS MOUNTED ON THE UPPER FACES OF SAID PLATES ON BOTH SIDES OF SAID V-SHAPED FRAMEWORK, AND CONDUIT MEANS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO THE BASIC CONNECTING THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR UNITS TO A SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR SO THAT UPON ROTATION OF SAID ROCKER ARM AIR BUBBLE STREAMS ARE DISPERSED FROM SAID TUBULAR UNITS DURING VERTICAL RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAMEWORK TO SIMULTANEOUSLY AERATE THE LIQUID AND CAUSE FLOCCULATION OF SOLID MATTER THEREIN.