Insoluble separator

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING INSOLUBLES FROM A LIQUID, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING ONE END HIGHER THAN THE OTHER END AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN INLET OPENING ADJACENT THE LOWER END, THE HIGHER END PROVIDING A DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID CASING HAVING A BODY OF CLEANED LIQUID THEREIN OF WHICH THE SURFACE LEVEL IS SPACEDLY ABOVE SAID INLET OPENING, A SLEEVE HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION ENGAGING WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AND HAVING A PERFORATE PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID DISCHARGE OPENING SPACEDLY WITHIN SAID CASING AND ENTERING SAID BODY OF CLEANED LIQUID, SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE TERMINATING IN A LOWER END LOCATED BELOW SAID LIQUID LEVEL, MEANS RESISTANT TO PASSAGE OF INSOLUBLES JOINED TO SAID SLEEVE LOWER END AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND MEETING SAID CASING ABOVE SAID INLET OPENING, SAID MEANS DEFINING AN INLET CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE THROUGH ITS SAID LOWER END, A CONVEYOR OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID SLEEVE AND HAVING A LOWER PORTION WITHIN SAID INLET CHAMBER AND AN UPPER PORTION IN SAID UPPER END PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE AND AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION CONTACTING INTERIORLY A PART OF SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHICH LIES BELOW SAID LIQUID LEVEL, SAID CASING BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH THE SPACE THEREIN OUTWARDLY OF SAID SLEEVE AND ABOVE SAID MEANS, AND OTHER MEANS INCLUDING SAID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID BURDENED WITH INSOLUBLES INTO SAID INLET CHAMBER AND FOR REMOVING CLEANED LIQUID FROM SAID SPACE, SAID OTHER MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO MAINTAIN SAID LIQUID LEVEL ABOVE A LOWER PART OF SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHICH IS CONTACTED BY SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CONVEYOR BEING OPERATIVE TO RAISE INSOLUBLES THROUGH SAID LOWER PART OF SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHICH IS UNDER THE LEVEL OF LIQUID IN SAID CASING AND PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF INSOLUBLES SO RAISED TOWARD THE LIQUID LEVEL AND THEREAFTER TO RAISE THE INSOLUBLES INTO THE PERFORATE PORTION OF THE SLEEVE ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL TO DRAIN LIQUID THEREFROM AND FINALLY TO DISCHARGE THE INSOLUBLES FROM THE UPPER END OF THE SLEEVE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING INSOLUBLES FROM A LIQUID, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING HAVING ONE END HIGHER THAN THE OTHER END AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN INLET OPENING ADJACENT THE LOWER END, THE HIGHER END PROVIDING A DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID CASING HAVING A BODY OF CLEANED LIQUID THEREIN OF WHICH THE SURFACE LEVEL IS SPACEDLY ABOVE SAID INLET OPENING, A SLEEVE HAVING AN UPPER END PORTION ENGAGING WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING AND HAVING A PERFORATE PORTION EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID DISCHARGE OPENING SPACEDLY WITHIN SAID CASING AND ENTERING SAID BODY OF CLEANED LIQUID, SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE TERMINATING IN A LOWER END LOCATED BELOW SAID LIQUID LEVEL, MEANS RESISTANT TO PASSAGE OF INSOLUBLES JOINED TO SAID SLEEVE LOWER END AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM AND MEETING SAID CASING ABOVE SAID INLET OPENING, SAID MEANS DEFINING AN INLET CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE THROUGH ITS SAID LOWER END, A CONVEYOR OPERATIVELY MOUNTED IN SAID SLEEVE AND HAVING A LOWER PORTION WITHIN SAID INLET CHAMBER AND AN UPPER PORTION IN SAID UPPER END PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE AND AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION CONTACTING INTERIORLY A PART OF SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHICH LIES BELOW SAID LIQUID LEVEL, SAID CASING BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH THE SPACE THEREIN OUTWARDLY OF SAID SLEEVE AND ABOVE SAID MEANS, AND OTHER MEANS INCLUDING SAID INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID BURDENED WITH INSOLUBLES INTO SAID INLET CHAMBER AND FOR REMOVING CLEANED LIQUID FROM SAID SPACE, SAID OTHER MEANS BEING OPERATIVE TO MAINTAIN SAID LIQUID LEVEL ABOVE A LOWER PART OF SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHICH IS CONTACTED BY SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CONVEYOR BEING OPERATIVE TO RAISE INSOLUBLES THROUGH SAID LOWER PART OF SAID PERFORATE PORTION OF SAID SLEEVE WHICH IS UNDER THE LEVEL OF LIQUID IN SAID CASING AND PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF INSOLUBLES SO RAISED TOWARD THE LIQUID LEVEL AND THEREAFTER TO RAISE THE INSOLUBLES INTO THE PERFORATE PORTION OF THE SLEEVE ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL TO DRAIN LIQUID THEREFROM AND FINALLY TO DISCHARGE THE INSOLUBLES FROM THE UPPER END OF THE SLEEVE.