Separating apparatus

Claim 1

A SEPARATING UNIT COMPRISING A TANK HAVING A FLOOR AND SIDE WALL MEANS, AN INLET FOR LIQUID TO BE TREATED, SAID INLET TERMINATING AT THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SAID FLOOR, AN OUTER FOR TREATED LIQUID NEAR THE TOP OF SAID TANK, A HUB, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW ARMS MOUNTED ON SAID HUB AND ROTATABLE IN SAID TANK ADJACENT TO SAID FLOOR, A SUPPLY PIPE FOR LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE, SUPPORT MEANS LOCATED IN SAID TANK AND CONNECTED WITH SAID SUPPLY PIPE FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID HUB AND FOR ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SUPPLY PIPE AND SAID ARMS, BAFFLE MEANS ADJACENT TO SAID FLOOR, AND FACING SAID INLET TO DIVERT THE DIRETION OF FLOW OF LIQUID ENTERING THROUGH SAID INLET AND TO CAUSE IN SAID TANK IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SAID FLOOR A HORIZONTAL FLOW DIRECTED FROM SAID INLET TOWARD SAID SIDE WALL MEANS, A PLURALITY OF NOZZLES MOUNTED ON AND CONNECTED WITH SAID HOLLOW ARMS, CERTAIN OF SAID NOZZLES BEING DIRECTED LATERALLY FROM SAID ARMS TO IMPART ROTATION TO SAID ARMS AND OTHERS OF SAID NOZZLES BEING DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID ARMS AND OUTWARDLY FROM THE CENTER OF SAID TANK TO AID SAID HORIZONTAL FLOW, AND A MAST EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALL MEANS TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID TANK AND UPWARDLY FROM SAID HUB, A TELLTALE MOUNTED ON THE UPPER PART OF SAID MAST, AND STAYS EXTENDING FROM SAID MAST TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ARMS.