Apparatus for filtering liquids

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS INCLUDING A CLOSED CHAMBER, A CLOSED RESERVOIR INSIDE THE CHAMBER AND MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREIN, A PLURALITY OF FILTER SCREENS SUPPORTED ON THE RESERVOIR AND HAVING THEIR INSIDES CONNECTED TO THE RESERVOIR, MEANS FOR MOVING THE RESERVOIR AND FILTERING MEANS UP AND DOWN AND FOR JOLTING THE RESERVOIR, A FLEXIBLE CONDUIT EXTENDING FROM THE RESERVOIR OUT OF THE TOP OF THE CHAMBER FOR CONDUCTING LIQUID FROM THE RESERVOIR, A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO THE CHAMBER FOR CONDUCTING LIQUID TO THE CHAMBER, THE BOTTOM OF THE CHAMBER BEING SLANTED AND TERMINATING IN A MUCK RECEIVING CYLINDER, A FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR HAVING A PISTON ROD IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MUCK RECEIVING CYLINDER AND ABOVE IT, A PACKER HEAD SECURED TO THE PISTON ROD AND MOVABLE THEREBY INTO THE MUCK RECEIVING CYLINDER TO PACK THEREIN ANY MATERIAL FLALLING OFF THE FILTER SCREENS, A RAM GUIDE INTERESTING THE LOWER END OF THE CYLINDER, A RAM SLIDABLE IN THE RAM GUIDE, A FLUID PRESSURE MOTOR FOR RECIPROCATING THE RAM, A DOOR CLOSING THE END OF THE RAM GUIDE REMOTE FROM THE RAM OPERATING FLUID MOTOR, AND MEANS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR.