System and method for the rectification and clarification of waste water

Claim 1

A METHOD OF SALVAGING WATER AND COMBUSTIBLE PORTIONS OF WATER CONTAINING OIL AND OXIDIZABLE FIBERS, SAID METHOD CONSISTING IN SEPARATING PHYSICALLY REMOVABLE WASTE INCLUDING SUCH FIBERS FROM THE WATER BY PASSING THE WASTE OVER A SCREEN THROUGH WHICH THE WATER FLOWS, DISCHARGING SUCH WASTE FROM THE SCREEN, COLLECTING THE LAUNDRY WATER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE SCREEEN AND ACIDIFYING SUCH WATER, ALKALIZING AND AERATING A PREVIOUSLY CLARIFIED PORTION OF THE WATER, MIXING THE ALKALINE WATER WITH THE ACIDIFIED WATER AND DELIVERING THE MIXTURE INTO A CLARIFIER-REACTOR TANK FOR CHEMICAL REACTION AND FLOCCULATION, THE AIR IN THE WATER DEVELOPING BUBBLES CAUSING THE FLOC TO RISE TO THE SURFACE IN SAID TANK, THE FLOC INCLUDING ENTRAINED OILS, WITHDRAWING THE FLOC FROM THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND MIXING IT WITH WASTE COLLECTED BY SAID SCREEN.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF SALVAGING WATER AND COMBUSTIBLE PORTIONS OF WATER CONTAINING OIL AND OXIDIZABLE FIBERS, SAID METHOD CONSISTING IN SEPARATING PHYSICALLY REMOVABLE WASTE INCLUDING SUCH FIBERS FROM THE WATER BY PASSING THE WASTE OVER A SCREEN THROUGH WHICH THE WATER FLOWS, DISCHARGING SUCH WASTE FROM THE SCREEN, COLLECTING THE LAUNDRY WATER WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE SCREEEN AND ACIDIFYING SUCH WATER, ALKALIZING AND AERATING A PREVIOUSLY CLARIFIED PORTION OF THE WATER, MIXING THE ALKALINE WATER WITH THE ACIDIFIED WATER AND DELIVERING THE MIXTURE INTO A CLARIFIER-REACTOR TANK FOR CHEMICAL REACTION AND FLOCCULATION, THE AIR IN THE WATER DEVELOPING BUBBLES CAUSING THE FLOC TO RISE TO THE SURFACE IN SAID TANK, THE FLOC INCLUDING ENTRAINED OILS, WITHDRAWING THE FLOC FROM THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND MIXING IT WITH WASTE COLLECTED BY SAID SCREEN.