Apparatus for separating liquids or solids from liquids

Claim 1

SEPARATING APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM A MIXTURE WITH LIQUIDS OR FOR SEPARATING A MIXTURE OF LIQUIDS OF DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITIES, AND ESPECIALLY FOR SEPARATING METAL PARTICLES FROM COOLANTS FOR MACHINE TOOLS BEING GROUND, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A TANK FOR THE MIXTURE, A PLURALITY OF UPSTANDING BAFFLES DIVIDING THE TANK INTO A PLURALITY OF COMPARTMENTS AND FORMING WEIRS OVER WHICH THE MIXTURE MAY FLOW SUCCESSIVELY FROM ONE COMPARTMENT TO THE NEXT, A PLURALITY OF UPRIGHT CONDUITS, EACH BETWEEN TWO OF SAID BAFFLES, AND HAVING INLETS AT THEIR UPPER ENDS OPEN TO THE MOUTHS OF THE RESPECTIVE WEIRS AND HAVING OUTLETS AT THEIR LOWER ENDS OPEN TO THE RESPECTIVE COMPARTMENTS, AND AN UPRIGHT PASSAGE BETWEEN THE OUTLET OF EACH CONDUIT AND THE NEXT WEIR IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE MIXTURE, AND IN EACH CONDUIT, FIRST AND SECOND UPRIGHT AND OPPOSED SERIES OF FINS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONDUIT AND PROJECTING INTO THE FLOW PATH, THE FINS OF THE FIRST SERIES BEING UPWARDLY INCLINED AND FORMING WITH THE CONDUIT A SUCCESSION OF POCKETS HAVING THEIR MOUTHS FACING UPWARDLY AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF FLOW, AND THE FINS IN THE SECOND SERIES BEING DOWNWARDLY INCLINED AND ARRANGED TO DEFLECT THE MIXTURE INTO SAID POCKETS.