High speed precipitating apparatus

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR TREATING A LIQUID, COMPRISING: AN OUTER TANK BODY; A MATERIAL SOLUTION FEEDING PIPE EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF; AN INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN SAID OUTER TANK BODY ABOVE SAID FEEDING PIPE; AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY SURROUNDING SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY AND DEFINING THEREWITH A FIRST UPRIGHT NARROW ZONE WHICH IS OPEN AT ITS UPPER END; AN INNER TANK BODY SURROUNDING SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL UPPER PART DEFINING WITH SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY A SECOND UPRIGHT NARROW ZONE WHICH IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, THE LOWER PART OF SAID INNER TANK BODY BEING ENLARGED TO FORM A CONDENSING AND MIXING CHAMBER, SAID INNER TANK BODY HAVING A BOTTOM WALL SECURED TO SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY SO THAT SAID INNER TANK BODY IS CLOSED AT ITS LOWER END, SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID INNER TANK BODY BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID OUTER TANK BODY TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY; A PLURALITY OF LIQUID FLOW JETTING PORTS COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF NON-RADIALLY DIRECTED NOZZLES AT THE LOWER END OF THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY, SAID NOZZLES HAVING AXES WHICH EXTEND AT LEAST IN PART HORIZONTALLY FOR DIRECTING LIQUID CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST ZONE INTO SAID CONDENSING AND MIXING CHAMBER, THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST ZONE BEING CLOSED EXCEPT FOR SAID JETTING PORTS; A RECTIFYING TUBE BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL LOWER PART SURROUNDING THE UPPER PART OF SAID INNER TANK BODY AND DEFINING THEREWITH A THIRD, UPRIGHT NARROW ZONE WHICH IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, THE UPPER PART OF SAID RECTIFYING TUBE BODY BEING ENLARGED; THE SIDEWALL OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY BEING SPACED FROM SAID INNER TANK BODY AND SAID RECTIFYING TUBE BODY TO DEFINE AN ENLARGED PRECIPITATING AND SEPARATING CHAMBER; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING CLEAN LIQUID FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SLUDGE FROM THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY; MEANS FOR FEEDING A FLOCCULATING AGENT AND MEANS FOR FEEDING A GAS TO THE LOWER END OF SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR TREATING A LIQUID, COMPRISING: AN OUTER TANK BODY; A MATERIAL SOLUTION FEEDING PIPE EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN THE CENTRAL REGION OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF; AN INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY EXTENDING UPWARDLY IN SAID OUTER TANK BODY ABOVE SAID FEEDING PIPE; AN OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY SURROUNDING SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY AND DEFINING THEREWITH A FIRST UPRIGHT NARROW ZONE WHICH IS OPEN AT ITS UPPER END; AN INNER TANK BODY SURROUNDING SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL UPPER PART DEFINING WITH SAID OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY A SECOND UPRIGHT NARROW ZONE WHICH IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, THE LOWER PART OF SAID INNER TANK BODY BEING ENLARGED TO FORM A CONDENSING AND MIXING CHAMBER, SAID INNER TANK BODY HAVING A BOTTOM WALL SECURED TO SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY SO THAT SAID INNER TANK BODY IS CLOSED AT ITS LOWER END, SAID BOTTOM WALL OF SAID INNER TANK BODY BEING SPACED ABOVE SAID OUTER TANK BODY TO PROVIDE A PASSAGE THEREBETWEEN WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE LOWER END OF SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY; A PLURALITY OF LIQUID FLOW JETTING PORTS COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF NON-RADIALLY DIRECTED NOZZLES AT THE LOWER END OF THE OUTER CYLINDRICAL BODY, SAID NOZZLES HAVING AXES WHICH EXTEND AT LEAST IN PART HORIZONTALLY FOR DIRECTING LIQUID CIRCUMFERENTIALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST ZONE INTO SAID CONDENSING AND MIXING CHAMBER, THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST ZONE BEING CLOSED EXCEPT FOR SAID JETTING PORTS; A RECTIFYING TUBE BODY HAVING A CYLINDRICAL LOWER PART SURROUNDING THE UPPER PART OF SAID INNER TANK BODY AND DEFINING THEREWITH A THIRD, UPRIGHT NARROW ZONE WHICH IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, THE UPPER PART OF SAID RECTIFYING TUBE BODY BEING ENLARGED; THE SIDEWALL OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY BEING SPACED FROM SAID INNER TANK BODY AND SAID RECTIFYING TUBE BODY TO DEFINE AN ENLARGED PRECIPITATING AND SEPARATING CHAMBER; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING CLEAN LIQUID FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SLUDGE FROM THE CENTRAL REGION OF THE BOTTOM OF SAID OUTER TANK BODY; MEANS FOR FEEDING A FLOCCULATING AGENT AND MEANS FOR FEEDING A GAS TO THE LOWER END OF SAID INNER CYLINDRICAL BODY.