US3320161A
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Method and apparatus for the decantation of liquids
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-24
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Granted: 1967-05-16
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Expires: 1984-08-24
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Lapaix Andre Louis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 03:49
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D21/00; B01D21/28; B01D21/283; B01D21/0012; B01D21/0018; B01D21/0024; B01D21/003; B01D21/0036; B01D21/0039; B01D21/0042; B01D21/01; B01D21/02; B01D21/08; B01D21/24; B01D21/245; B01D21/2488; B01D21/30; B01D21/302; B01D21/34; C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/52; C02F1/5281
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
140 words
A PROCESS FOR THE DECANTATION OF WATERS AND OTHER LIQUIDS COMPRISING THE STEPS ON CONTINUOUSLY INTRODUCING WATER TO BE TREATED, TO WHICH A COAGULATION REAGENT HAS BEEN ADDED, INTO A DECANTATION ZONE ACCORDING TO A SINUSOIDALLY MODULATED FLOW, CONTINUOUSLY REMOVING A PORTION OF THE SEDIMENTS FORMED AND REINJECTING THEM CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE DECATATION ZONE ACCOARDING TO A SINUSOIDALLY MODULATED FLOW IN PHASE SHIFT RELATION WITH THE MODULATION OF THE FLOW OF WATER, THE SAID MODULATED FLOWS OF SAID WATER AND OF SAID SEDIMENTS IN PHASE SHIFT RELATION THUS CREATING A STATIONALRY SEDIMENT BED IN SAID DECATATION ZONE AND DISTRIBUTED OVER BOTH SIADES OF A NEUTRAL ZONE, FROM BOTH SIDES OF WHICH THE SEDIMENT PARTICLES ARE ACTIVATED BY OPPOSITE MOVEMENTS, REMOVING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID BED THE SEDIMENTS AND REMOVING SEPARATELY FROM THE TOP OF SAID BED THE DECANTED WATER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
140 words
A PROCESS FOR THE DECANTATION OF WATERS AND OTHER LIQUIDS COMPRISING THE STEPS ON CONTINUOUSLY INTRODUCING WATER TO BE TREATED, TO WHICH A COAGULATION REAGENT HAS BEEN ADDED, INTO A DECANTATION ZONE ACCORDING TO A SINUSOIDALLY MODULATED FLOW, CONTINUOUSLY REMOVING A PORTION OF THE SEDIMENTS FORMED AND REINJECTING THEM CONTINUOUSLY INTO THE DECATATION ZONE ACCOARDING TO A SINUSOIDALLY MODULATED FLOW IN PHASE SHIFT RELATION WITH THE MODULATION OF THE FLOW OF WATER, THE SAID MODULATED FLOWS OF SAID WATER AND OF SAID SEDIMENTS IN PHASE SHIFT RELATION THUS CREATING A STATIONALRY SEDIMENT BED IN SAID DECATATION ZONE AND DISTRIBUTED OVER BOTH SIADES OF A NEUTRAL ZONE, FROM BOTH SIDES OF WHICH THE SEDIMENT PARTICLES ARE ACTIVATED BY OPPOSITE MOVEMENTS, REMOVING FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID BED THE SEDIMENTS AND REMOVING SEPARATELY FROM THE TOP OF SAID BED THE DECANTED WATER.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
142 words
AN APPARATUS FOR THE DECANTATION OF WATERS AND OTHER LIQUIDS, COMPRISING A VAT, MEANS DIVIDING THE VAT INTO A FEED COMPARTMENT FOR UNTREATED WATER AND A DECATATION COMPARTMENT, A CONNECTING MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE FEED COMPARTMENT AND THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT TO PASS WATER FROM THE FEED COMPARTMENT TO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT, A MEANS SINUSOIDALLY MODULATING THE FLOW OF WATER PASSING FROM THE FEED COMPARTMENT INTO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT, A RECYCLING MEANS FOR THE SEDIMENTS CONNECTED TO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT FOR REMOVING THE SEDIMENTS FROM THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT AND REINJECTING THEM INTO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT IN A ZONE AT AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THEREIN, A MEANS SINUSOIDALLY MODULATING THE REINJECTION FLOW OF THE SEDIMENTS IN PHASE SHIFT RELATION WITH THE MODULATION OF THE FLOW OF WATER, AND MEANS FOR REMOVEING THE DECANTED WATER AND THE SEDIMENTS FORMED FROM ABOVE AND BELOW SAID INTERMENDIATE LEVEL RESPECTIVELY.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
142 words
AN APPARATUS FOR THE DECANTATION OF WATERS AND OTHER LIQUIDS, COMPRISING A VAT, MEANS DIVIDING THE VAT INTO A FEED COMPARTMENT FOR UNTREATED WATER AND A DECATATION COMPARTMENT, A CONNECTING MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE FEED COMPARTMENT AND THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT TO PASS WATER FROM THE FEED COMPARTMENT TO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT, A MEANS SINUSOIDALLY MODULATING THE FLOW OF WATER PASSING FROM THE FEED COMPARTMENT INTO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT, A RECYCLING MEANS FOR THE SEDIMENTS CONNECTED TO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT FOR REMOVING THE SEDIMENTS FROM THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT AND REINJECTING THEM INTO THE DECANTATION COMPARTMENT IN A ZONE AT AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THEREIN, A MEANS SINUSOIDALLY MODULATING THE REINJECTION FLOW OF THE SEDIMENTS IN PHASE SHIFT RELATION WITH THE MODULATION OF THE FLOW OF WATER, AND MEANS FOR REMOVEING THE DECANTED WATER AND THE SEDIMENTS FORMED FROM ABOVE AND BELOW SAID INTERMENDIATE LEVEL RESPECTIVELY.
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