Separator apparatus for fluid entrained solids

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR SEPARATING INSOLUBLES FROM FLUID INCLUDING: A TANK FOR THE FLUID IN WHICH INSOLUBLES COLLECT; MEANS FORMING A FLUID FLOW CONDUCTING PASSAGE EXTERIOR OF SAID TANK AND HAVING A LOWER INLET END CONNECTED TO SAID TANK ADJACENT THE BOTTOM AND A HIGHER END ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE FLUID IN THE TANK FORMED WITH A DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID FLOW CONDUCTING MEANS HAVING A SECTION ADJACENT ITS LOWER INLET END WITH IS PERFORATED; CASING MEANS ENCLOSING SAID PERFORATED SECTION AND HAVING AN OUTLET ABOVE SAID LOWER INLET END; CONDUIT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CASING OUTLET AND SAID TANK; BAFFLE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID PERFORATED SECTION IN POSITION TO DIVIDE SAID CASING INTO AT LEAST TWO SPACES, ONE OF SAID SPACES BEING REMOTE FROM SAID PERFORATED SECTION AND ANOTHER OF SAID SPACES BEING OCCUPIED BY SAID PERFORATED SECTION AND ACTING TO COLLECT FLUID PASSAGED THROUGH THE PERFORATIONS OF SAID PERFORATED SECTION AND MAINTAIN A BODY OF FLUID SUBMERGING SAID PERFORATED SECTION, SAID BAFFLE MEANS HAVING AN UPPER END WHICH IS FREE OF ENGAGING SAID CASING TO PROVIDE DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID SPACES SO THAT FLUID FREED OF INSOLUBLES CAN FLOW OVER SAID UPPER END OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS AND INTO SAID REMOTE SPACE FOR RETURN TO SAID TANK IN SAID CONDUIT MEANS; AND POWER MEANS OPERABLE IN SAID PASSAGE FORMING MEANS TO ENGAGE INSOLUBLES MOVED WITH THE FLUID INTO SAID PERFORATED SECTION AND MOVE THE SAME TOWARD SAID HIGHER DISCHARGE OPENING BEYOND THE REACH OF THE FLUID.