Table scrap separator and conveyor

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IN COMBINATION; AN ELONGATED TROUGH HAVING A WEIR AT ONE END THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SCRAP THEREIN; A RESERVOIR BELOW SAID WEIR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A SUPPLY OF WATER; PUMP MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID RESERVOIR AND THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID TROUGH FOR DIRECTING A STREAM OF WATER FROM SAID RESERVOIR THROUGH SAID TROUGH AND OVER SAID WEIR, WHEREBY SCRAP RECEIVED WITHIN SAID TROUGH WILL BE FLUSHED TOWARD AND OVER SAID WEIR BY SAID WATER STREAM; A SCRAP RECEIVER SPACED LATERALLY FROM SAID WEIR AND DOWNSTREAM THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO THE SCRAP-LADEN WATER PASSING OVER THE WEIR, SAID RESERVOIR BEING IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID WEIR AND SAID RECEIVER; WATER PERMEABLE BRISTLE STRUCTURE IN SAID SPACE IN SUBSTANTIALLY SPANNING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID WEIR AND SAID RECEIVER, SAID STRUCTURE INCLUDING A ROTARY BRUSH HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE AND PROVIDED WITH RELATIVELY RIGID, SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY EXTENDING BRISTILES HAVING FREE ENDS PRESENTING SAID SURFACE; STRUCTURE ROTATABLY MOUNTING THE BRUSH WITH ITS ROTATIONAL AXIS EXTENDING GENERALLY HORIZONTALLY AND WITH SAID SURFACE DISPOSED TO RECEIVE THE SCRAP-LADEN WATER AS THE SAME FLOW OVER THE WEIR, SAID BRUSH HAVING PASSAGE MEANS THEREWITHIN FOR FLOW OF WATER THROUGH THE BRUSH TRANSVERSELY OF SAID AXIS, WHEREBY SCRAP CARRIED BY THE WATER RECEIVED BY SAID SURFACE IS RETAINED THEREON WHILE THE WATER GRAVITATES THROUGH THE BRUSH INTO THE SAID RESERVOIR; AND MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID BRUSH FOR ROTATING THE LATTER IN A DIRECTION TO ADVANCE THE SCRAP ON SAID SURFACE TOWARD THE RECEIVER.