Devices for the filtration of all liquids

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR THE FILTRATION OF A LIQUID TO BE FILTERED, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FILTRATION UNIT HAVING A CURVED WALL AND RECEIVING THE LIQUID TO BE FILTERED FROM WHICH WASTE PRODUCTS ARE DISCHARGED, A SETTLING TANK ON WHICH SAID FILTRATION UNIT IS MOUNTED, DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS BETWEEN SAID FILTRATION UNIT AND SAID SETTLING TANK, SAID SETTLING TANK RECEIVING THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS THE WASTE PRODUCTS DISCHARGED FROM THE FILTRATION UNIT WHICH SETTLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK, SAID SETTLING TANK INCLUDING A VALVE AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF FOR WITHDRAWING WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE TANK, SAID SETTLING TANK FURTHER INCLUDING A DOME MOUNTED ABOVE SAID TANK AND COMMUNICATING THEREWITH, SAID COME HAVING AN OVERFLOW PIPE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOP OF SAID DOME, SAID FILTRATION UNIT INCLUDING A TOP PORTION PROVIDED WITH AN INLET FOR THE ADMISSION INTO THE UNIT OF LIQUID TO BE FILTERED, AT LEAST ONE FILTER ELEMENT OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY WITHIN SAID FILTRATION UNIT AND DISPOSED WITH ITS CENTER AXIS ABOVE THE CENTER HORIZONTAL AXIS OF SAID UNIT, AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR DEFLECTOR MOUNTED WITHIN SAID UNIT WITH ITS CENTER AXIS COAXIAL WITH THE CENTER OF SAID FILTER ELEMENT, SAID DEFLECTOR DISPOSED IN A SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ELEMENT AND THE CURVED WALL OF SAID UNIT AND SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING THAT PORTION OF THE FILTER ELEMENT ABOVE ITS HORIZONTAL AXIS, THE ECCENTRICITY OF THE AXIS OF SAID DEFLECTOR WITH RESPECT TO SAID UNIT PROVIDING AN EVER INCREASING SPACING BETWEEN SAID DEFLECTOR AND SAID UNIT FROM SAID INLET TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID DEFLECTOR, WHEREBY THE VELOCITY OF THE LIQUID PASSING THROUGH SAID INLET INTO SAID UNIT IS REDUCED AND THE DIRECTION OF THE LIQUID BEFORE STRIKING THE FILTER IS CHANGED, THEREBY PREVENTING SAID LIQUID FROM FLOWING DIRECTLY DOWNWARDLY ONTO SAID FILTER ELEMENT.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR THE FILTRATION OF A LIQUID TO BE FILTERED, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FILTRATION UNIT HAVING A CURVED WALL AND RECEIVING THE LIQUID TO BE FILTERED FROM WHICH WASTE PRODUCTS ARE DISCHARGED, A SETTLING TANK ON WHICH SAID FILTRATION UNIT IS MOUNTED, DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS BETWEEN SAID FILTRATION UNIT AND SAID SETTLING TANK, SAID SETTLING TANK RECEIVING THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS THE WASTE PRODUCTS DISCHARGED FROM THE FILTRATION UNIT WHICH SETTLE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK, SAID SETTLING TANK INCLUDING A VALVE AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF FOR WITHDRAWING WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE TANK, SAID SETTLING TANK FURTHER INCLUDING A DOME MOUNTED ABOVE SAID TANK AND COMMUNICATING THEREWITH, SAID COME HAVING AN OVERFLOW PIPE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOP OF SAID DOME, SAID FILTRATION UNIT INCLUDING A TOP PORTION PROVIDED WITH AN INLET FOR THE ADMISSION INTO THE UNIT OF LIQUID TO BE FILTERED, AT LEAST ONE FILTER ELEMENT OF CIRCULAR CROSS SECTION MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY WITHIN SAID FILTRATION UNIT AND DISPOSED WITH ITS CENTER AXIS ABOVE THE CENTER HORIZONTAL AXIS OF SAID UNIT, AND A SEMI-CIRCULAR DEFLECTOR MOUNTED WITHIN SAID UNIT WITH ITS CENTER AXIS COAXIAL WITH THE CENTER OF SAID FILTER ELEMENT, SAID DEFLECTOR DISPOSED IN A SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ELEMENT AND THE CURVED WALL OF SAID UNIT AND SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING THAT PORTION OF THE FILTER ELEMENT ABOVE ITS HORIZONTAL AXIS, THE ECCENTRICITY OF THE AXIS OF SAID DEFLECTOR WITH RESPECT TO SAID UNIT PROVIDING AN EVER INCREASING SPACING BETWEEN SAID DEFLECTOR AND SAID UNIT FROM SAID INLET TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID DEFLECTOR, WHEREBY THE VELOCITY OF THE LIQUID PASSING THROUGH SAID INLET INTO SAID UNIT IS REDUCED AND THE DIRECTION OF THE LIQUID BEFORE STRIKING THE FILTER IS CHANGED, THEREBY PREVENTING SAID LIQUID FROM FLOWING DIRECTLY DOWNWARDLY ONTO SAID FILTER ELEMENT.