Abstract 1. APPARATUS FOR CLARIFYING AN INFLUENT WATER, COMPRISING A VESSEL CONTAINING A CLARIFYING CHAMBER INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION AND A SECOND PORTION ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST PORTION, SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION AND SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION IN AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION BEING OF GREATER DIMENSION THAN SUCH LOWER END AND PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF SUCH LOWER END, INFLUENT WATER SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR SUPPLYING AN INFLUENT WATER THERETO AT A LOCATION SPACED ABOVE SUCH LOWER END THEREOF, SOLID MATERIAL DISCHARGE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR DISCHARGING SOLID MATERIAL FROM ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION AT A LOCATION SPACED OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST SAID ONE SIDE OF SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION WHEREBY LIQUID PASSING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SUCH LOWER END FLOWS OUTWARDLY IN SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, THE AREA OF AT LEAST A SECTION OF SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION INTERMEDIATE SUCH LOWER END AND SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, CROSS-WISE TO THE FLOW OF LIQUID OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, BEING DIMENSIONED RELATIVE TO THE AREA OF SUCH LOWER END TO CAUSE THE VELOCITY OF THE OUTWATDLY FLOWING LIQUID TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED, GAS SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CLARIFYING CHAMBER FOR SUPPLYING GASEOUS BUBBLES THERETO AT A LOCATION SPACED VERTICALLY BETWEEN SAID INFLUENT WATER SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, WHEREBY SUCH GASEOUS BUBBLES RISE IN SAID CLARIFYING CHAMBER TO EFFECT FLOTATION OF SOLID MATERIAL TO SAID SOLID MATERIAL DISCHARGE MEANS, AND WALL MEANS OVERLYING SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR DIRECTING RISING GASEOUS BUBBLES AND BUOYANT SOLID MATERIAL IN SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TOWARDS SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR SUCH FLOTATION, SAID WALL MEANS CAUSING SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO PROGRESSIVELY DOWNWARDLY INCREASE IN DIMENSION IN SAID ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION.
APPARATUS FOR CLARIFYING AN INFLUENT WATER, COMPRISING A VESSEL CONTAINING A CLARIFYING CHAMBER INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION AND A SECOND PORTION ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST PORTION, SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION AND SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION IN AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION BEING OF GREATER DIMENSION THAN SUCH LOWER END AND PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF SUCH LOWER END, INFLUENT WATER SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR SUPPLYING AN INFLUENT WATER THERETO AT A LOCATION SPACED ABOVE SUCH LOWER END THEREOF, SOLID MATERIAL DISCHARGE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR DISCHARGING SOLID MATERIAL FROM ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION AT A LOCATION SPACED OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST SAID ONE SIDE OF SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION WHEREBY LIQUID PASSING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SUCH LOWER END FLOWS OUTWARDLY IN SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, THE AREA OF AT LEAST A SECTION OF SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION INTERMEDIATE SUCH LOWER END AND SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, CROSS-WISE TO THE FLOW OF LIQUID OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, BEING DIMENSIONED RELATIVE TO THE AREA OF SUCH LOWER END TO CAUSE THE VELOCITY OF THE OUTWATDLY FLOWING LIQUID TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED, GAS SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CLARIFYING CHAMBER FOR SUPPLYING GASEOUS BUBBLES THERETO AT A LOCATION SPACED VERTICALLY BETWEEN SAID INFLUENT WATER SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, WHEREBY SUCH GASEOUS BUBBLES RISE IN SAID CLARIFYING CHAMBER TO EFFECT FLOTATION OF SOLID MATERIAL TO SAID SOLID MATERIAL DISCHARGE MEANS, AND WALL MEANS OVERLYING SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR DIRECTING RISING GASEOUS BUBBLES AND BUOYANT SOLID MATERIAL IN SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TOWARDS SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR SUCH FLOTATION, SAID WALL MEANS CAUSING SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO PROGRESSIVELY DOWNWARDLY INCREASE IN DIMENSION IN SAID ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION.
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APPARATUS FOR CLARIFYING AN INFLUENT WATER, COMPRISING A VESSEL CONTAINING A CLARIFYING CHAMBER INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION AND A SECOND PORTION ADJACENT THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST PORTION, SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION COMMUNICATING WITH SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION AND SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION IN AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION BEING OF GREATER DIMENSION THAN SUCH LOWER END AND PROJECTING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF SUCH LOWER END, INFLUENT WATER SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR SUPPLYING AN INFLUENT WATER THERETO AT A LOCATION SPACED ABOVE SUCH LOWER END THEREOF, SOLID MATERIAL DISCHARGE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR DISCHARGING SOLID MATERIAL FROM ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF, LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION FOR DISCHARGING LIQUID FROM SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION AT A LOCATION SPACED OUTWARDLY OF AT LEAST SAID ONE SIDE OF SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION WHEREBY LIQUID PASSING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SUCH LOWER END FLOWS OUTWARDLY IN SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, THE AREA OF AT LEAST A SECTION OF SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION INTERMEDIATE SUCH LOWER END AND SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, CROSS-WISE TO THE FLOW OF LIQUID OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, BEING DIMENSIONED RELATIVE TO THE AREA OF SUCH LOWER END TO CAUSE THE VELOCITY OF THE OUTWATDLY FLOWING LIQUID TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED, GAS SUPPLY MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CLARIFYING CHAMBER FOR SUPPLYING GASEOUS BUBBLES THERETO AT A LOCATION SPACED VERTICALLY BETWEEN SAID INFLUENT WATER SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID LIQUID DISCHARGE MEANS, WHEREBY SUCH GASEOUS BUBBLES RISE IN SAID CLARIFYING CHAMBER TO EFFECT FLOTATION OF SOLID MATERIAL TO SAID SOLID MATERIAL DISCHARGE MEANS, AND WALL MEANS OVERLYING SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF SUCH LOWER END OF SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR DIRECTING RISING GASEOUS BUBBLES AND BUOYANT SOLID MATERIAL IN SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TOWARDS SAID CHAMBER FIRST PORTION FOR SUCH FLOTATION, SAID WALL MEANS CAUSING SAID CHAMBER SECOND PORTION TO PROGRESSIVELY DOWNWARDLY INCREASE IN DIMENSION IN SAID ONE TRANSVERSE DIRECTION.