Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
230 words
A LAMINATED SETTLE FOR SETTLING SOLIDS PRESENT IN A LIQUID IN A TANK INTO WHICH THE LIQUID TO BE SETTLE IS FED, SAID SETTLE COMPRISING A TANK HAVING UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS, A PLURALITY OF LAMINAE POSITIONED IN SAID TANK IN A SLANTED RELATION TO THE VERTICAL AND IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER TO DEFINE COMPARTMENTS THEREBETWEEN IN WHICH THE LIQUID TO BE SETTLE FLOWS, SAID LAMINAE EACH HAVING A FLAT SURFACE PORTION AND AN INCLINED SURFACE PORTION WHICH EXTENDS ANGULARLY TO THE FLAT SURFACE PORTION GENERALLY LATERALLY OF THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH SAID COMPARTMENTS: A FEEDING GROOVE IN THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE TANK OPEN ONLY TO SAID COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE LAMINAE AT THE LATERALLY INCLINED SURFACE PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID GROOVE HAVING AN UPPER DISCHARGE EDGE LOCATED AT THE SAME LEVEL IN THE TANK AS THE LOWER OF THE LAMINAE AND EXTENDING ACROSS ONLY THE SURFACES LATERALLY INCLINED SURFACE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINAE, SAID UPPER END PORTION OF THE TANK HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LEVEL AS THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LAMINAE AND COLLECTING TROUGHS AT THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE TANK ADJACENT SAID OUTLET OPENING AND THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LAMINAE FOR RECEIVING LIQUID, FROM WHICH THE SEDIMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED, AS AN OVERFLOW THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING FROM THE COMPARTMENTS BETWEEN THE LAMINAE, AND
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
230 words
A LAMINATED SETTLE FOR SETTLING SOLIDS PRESENT IN A LIQUID IN A TANK INTO WHICH THE LIQUID TO BE SETTLE IS FED, SAID SETTLE COMPRISING A TANK HAVING UPPER AND LOWER END PORTIONS, A PLURALITY OF LAMINAE POSITIONED IN SAID TANK IN A SLANTED RELATION TO THE VERTICAL AND IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER TO DEFINE COMPARTMENTS THEREBETWEEN IN WHICH THE LIQUID TO BE SETTLE FLOWS, SAID LAMINAE EACH HAVING A FLAT SURFACE PORTION AND AN INCLINED SURFACE PORTION WHICH EXTENDS ANGULARLY TO THE FLAT SURFACE PORTION GENERALLY LATERALLY OF THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH SAID COMPARTMENTS: A FEEDING GROOVE IN THE LOWER END PORTION OF THE TANK OPEN ONLY TO SAID COMPARTMENT BETWEEN THE LAMINAE AT THE LATERALLY INCLINED SURFACE PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID GROOVE HAVING AN UPPER DISCHARGE EDGE LOCATED AT THE SAME LEVEL IN THE TANK AS THE LOWER OF THE LAMINAE AND EXTENDING ACROSS ONLY THE SURFACES LATERALLY INCLINED SURFACE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINAE, SAID UPPER END PORTION OF THE TANK HAVING AN OUTLET OPENING AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LEVEL AS THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LAMINAE AND COLLECTING TROUGHS AT THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE TANK ADJACENT SAID OUTLET OPENING AND THE UPPER ENDS OF THE LAMINAE FOR RECEIVING LIQUID, FROM WHICH THE SEDIMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED, AS AN OVERFLOW THROUGH SAID OUTLET OPENING FROM THE COMPARTMENTS BETWEEN THE LAMINAE, AND
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface portions of the laminae are located in the middle portions of each laminae and the flat surface portions thereof are on both sides of the inclined surface portions of the laminae
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surface portions of the laminae are located on both sides of each of the laminae and the flat surface portions are located in the middle of the laminae.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device according to claim 1, wherein the width of the upper discharge end of the feeding groove opening to the laminae compartments at the inclined surface portions thereof is from 20 to 80 percent of the width of the laminae.