Waste water treatment apparatus

Claim 1

A waster water treatment apparatus for the treatment of waste water containing a plurality of contaminants comprising: a substantially cylindrical container having a truncated conical shape at the lower end thereof, a substantially funnel-shaped member located in inverted manner internally and axially of said container, said funnel-shaped member including a skirt portion concentric with and spaced inwardly from the inner wall of said container, a throat portion concentric with said container and extending upwardly above the intended liquid level in said container and a truncated cone portion joining said skirt portion and said throat portion, said throat portion and said truncated cone portion defining with the inner wall of said cylindrical container a first treatment zone, an inlet pipe to said cylindrical container communicating with said first treatment zone adjacent the intended liquid level therein, an outlet pipe from said cylindrical container communicating with said throat portion at the intended liquid level therein for discharge of treated waste water, a riser tube extending centrally and axially of and through said container terminating at its lower end adjacent the lower end of said container for receipt therein of material located at said lower end terminating at its upper end in a cross arm member extending radially of said container, outlet pipes integral with each end of said cross arm member, each of said outlet pipes including a downwardly extending portion and a horizontally extending portion for discharge of fluid tangentially at the intended liquid level in the first treatment zone, and a gas feed tube communicating with gas feed means exteriorally of said container and extending from said gas feed means through said riser tube and terminating adjacent the lower end of said riser tube for discharge of gas therein.