Patent ID: 6183634
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B01D,C02F

Abstract:
A separator including a vessel having:feed means for feeding liquid containing suspended solids into the vessel;a liquid outlet;a sludge outlet; andat least one settling member located above the sludge outlet, the settling member having inner and outer settling surfaces onto which downwardly settling solids can settle, the settling surfaces diverging downwardly away from one another and surrounding a passageway, with the inner settling surface facing towards the passageway to define a passageway of downwardly narrowing cross section the outer settling surface facing away from the passageway;wherein a lower end of the outer settling surface faces and is spaced from an inside surface of the vessel and defines a drop-off edge permitting solids to slide downwardly off the lower end and gravitate downwardly past the at least one settling member.