Patent ID: 8377301
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B01D,B03D,E21B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for separating solids from a fluid, comprising: a first container for receiving a fluid, the first container having a sloped bottom portion; a second container adjacently disposed to the first container in fluid communication therewith; a conveying member trough extending upwardly from the sloped bottom portion of the first container and angling upwardly with a portion of the conveying member trough extending through the second container, the portion of the conveying member trough extending through the second container being non-perforated; a conveying member positioned in the conveying member trough such that the conveying member transports solids that settle to the sloped bottom portion of the first container from the first container and through the second container; and a conveying member housing including a first wall and a second wall extending upwardly from either side of the portion of the conveying member trough extending through the second container so as to cooperate with the conveying member trough to provide an enclosure about the conveying member to prevent solids that are being transported through the second container by the conveying member from being deposited into the second container, at least one of the first wall and the second wall having an aperture near an end of the second container that is nearest to the first container to permit fluid that separates from the solids during transport to pass from the conveying member housing and into the second container.