Patent ID: 8277652

Claim:
A system for consolidating and removing contaminate such as paint sludge or oils from a fluid mixture, the system comprising: a contaminate tank receiving a supply of the fluid mixture containing contaminate; a floating weir free floating on the surface of the contaminate tank for mechanically separating and removing the contaminate from a surface of the fluid mixture collected in the contaminate tank; a consolidation tank for receiving the contaminate from contaminate tank, wherein said consolidation tank includes a surface scraper for collecting contaminate proximate to the surface of the consolidation tank; a contaminate chute operatively associated with the scraper for receiving the contaminate removed by the scraper; a pump screen dividing said contaminate tank into a first section where said fluid mixture enters and a second section where a portion of said fluid mixture exits said contaminate tank; and one or more booth pumps contained in said second section contaminate tank for removing said portion of said fluid mixture.