Patent ID: 7081199

Claim:
Apparatus for treating an aqueous slurry of bodily waste containing aerobic bacteria, said waste further comprising organic matter digestible by the bacteria and residual solids resistant to such digestion, comprising: vessel means forming first and second compartments; means for feeding aqueous slurry into the first compartment; an upwardly slanted first pipe having an inlet positioned adjacent the base of the second compartment, an outlet in the first compartment, and a longitudinal bore; means for introducing pressurized air into the inlet end of the first pipe bore; a slanted second pipe having an inlet positioned centrally within the first compartment, above the outlet of the first pipe, and an outlet positioned within the second compartment above the inlet of the first pipe, the inlet of the second pipe being higher than its outlet; means for removing floating residual solids from the second compartment; and means for venting gas from the first compartment.