Patent ID: 7431165

Claim:
A liquid/solids waste separator comprising: A longitudinally extending elongated housing having a front wall, a rear wall, a left side wall having an inner surface, a right side wall having and inner surface, a bottom wall having a front end and a rear end, and a longitudinally extending X-axis; support means for supporting said housing with said rear end of said bottom wall positioned vertically higher than said front end of said bottom wall; an elongated mesh screen having a width W 1 and a length L 1 for separating solid waste particles from effluent while allowing the filtered liquid portion of the effluent to pass downwardly through said mesh screen, said mesh screen having apertures across said width and said length; means for supporting said elongated mesh screen in said housing at a predetermined height above said bottom wall of said housing; spray means positioned below said elongated mesh screen that directs a spray of liquid against said bottom surface of said mesh screen to unclog any apertures in said mesh screen that have become clogged; drive means for reciprocally driving said spray means longitudinally forwardly and rearwardly within said elongated housing; said drive means comprises a motor that drives a chain passing around longitudinally spaced sprocket gears mounted in said housing; and means for connecting said spray means to a fluid source; and further wherein said spray means comprises a plurality of laterally spaced spray nozzles connected to a transversely extending manifold tube having a left end and a right end; said sprocket gears are mounted on shafts having Z-axes that extend upwardly at a 90 degree angle from said bottom wall and said chain travels in a horizontal place above said bottom wall; said drive means further comprises a drive peg extending vertically from said chain that is secured to a travel block mounted in a transversely oriented guide track assembly; and further comprising an alignment bearing block connecting to the top surface of said travel block; said travel block having a horizontally oriented bore hole that reciprocally slides over said manifold tube; and a tracking rail extending between said front wall and rear wall; a pair of laterally spaced tracking plates engage the opposite sideways of said tracking rail and slide therealong; support means extending upwardly from said guide track assembly.