Patent ID: 7160394

Claim:
A sugar juice clarification apparatus comprising: a cylindrical clarification tank having a center; an externally driven rotating arm and hub assembly comprising a central rotating hub attached to a rotating arm, the hub and arm assembly rotating about the center of the cylindrical clarification tank; the rotating arm comprising an upper compartment with a leading top edge, a middle compartment with a trailing vertical face, and a lower compartment with a leading bottom edge; the upper compartment having a series of adjustable slots on the leading top edge of the upper compartment; the middle compartment having a series of adjustable slots on the bottom portion of the trailing vertical face of the middle compartment; the lower compartment having a series of adjustable slots on the leading bottom edge of the lower compartment; the rotating hub comprising three concentric annular compartments, each connected to its relative compartment in the rotating arm by means of ducts; a means of removing the contents of the upper and lower compartments of the rotating arm assembly via the relative compartments of the central concentric smaller diameter tanks; a means of introducing unclarified juice into the middle compartment of the rotating arm assembly via the respective concentric tank in the hub.