Patent ID: 6951620

Claim:
A system for collecting material, the system being configured to be used in a basin having spaced first and second end walls, the system comprising: a first rigid pipe, the first rigid pipe defining a first conduit; a second rigid pipe, the second rigid pipe defining a second conduit; the first and second pipes being in telescopic relationship one received within the other so that the first and second conduits of the pipes cooperate to define a material collection conduit; and at least one header pipe secured to one of the rigid pipes, the at least one header pipe having at least one opening through which to collect the material, the header pipe defining a header conduit extending from the at least one opening to the respective first or second conduit of the one of the rigid pipes to carry the material to the material collection conduit; wherein the second rigid pipe is configured to extend from the first end wall to the second end wall.