Patent ID: 8317036

Claim:
An apparatus for removing impurities from a liquid to be treated, said apparatus comprising: (a) a chamber for receiving a liquid to be treated, said chamber having a settling assembly, said settling assembly having a plurality of inclined liquid passageways through which the liquid to be treated is directed to cause impurities to settle out of the liquid to be treated, said settling assembly includes a plurality of settling members forming said plurality of inclined liquid passageways; (b) at least one vibrator operably associated with said settling assembly to vibrate at least a portion of said settling assembly to improve filtration efficiency of said settling assembly; and, (c) said setting assembly further including a plurality of transmission members for transmitting a vibration force generated by said vibrator, each of said plurality of transmission members being in direct contact with one of said plurality of settling members to transmit a vibration force generated by said vibrator to a corresponding one of said plurality of settling members to remove impurities on the corresponding one of said plurality of settling members, at least a portion of each of said transmission members extends above an uppermost portion of the corresponding one of said plurality of settling members, each of the plurality of transmission member being disposed between a right side and a left side of the corresponding settling member.