Patent ID: 7201849

Claim:
Lamellar clarifier of the type comprising: a) a tank for liquid to be clarified, said tank comprising walls, b) a conductor that conducts said liquid into a lower region of said tank, c) an evacuator that evacuates said liquid from an upper region of said tank, d) a plurality of clarifier plates disposed inside said tank, said plates being substantially parallel and regularly spaced to define a plurality of passages between said lower region and said upper region, e) hollow tubular members fastened to said plates, said hollow tubular members comprising inside walls, and f) pendular supporting members between said tubular members and said tank for supporting said tubular members such that said tubular members and their fastened clarifier plates may pivot in a pendular manner about said supporting members, said pendular supporting members comprising fingers fastened to the walls of said tank, wherein: said inside walls of the hollow tubular members rest on said fingers.