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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Herman Toft, Stoke-on-Trent, GB;
Assignee:
Simon-Hartley Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210521 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for separating oil from a mixture of oil and water wherein a stream of the mixture is directed along an upwardly inclined inverted channel to separate the oil from the mixture by contact of the oil with the under-surface of the channel for flow upwardly in the channel, and wherein the oil is collected from the upper longitudinal end of the channel and wherein the remainder of the stream is allowed to fall downwardly out of the channel.