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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andre A Simone, Denville, NJ (US);
Dennis F Ogren, Verona, NJ (US);
William R Adams, Upper Montclair, NJ (US);
Harold B Kohn, Cedar Grove, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Lummus Company, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; C02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210 83 ; 210522 ;
Abstract
A gravity settler comprised of a housing which encloses a plurality of conically shaped hollow members arranged in vertically spaced horizontally disposed layers, each of such layers containing a plurality of the conical members, with adjacent layers defining therebetween separate gravity settling compartments. Each of the compartments includes a feed inlet(s), overflow outlets for withdrawing clarified liquid and underflow outlets for withdrawing liquid containing solid.