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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1980
Richard E Doerr, Morgantown, WV (US);
Hilbert D Dahl, McMurray, PA (US);
Ronald W Umphrey, Fairmont, WV (US);
Conoco Inc., Ponca City, OK (US);
Abstract
A slurry recovery sump apparatus is formed from a substantially vertical sidewall and a substantially circular horizontal cross-section and includes a bottom. A support extends diametrically across the sump and above the sump, a material input is mounted between the sidewall and the vertical axis of the sump and is attached to the support, a slurry removal apparatus is mounted to the support between the sidewall and the sump vertical axis on the opposite side from the material input. Apparatus is provided for rotating the sump support around the vertical axis and additional apparatus is provided for moving the sump removal apparatus in a prescribed manner to empty the material being deposited into the sump by the material input.