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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Ronald C Jackson, Wyoming, MI (US);
Robert D Faber, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Donald W Bushman, Caledonia, MI (US);
Amway Corporation, Ada, MI (US);
Abstract
Soil separation apparatus includes a container, such as a bucket, from which cleaning liquid is taken and to which that liquid is returned after is has been used for dirt removal. The container is provided with a soil separator. The separator has at least one associated projection and depression, and preferably, a plurality of associated projections and depressions. The separator is positioned in the container to receive dirt settling under gravity from the contained liquid and, in particular, onto the depressions. The form and structure of the separator is such that disturbance of the liquid in the container does not wash the collected dirt back out into the main body of liquid to a significant extent.