Skimmer for square settling tank
CA 1083977 A · Owner: Dorr-Oliver Incorporated · Inventors: Wooh, Thomas
Overview
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In a continuously operating square settling tank the provision of scum skimming devices wherein a pivotally mounted corner exploring skimmer member is swingable in a predetermined horizontal plane, while kept in contact with the peripheral scum baffle during rotation of the supporting rake structure. This skimmer member forms with the scum baffle a scum collecting pocket whereby when the thus collected scum is pushed up along the slope of a ramp, it is trapped and thereby contained on the ramp for delivery into a receiving box connected to the ramp. The scum collecting effectiveness of the skimmer member may be enhanced by the additional provision of a directional skimmer blade …
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- Granted August 19, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 19, 1997.
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