Liquid purification or separation – Flow – fluid pressure or material level – responsive – Float
Patent
1986-10-20
1987-09-22
Fisher, Richard V.
Liquid purification or separation
Flow, fluid pressure or material level, responsive
Float
2102421, 210523, 210923, B01D 1700
Patent
active
046953760
ABSTRACT:
A floating decanter apparatus including a float adapted to buoyantly support the decanter apparatus, a decanter receptacle disposed below the float and having an open top surrounded by a peripheral upper decanter rim and outlet means for decanted liquid communicating with said decanter receptacle at a level below said decanter rim. The decanter receptacle is mounted on the float for movement toward and away from the underside of the float and a power operated actuator is mounted on the float and operatively connected to the decanter receptacle for selectively moving the decanter receptacle from a lower position in the decanter rim spaced below the underside of the float to a raised position to seal the decanter rim to the underside of the float.
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Astrom Gordon L.
Shubert Wesley M.
Weis Ronald J.
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.
Fisher Richard V.
Jordan Richard D.
Pillote Vernon J.
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