Abstract: An apparatus for the removal of objects and other debris from cement that is pumped via a concrete pump includes a secondary screen that is pivotally attached at one end thereof to a concrete pump a predetermined distance above a grate that is disposed over a hopper, the screen having a smaller opening size than that of the grate. An opposite end of the screen is urged toward an opposite end of the hopper by a pair of elastomeric straps. A pair of upraised sides are included at a top and bottom of the screen, the screen having a planar member that is disposed at a steeper angle than is the grate. When cement is poured it first contacts and passes through the secondary screen which automatically descends and rises, thereby maximizing the flow rate of cement through the screen as the objects are removed from the mixture.

Abstract: A litter cleaning apparatus that has a large new litter receptacle, a waste receptacle and a cleaned and reclaimed litter receptacle. Brand new, or recycled, litter is introduced into the new litter receptacle and is opened at the bottom to release litter into a litter pan when necessary or when used litter is seen to be uncleanable. Used, soiled litter is taken from litter boxes and poured over a separator screen. Cleaned litter will fall through while waste can be dumped off the screen into the adjacent waste receptacle. The cleaned litter receptacle can be emptied from the bottom in order to fill litter pans individually or to empty the litter directly into a recycling bucket. The apparatus can be wheeled about from area or area on a large animal raising installation.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for separating bodies from a liquid in which the liquid is passed through a filter and the bodies to be separated are accumulated on the filter. The filter forms an upper bounding limit of a space therebeneath which is alternately subjected to pressure and vacuum relative to the ambient region above the filter. This is achieved according to one embodiment by producing a reciprocal movement of the filter in the form of an oscillating or pendular movement. The pressurization in the space produces separation of the bodies accumulated on the upper surface of the filter to facilitate their discharge from the filter. The separated bodies can be assisted for discharge by mechanical elements and/or by producing wave motion in the liquid.