Abstract: A sump cleaner (10) is disclosed including a filter cartridge (26) adapted for easy removal and dumping. A lifting fitting (40) is provided on the filter cartridge (26) so that it can easily be lifted from the sump cleaner (10) to be emptied through its bottom door (56) and the filter shell (46) of the filter cartridge (26) is provided with a tapered geometry to prevent jamming or bridging of the filtered material during the dumping operation.

Abstract: A method of inserting a stack of interconnected corrugated plates, into a housing having spaced side walls is disclosed which utilizes the distortability of resilient material making up the corrugated plates to change at least one dimension of the stack and permit insertion of the stack in the housing. A combination of the first distorted and then released stack, with the housing is also disclosed. The method of inserting and stack with housing combination is useful in liquid separators for separating liquids at different densities.

Abstract: The device is a hollow annular member bounding a liquid flow passageway. The member has a gas inlet and a row of apertures around the throat of the passageway to emit gas bubbles into the liquid to induce an upward flow of gasified liquid. The base of the hollow is weighted and the device is freely suspended by a line in the liquid. The suspending line passes freely through a horizontal tube suspension point effectively rigid with the member and a substantial distance above the member. This improves stability of the device against bodily movements and oscillations due to flow reactions, and enables level placement of the suspended device in a desired location.

Abstract: A filter system comprising a tank and a cage assembly releasably mounted therein. The cage assembly comprises a tube plate and a plurality of filter tubes projecting upwardly therefrom. A plurality of replaceable cartridges are telescoped over each of the tubes. Below the tubes is a plenum chamber for receiving filtered fluid. The entire cage assembly is removable from the filter tank by providing lifting trunnions on the cage assembly and by providing a yoke assembly for lifting the cage assembly out by the trunnions. The yoke assembly will automatically grasp the trunnions when it is inserted in the filter tank. A safety mechanism is provided for securing the yoke assembly on the trunnions.When the cage assembly is lifted out of the filter tank, a mechanism is provided for automatically tilting the cage assembly to dump the filter cartridges from the cage assembly. The cage assembly is then secured on a pallet which can be moved to another location for reloading clean filter cartridges on the filter tubes.

Abstract: An apparatus for treatment of waste water in a body such as a lagoon in which a submerged aeration device is suspended from a floating platform. Air is supplied to the aeration device by a conduit passing through the buoyant base of the platform to a central opening so that the conduit is an integral, structural part of the platform.

Abstract: An aerator for bodies of water having a housing with a concave top wall, an annular buoyant core and a plurality of aerator pumps which draw water from beneath the core and spray the water in vertically spaced sheets onto the top wall of the housing. A telescoping tube extends from the central opening of the top wall down through the core and down near the bottom of the lake. An impeller is provided in the telescoping tube for driving the water down through the tube and out through the outlet opening thereof. A heater is provided below the top wall and on the outside edges of the aerator pump to prevent ice formation thereon. A screened enclosure is provided beneath the buoyant core through which filtered water can be drawn by the aerator pump. A plurality of legs are adjustably secured to the housing for supporting the housing on the bottom of the lake bed.

Abstract: A system for the removal and disposal of debris from the water intake of power plants or the like is disclosed. The system includes a strainer basket having pivoted, separable sections movable from an abutting position to an open position; the sections are biased to the abutting position, in the preferred form, by gravitational forces acting upon the basket sections and their contents. The system further includes structure for opening the separable portions of the basket to empty the contents into a suitable disposal receptacle; a preferred opening device is a member adapted to be positioned on the debris-receiving receptacle and having cam surfaces for separating the basket sections. The system contemplates placement of the strainer basket in a bellow-ground location and a hoist for lifting the basket for emptying.

Abstract: The separating apparatus includes a cartridge-type separator disposed in a tank and having a series of vertically extending and horizontally spaced baffles which cause still channels to exist downstream of the baffles. Rows of vertically spaced vanes are located in the spaces between the baffles with the vanes in alternate rows being inclined downwardly in opposite directions. Water flowing to the separator is deflected to the vanes by the baffles and, as the water flows between the vanes, flotable and settleable substances in the water contact the vanes and are directed into the still channels so as to either float or sink from the separator. Every other still channel serves exclusively as an escape duct for flotable substances while the intervening still channels serve exclusively as escape ducts for settleable substances.

Abstract: A system for filtering hydraulic fluid wherein a high flow rate of uncontaminated fluid is required. A filling facility is provided for initial filling or for the addition of make-up fluid to the system which facility assures that such added fluid must pass through a filtration unit prior to integration with fluid already in the system. A by-pass valve is provided to provide pressure relief in the event that the filtration unit becomes clogged during use. The valve, along with an accompanying coarse filtration unit, are readily manually removable from the system for cleaning or repair.

Abstract: A filter assembly capable of being removably disposed in a resilient hose adjacent a cooling liquid inlet to an automotive radiator for removing foreign particle material entrained with the cooling liquid as the latter circulates, and by such removal permitting the liquid to perform its intended function at maximum efficiency. The assembly includes a generally cylindrical rigid member that serves a two-fold purpose, namely, that of providing a support for a cone-shaped resilient screen, and also as a support for a V-shaped handle. The handle permits inserting of the assembly in a hose and removal therefrom without appreciable stressing of the screen. Stressing of the screen is highly undesirable, as it may result in permanent damage being done thereto.

Abstract: A separator for solid particles from a liquid, such as a dirty industrial machine tool coolant, comprising a settling tank with one or more frames or assemblies of horizontally extending tubular filters and means to removably clamp such frames against a side of the settling tank over suction outlets. Each of the filter frames comprises a chamber into which all of the tubular filters communicate, which chamber is provided with a gasket that is pressed against the vertical wall of the settling tank around an outlet therefrom. Socks may be provided for the tubular filters, which socks may contain seams that are aligned in vertical planes for the easy severance of the cakes of solid particles which build up upon them. A bottom drag out conveyor may be provided for the settling tank and a suction pump draws the liquid through the filters into an adjacent clean tank.