Abstract: An assembly for separating particulate matter from an influent carrier comprises a perforated plate for separating an inner compartment from an outer compartment, and for transferring the influent between the inner and outer compartment with a minimum amount of a convective momentum that is associated with disturbing the settling matter. In practicing the process, suspensions are introduced into the assembly at the inner compartment. An agitator subassembly, within the inner compartment, sequentially fast mixes and slow mixes the influent to respectively insure mixing of the influent with additives and to promote agglomeration of the suspensions. Flow paths in the perforated plate function to cancel all velocity components of the momentum, except for vertical downward acting velocity components, thereby maximizing the rate of settlementation.

Abstract: A fluid filter apparatus has a standard filter element in it and its usual end gaskets are utilized to rotate the filter by a rotating shaft and to provide a frictionless bearing against the housing interior.

Abstract: A frame structure having a pre-dewatering unit fixedly mounted thereon and a final-dewatering and inspection table unit movably mounted thereon. The pre-dewatering unit includes a vertically extending receiving compartment through which the mixture of water and vegetables passes upwardly from bottom to top and a pre-dewatering chute adapted to receive the mixture flowing over the top of the receiving chamber. The pre-dewatering chute includes an upper chamber and a lower chamber separated by a screen member. The screen member is positioned at an angle to the horizontal so that the solid material in the mixture will pass over the top surface of the screen member and a substantial portion of the liquid material will pass through the screen member into the lower chamber. The final-dewatering and inspection table unit includes a final-dewatering section and an inspection table section, both of which are vibrated by a suitable vibratory means.

Abstract: A waste water treatment apparatus of the type in which a carriage support rail extends across the top of the tank intermediate the side walls of the tank and a carriage is mounted on the rail and driven by a carriage drive including an endless chain which reciprocates the carriage along the rail, and a tank cleaning head is mounted on the carriage for movement along a path adjacent the bottom of the tank. The carriage support rail is in the form of a box-shaped beam having inwardly directed flanges at its underside and the chain is mounted inside the box-shaped beam to be protectively enclosed in the beam and the carriage has wheel mounting portions extending upwardly into the beam at opposite sides of the chain and carriage support wheels mounted on the wheel mounting portions inside the beam and in rolling engagement with the flanges on the beam to support the carriage for movement therealong.

Abstract: A filtering system for the treatment of radioactive fluids, comprising filters with interchangeable filtering elements, positioned within a casing. The casing has a cover and the filter assembly is housed inside a radiation shielding chamber provided with an access opening. At least one opening is provided in the chamber wall opposite the filter which is closed with a removable filter casing cover. The casing cover is shaped to be received in the shielding chamber opening and when in position seals the casing. The cover is also designed to be received by a shielded cask for the transportation of the said filtering element when the spent element is removed and replaced. The filter element is suspended from the cover and hence is removed from the casing simultaneous with the removal of the cover. In the method according to this invention, removal of spent elements is effected without subjecting personnel to high radiation dosage since the filter elements are shielded at all times during removal.

Abstract: A combination device permitting filtering of an air-sand mixture or an air-metal liquid mixture at the moment of filling a foundry mold, as well as ejection of the molded part, wherein a filtering element, composed of a spiral spring with spaces between its turns, is mounted and centered in the mold. This filtering element centers and guides an ejector, driven by an ejection striker plate. In the process of ejection, the elongation of the spring widens the spaces between its turns, thus freeing bits of sand or metal caught between the turns, to provide self-cleaning. The device can be used in foundries to make mold cores and to mold light-alloy parts by gravity or low pressure in metal molds.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention there is provided a mouth filter for use with pipettes to insure that none of the liquid or any of the bacteria in the liquid being drawn into the pipette reach the mouth of the technician applying the suction. The filter comprises an organic resin housing having a filter membrane therein which divides the housing into an inlet chamber and an exit chamber, the filter membrane being hydrophobic and constituting a bacteria barrier. The housing has tubular extensions extending from the oppositely disposed axial end walls thereof. A tube is secured to one extension of the housing and is adapted to be secured in communicating relationship with a pipette into which the liquid is to be drawn. Connected to the other housing extension is a mouthpiece for mouth-applied suction by the technician, which suction is communicated through the filter membrane and tube to the pipette.

Abstract: A unitary device for purifying water and other fluids embodying an annular filter surrounding an elongate tube which in turn surrounds and cooperates with an elongate ultraviolet lamp to form a flow channel for fluid to be irradiated. Fluid passing through the filter is conveyed through the flow channel along the length of the lamp to effect sterilization. The lamp is encased in a film of material having non-stick characteristics with respect to the fluid being treated, such as fluorinated ethylene propylene, to prevent buildup of scale and other contamination on the surface of the lamp which would otherwise reduce transmission of ultraviolet rays to the fluid. The lamp assembly is constructed as a replaceable removable unit which is adapted to be mounted in reversed endwise position to accommodate the device for different types of installations.

Abstract: A device used to recycle used engine lubricating oil for addition to the fuel oil burned by a compression ignition engine includes a pump for pumping used lubricating oil from the engine sump. A filter removes contaminates from the oil before it is pumped to a chamber where it is mixed with fuel oil supplied by another pump and fed to the engine fuel tank. Pressure reducing orifices between the pumps and the mixing chamber insure that both pumps will operate to pump liquid regardless of the operation of the other pump.

Abstract: Process for dewatering thickened sludge comprising the steps of depositing thickened sludge onto a porous support, partially dewatering the thickened sludge by establishing a vacuum within said porous support, compressing the partially dewatered sludge on said porous support at a pressure of from 1 to 10 kp/cm.sup.2 to further dewater the sludge and to form a sludge cake, compressing the sludge cake on the porous support at a pressure of from 10 to 300 kp/cm.sup.2 to further dewater the sludge cake and discharging the dewatered sludge cake from the porous support.

Abstract: A container having a sealed chamber for receiving an ampule containing a parenteral solution. The container device has a luer tapered connector for connection with a luer tapered coupling element of another device, such as a hypodermic syringe barrel tip. Between the connector and the chamber is a filter for filtering the parenteral solution as it is discharged from the ampule. The container device may be formed of a pliable material such that a glass ampule within the chamber can be broken by hand-squeezing the container. The container may also be formed of a pair of relatively rigid threadedly coupled members with a glass ampule between the members and such that the two members can be rotated to move the members together and break the glass ampule. The container device may also be provided with a pair of threadedly coupled upper and lower relatively rigid members having a seal on the interior of the upper member engaged with the open end of the ampule.