| 摘要 |
Apparatus for facilitating separation of the liquid and the particulate matter of a sludge mixture. The apparatus including an upright container for receiving a supply of the sludge mixture, said container having inlet means for receiving a supply of said sludge mixture at an elevated sludge receiving zone within the container, a liquid discharge means extending between the interior and exterior of the container engaged to said container about a liquid discharge zone vertically beneath said receiving zone for controlling discharge of liquid from said container and a particulate discharge zone vertically beneath said liquid discharge zone for discharging particulate matter from said container; a plunger member within the interior of the container, the plunger member being movable reciprocably within the container intermediate said sludge receiving zone and said particulate discharge zone; drive means engaged to the plunger member for driving the plunger member vertically within the container between said zones; collector means engaged to the container about the particulate discharge zone for retaining accumulations of the particulate matter; and conveyance means for conveying the collector means from said container to the exterior of the container; said plunger member further including sealant means for sealing said container about the bottom of the liquid discharge zone when said collector means is removed from said particulate discharge zone.
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