摘要 |
<p>In a continuously operating square settling tank, the provision of scum skimming devices wherein a pivotally mounted corner exploring skimmer member is swingable in a predetermined horizontal plane, while kept in contact with the peripheral scum baffle during rotation of the supporting rake structure. This skimmer member forms with the scum baffle a scum collecting pocket whereby when the thus collected scum is pushed up along the slope of a ramp, it is trapped and thereby contained on the ramp for delivery into a receiving box connected to the ramp.</p> |