Apparatus for separating and conveying of animal house waste materials

A liquid and solid material handling structure comprising:

• an elongated floor adapted to accommodate liquid and solid materials, said floor having a first end and a second end, means located below said floor having an elongated chamber extended in the direction of said floor, said floor having a longitudinal slit open to said chamber allowing liquid on the floor to drain into said chamber, means located adjacent the first end of the floor to receive solid material moved from the floor, means located adjacent the second end of the floor to receive liquid from the chamber, a frame movably supported on the floor, scraper means connected to the frame, said scraper means movable to a first position adjacent the floor to move solid material located on the floor to the means to receive solid material, and movable from the first position to a second position above the floor, first means connected to the frame and extended through the slit into the chamber, second means located in the chamber movably connected to the first means, said second means movable to a first position to move liquid in the chamber to the means to receive liquid and from the first position to a second position, power means for selectively moving the frame in first and second directions along the length of the floor, said power means selectively operable to move the frame in the first direction along the length of the floor whereby said scraper means moves solid material on the floor to the means to receive solid material and to move the frame in the second direction along the length of the floor whereby said second means moves liquid in the chamber to the means to receive liquid, and connecting means attaching the frame and power means, said connecting means operable to move the scraper means to its second position when the power means moves the frame in the second direction whereby the scraper means does not move solid material on the floor.