Floating decanter
AssigneeAqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc.
InventorsGordon L. Astrom, Ronald J. Weis, Wesley M. Shubert
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Abstract
A floating decanter apparatus including a float adapted to buoyantly support the decanter apparatus, a decanter receptacle disposed below the float and having an open top surrounded by a peripheral upper decanter rim and outlet means for decanted liquid communicating with said decanter receptacle at a level below said decanter rim. The decanter receptacle is mounted on the float for movement toward and away from the underside of the float and a power operated actuator is mounted on the float and operatively connected to the decanter receptacle for selectively moving the decanter receptacle from a lower position in the decanter rim spaced below the underside of the float to a raised position to seal the decanter rim to the underside of the float.
Claims13
A floating decanter apparatus comprising, float means for buoyantly supporting the decanter apparatus in a body of liquid and having an underside, a decanter receptacle disposed below the float means and having an open top surrounded by a peripheral upper decanter rim and outlet means for decanted liquid communicating with said decanter receptacle at a level below said decanter rim, discharge means communicating with said outlet means for discharging decanted liquid from the decanter receptacle, means mounting the decanter receptacle on the float means for movement toward and away from the underside of the float means, seal means operative when the decanter receptacle is moved toward the float means to a preselected raised position for sealing the decanter rim to the underside of the float means sufficient to at least substantially prevent flow of liquid from the body of liquid into the decanter receptacle;
- and power operated actuator means mounted on the float and operatively connecting to the decanter receptacle for selectively moving the decanter receptacle from a lower position in which the decanter rim spaced below the underside of the float means to said preselected raised position to seal the decanter rim to the underside of the float means.
A floating decanter apparatus comprising float means adapted to float in a body of liquid and having upper and lower sides, a decanter receptacle disposed below the float means and having an open top surrounded by a peripheral decanter rim and outlet means for decanted liquid communication with the decanter receptacle at a level below the decanter rim, an elongated guide member on the decanter receptacle extending generally perpendicular to a plane through the decanter rim at a location centrally of the rim, guide means on the float slidably engaging said guide member and mounting the decanter receptacle on the float means for movement toward and away from the float means, linear actuator means mounted on the float means and having a reversible electric drive motor, means operatively connecting the linear actuator means to the member to move the decanter receptacle from a lower position in which the decanter rim is spaced below the underside of the float means and a preselected raised position, and seal means operative when the decanter receptacle is in said preselected raised position for sealing the decanter rim to the underside of the float means sufficient to at least substantially prevent flow of liquid from the body of liquid into the decanter receptacle.
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