Settling device for separating trub from hot wort

A setting device for separating trub from hot wort liquid, which device includes a container having filling and drain means, a bottom wall, at least one side wall, a top, and an upstanding partition wall dividing the interior of the container into a smaller first space for accommodating a first column of the wort liquid and a larger second space for accommodating a second column of the wort liquid, said partition wall having an upper end in the region of the top of said container and a lower end separated from said bottom wall by a first gap establishing communication between said first and second spaces near the bottom of the container;

• wherein the improvement comprises:
• (a) a top wall member arranged in overlying relation to said second space and said upper end of said partition wall and forming means to screen the surface of the second column of wort liquid against heat loss;
• (b) the underside of said top wall member being spaced from said upper end of said partition wall to define thereat a second gap establishing communication between said first and second spaces adjacent the top of said container;
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• (c) the top of said container over said first space being open to permit heat loss from the uncovered surface of the first column of wort liquid;
• (d) whereby the wort liquid in said first space becomes heavier than the wort liquid in said second space and a gravity-induced circulation of the wort liquid is affected from said first space through said first gap into said second space and from the latter through said second gap into said first space to cause settled trub in said second space to be swept together on said bottom wall of said container.