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US 5,510,028 AGranted
Device for separating liquids
OwnerDelmar A. Kuhlmaninventor
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Abstract
A device for separating liquids has a side wall enclosing an interior space. A bottom is connected to the side wall adjacent a lower edge of the side wall and has an aperture formed therein at a position above the lower edge. The bottom extends upwardly and inwardly toward the aperture such that as the device is forced downwardly into a combination of liquids, a liquid floating on top of another different liquid is forced through the aperture and contained by the side wall and the bottom portion.
Claims17
A device for separating liquids comprising:
- A side wall enclosing an interior space;
- a bottom connected to said side wall adjacent a lower edge of said side wall, said bottom having an aperture formed therein at a position above said lower edge, said bottom extending upwardly and inwardly toward said aperture such that as the device is forced downwardly into a combination of liquids, a liquid floating on top of another different liquid is forced through said aperture and contained by said side wall and said bottom;
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- a screen filter positioned adjacent said lower edge of said side wall such that liquid passes through said screen filter before reaching said aperture.
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A device for separating liquids comprising:
- a side wall enclosing an interior space;
- a bottom connected to said side wall adjacent a lower edge of said side wall, said bottom having an aperture formed therein at a location above said lower edge, said bottom also having a lower surface which forms a downwardly facing first cavity for forcing liquid through said aperture when the device is forced downwardly into a combination of liquids;
- wherein said side wall and an upper surface of said bottom form a second cavity for receiving a liquid that has been separated from the combination of liquids;
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- a screen filter positioned adjacent said lower edge of said side wall such that liquid passes through said screen filter before reaching said aperture.
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A device for separating fluids comprising:
- a circular side wall;
- a conical-shaped bottom, said bottom connected to said side wall adjacent a lower edge of said side wall, said bottom also including an aperture formed adjacent the apex of the conical-shaped bottom;
- at least one handle attached to said side wall;
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- a screen filter positioned adjacent said lower edge of said side wall such that liquid passes through said screen filter before reaching said aperture,
- wherein, when the device is forced downwardly into a combination of liquids, a liquid floating on top of another different liquid is forced through said aperture and is collected in a cavity formed by said bottom and said side wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.