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US 5,817,241 AGranted
Method for separating hog sewage into liquid and solid components
OwnerLois F. Brayboyinventor
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Abstract
The present invention entails a hog sewage separator for separating solids within the hog sewage from the water or liquid therein. The sewage separator includes a conveyor having a perforated solids retainer extending thereover so as to define an open channel through which the separated solids are conveyed by the conveyor. Hog sewage directed into the separator unit is separated as the water or liquid flows through the perforated retainer and spills over into an underlying lagoon. The separated solids are conveyed by the separator to a holding tank.
Claims5
A method of separating solid and liquid components of a hog sewage waste stream comprising:
- a) receiving the hog sewage stream through an inlet which directs the sewage stream onto a conveyor assembly, said conveyor assembly forming a part of a liquid-water separator that includes a perforated solids retainer that extends over the conveyor assembly and defines a solids conveying channel between the conveyor and said perforated solids retainer;
- b) directing the liquid component of the hog sewage stream from the conveyor assembly, while retaining the solid components on the conveyor assembly;
- c) conveying and confining the hog sewage solids from the inlet end of the conveyor assembly to the outlet end of the conveyor assembly;
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- d) discharging the hog sewage solids from the conveyor assembly into a solid waste holding tank.
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