Apparatus for removing magnetic materials

A magnetic material removal system, comprising:

• a container containing a liquid solution, said liquid solution having magnetic material therein;
• a self contained apparatus partially submerged in said liquid solution, said apparatus including:
• a frame supporting a first pulley submerged in said liquid solution and a second pulley distal said first pulley, said second pulley not submerged in said liquid solution and disposed upward and away from said first pulley;
• an endless conveyor belt rotating about said first pulley and said second pulley, said conveyor belt being partially submerged in said liquid solution and having a plurality of protruding generally U shaped protrusions integrally formed on an outward facing surface thereof;
• wherein the submerged portion of said conveyor belt is in free communication with said liquid solution in said container,
• wherein said conveyor belt has an upper forward run moving in a forward direction from said first pulley to said second pulley and a lower rearward run moving in a rearward direction from said second pulley to said first pulley, and
• wherein the entirety of said forward run is linear and at an angle from thirty to sixty degrees with respect to the top of said liquid solution;
• a longitudinally extending magnet housing interposed between said forward run of said conveyor belt and said rearward run of said conveyor belt and interposed between said first pulley and said second pulley;
• at least one longitudinally extending magnet substantially sealingly enclosed in said magnet housing;
• a scraper assembly adjacent said second pulley and located entirely longitudinally beyond said at least one longitudinally extending magnet housing, said scraper assembly having a rotating magnetic drum and a scraper immediately adjacent said magnetic drum.