MULTI-LOUVER

DEWATERING TANKS, SAID TANKS BEING EMPLOYED FOR SEPARATING SOLID MATERIAL IN SLUDGE, AND THE LIKE, FROM WATER, A TYPICAL SEPARATOR CONSISTING OF A TANK FOR RECEIVING SLUDGE FROM A DUST COLLECTOR OR OTHER SLUDGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND BEING PROVIDED WITH A SERIES OF LOUVERS DIRECTED DOWNWARDLY TO PERMIT THE FLOW OF WATER UPWARDLY INTO THE INTERIOR OF A LOUVER-EQUIPPED PASSAGE, SO THAT WATER MAY ESCAPE WHILE THE SLUDGE IS RETAINED IN THE SEPARATOR TANK