MY158592A - Suction cutter de-sludge assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

THE SUCTION CUTTER DE-SLUDGE ASSEMBLY (1) OF THE PRESENT INVENTION COMPRISES A PRIME MOVER (9), A PLURALITY OF CONNECTED SHAFTS (20) WITH A CUTTER (25) FASTENED TO THE LOWER END, A PLURALITY OF CONNECTED EXTENSION HOUSINGS (19) WITH IT LOWER OPENING POSITIONED CLOSE TO AND ABOVE SAID CUTTER (25) AND A PUMP (16) WITH ITS SUCTION INLET (18) CONNECTED TO THE TOP OPENING OF SAID PLURALITY OF CONNECTED EXTENSION HOUSINGS (19) AND WITH ITS DISCHARGE OUTLET CONNECTING A DISCHARGE PIPING (27).THE CUTTER (25) WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUMP (16), BOTH DRIVEN BY THE PRIME MOVER (9), WITH SAID CUTTER (25) TO DISLODGE AND TO AGITATE THE SLUDGE AND WITH SAID PUMP (16) TO REMOVE BY SUCTION, THROUGH THE PLURALITY OF CONNECTED EXTENSION HOUSINGS (19), SAID DISLODGED SLUDGE TOGETHER WITH THE SURROUNDING LIQUID FOR DISCHARGE THROUGH THE DISCHARGE PIPING (27) FOR DEPOSITION TO A DESIGNATED SITE.THE POSITIONS OF THE CUTTER (25) AND THE LOWER OPENING OF THE PLURALITY OF CONNECTED EXTENSION HOUSINGS (19) CAN BE ADJUSTABLY POSITIONED TO SUITABLE DEPTHS TO WORK ON THE SETTLED SLUDGE.THE SUCTION CUTTER DE-SLUDGE ASSEMBLY (1) IS MOUNTED AND SECURED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION ONTO A PLATFORM (30) THAT IS SECURED ON TOP OF A PLURALITY OF PONTOONS (31) TO SUPPORT SAID PLATFORM (30) AFLOAT ON A POND WHERE SLUDGE AT THE BOTTOM ARE TO BE TREATED.