Claims
- 1. In combination with a centrifugal liquid pump for transferring and comminuting a slurry including aquatic growths wherein the pump includes a rotatable impeller having structure defining radial passages and radial passage inlets, a suction pipe having a passage having upper and lower internal portions, connection means releasably attaching said suction pipe to said pump, said pump having its axis of impeller rotation aligned with said pipe, a cylindrical intake chamber defined by the radial passages of said pump aligned with said pipe passage, a static shear element in the form of an elongated cantilevered bar mounted at one end upon said pipe with its other end projecting substantially into said chamber adjacent the pump passage inlets in shear relation with the structure defining said passages and passages' inlets, said bar being located in the lower interior portion of said pipe and chamber wherein the density of said slurry due to the effect of gravity is the greatest.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 06/168,145, filed on July 14, 1980 which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 18,105 filed on Mar. 7, 1979, both now abandoned.
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168145 |
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18105 |
Mar 1979 |
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