(under subclass 422) Apparatus including stationary
perforated or permeable supports to which material is delivered and through which constant currents of liquid are sent so that the heaviest constituents of the material may settle as a stratum while the lighter either form overlying strata or are carried away by the liquid.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
210, Liquid Purification or Separation, appropriate subclasses, particularly
162, for fixed strainers in a flume stream, and subclasses 409+ for fluid cleaning of fixed strainers.