SKIMMING MECHANISM FOR RECTANGULAR COLLECTORS

摘要

There is provided a wastewater treatment system comprising arectangular collector, a drive for driving chains for moving at least one flightwithin the rectangular collector, the flight comprising a squeegee, a tracksystem for carrying the flight along a surface of wastewater disposed in thecollector, scum disposal means, and a skimming mechanism disposedbetween the track system and the scum disposal means, the skimmingmechanism comprising a beaching plate for carrying the flight toward thescum disposal means wherein said drive chains moves the flight forperforming both skimming and scraping operations.