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US 10,052,573 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for water treatment via vertical water movement through a funnel
AssigneeWears X Pty Ltd
InventorStephen Elliott
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating water in a reservoir includes a funnel. A support assembly supports the funnel in a lengthwise upright orientation when the funnel is submerged. A water moving arrangement is arranged to move water through the funnel in a direction from an inlet at an upper end of the funnel towards an outlet at lower end of the funnel.
Claims16
An apparatus for treating water in a reservoir, comprising:
- a funnel;
- a support assembly for supporting the funnel in a lengthwise upright orientation when the funnel is submerged;
- and
- a water moving arrangement that is arranged to move water through the funnel in a direction from an inlet at an upper end of the funnel towards an outlet at lower end of the funnel,
- wherein the water moving arrangement includes a motor and an impeller connected to the motor, the impeller being located within a cylindrical waist portion of the funnel,
- wherein a flow guide structure is mounted in the funnel, upstream of the impeller,
- wherein the flow guide structure includes flow guide vanes, and
- wherein each flow guide vane has an upstream planar portion and a downstream radially curved portion.
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