Stormwater siphon cube
OwnerThomas M Coleinventor
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Abstract
To provide a portable device capable of capturing a flow of water from a stream, storm drain or runoff channel, on command and send that captured water into a pipe system, while allowing remote adjustment of the capture and flow rates out of the cube device, the stormwater syphon cube includes a rock grate to prevent stormwater borne objects from entering the device, and an exit valve adjustable via cable control, a side extraction valve adjustable via cable control to adjust the water flow into the extraction pipe, and extraction pipe attached to the cube to carry extracted water away to storage. The sealed exit pipe acts as a syphon drawing water out of the cube.
Claims3
A stormwater siphon cube, comprising;
- an elongated cube shaped diverter device (cube) configured for installation in at least one of river bed or water channel wherein stormwater flows into the entrance of said diverter device;
- comprising,
- a rock screening grate and with a series of internal valves configured to channel water at least one of straight through said cube and back to the stream or to divert water out through a side port extraction pipe which carries said water diagonally at a shallow angle and out of the water channel or river bed via gravity;
- a plurality of valves and plates within said cube comprising an exit valve located at the back end of said cube comprising of a plate with an axel attached to the interior of said cube;
- a retractable cable which configured to at least one of close the exit plate valve against the top edge of said cube by a cable pulling or releasing said exit valve plate to drop via gravity and water pressure and lay flat against the bottom of said cube thereby allowing water to pass through said cube unhindered;
- a second valve comprising a series of plates on hinges wherein one hinge is attached on the side and at the upper portion of said cube and configured to react to a cable retraction wherein said second valve plates are configured to lift and fold up against the top inside surface of said cube and thus allow water within said cube to leave via a side extraction pipe and when said cable is released said plates will unfold and drop via gravity to form a flat barrier hanging against the side wall of said cube and thereby act to close off water flow out of the side port extraction pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.