# US 11,027,986 B2 · Environmental waste water filtering system

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- Number: US 11,027,986 B2
- Document ID: US11027986B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/669,932
- Filed: 2019-10-31
- Published: 2020-06-18
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-27
- Applicants: Bryce Paul Bell; Tom Bell
- Inventors: Bryce Paul Bell; Tom Bell
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027986B2

## CPC

- C02F 1/001: {Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance (C02F1/44 takes precedence; construction of filters in general B01D24/00 - B01D41/00)}
- B01D 29/27: Filter bags
- B67C 11/02: without discharge valves
- B01D 2201/24: Tools used for the removal of filters
- C02F 2103/12: from the silicate or ceramic industries, e.g. waste waters from cement or glass factories
- C02F: TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE (separation in general B01D; special arrangements on waterborne vessels of installations for treating water, waste water or sewage, e.g. for producing fresh water, B63J; adding materials to water to prevent corrosion C23F; treating radioactively-contaminated liquids G21F9/04; regeneration of reactants for recirculation into processes, see the relevant places for the processes)
- B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28)
- B67C: CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS

## Abstract

An environmental waste water filtering system, including a bucket, the inside of which tapers into a funnel portion that leads to a strainer. The funnel has an exit tube that extends 3 inches below the bucket wall and may be inserted into a drain such as a toilet drain pipe. The inside of the bucket and funnel portion forms a fluid debris chamber. When fluid containing particulate matter is poured into the fluid debris chamber, the particulate matter is removed from the fluid portion as the fluid passes through the strainer and then into the toilet drain pipe. Once all fluid drains from the fluid debris chamber, the captured debris may be poured into a trash bag and disposed of. Optionally, a disposable straining filter bag may be positioned in the fluid debris chamber so that even finer particulate matter is removed from the fluid for disposal with the bag.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An environmental waste water filtering system, comprising:
a bucket having a wall with an inside surface and an outside surface, a top opening and a bottom opening, said inside surface defining a fluid debris chamber;
a funnel in said bucket, said funnel having an input in communication with said fluid debris chamber, said funnel having a neck and an exit tube, said exit tube in communication with said neck, said exit tube extending from said neck, said exit tube extending below said bottom opening, said exit tube insertable into a drain in a floor on which said bucket can be set; and
a strainer in said neck;
wherein fluid, said fluid containing a fluid portion and particulate matter, can be introduced through said top opening into said fluid debris chamber, said fluid can flow from said fluid debris chamber through said input and through said funnel to said strainer in said neck, wherein said strainer retains said particulate matter and allows said fluid portion to pass through said strainer to said exit tube, wherein said fluid portion passes through said exit tube into said drain.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 1, wherein the strainer comprises a mesh screen.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 1, wherein said funnel further comprises an upper circumference and a flange extending downward from said upper circumference.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 3, wherein said bucket further comprises an inner wall, and wherein said flange of said funnel sits flush against said inner wall of said bucket.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 4, wherein said bucket is tapered, and wherein said flange is tapered whereby said funnel sits in said bucket at a position in which said exit tube extends below said bottom opening of said bucket.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 5, wherein said flange is further affixed to said inner wall using epoxy.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 5, wherein said flange is further affixed to said inner wall using rivets.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 5, wherein said bucket further comprises:
a top width of approximately 11 and three-quarters inches;
a bottom width of approximately 10 and one-half inches; and
a height of approximately 14 inches.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 1, wherein said bottom opening comprises a size and said exit tube comprises a size, wherein said size of said bottom opening and said size of said exit tube allow said bucket to be placed over a drain with a toilet flange, said exit tube inserted into said drain, and said bottom opening of said bucket extending around said toilet flange.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a filtering bag comprising an opening, wherein said filtering bag is placed in said fluid debris chamber with said opening of said filtering bag secured around said top opening, and wherein said filtering bag collects particulate matter.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 10, wherein the filtering bag further comprises a securing feature configured to secure the bag opening in an open configuration about the top opening of the bucket.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 11, wherein the securing feature comprises a drawstring.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 11, wherein the securing feature comprises elastic.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 10, wherein the filtering bag is a paint straining bag for straining paint for spray application.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 10, wherein the filtering bag is reusable.

### Claim 16

An environmental waste water filtering system, comprising:
a bucket having a wall with an inside surface and an outside surface, a top opening having a top opening width and a bottom opening having a bottom opening width smaller than said top opening width, said inside surface defining a fluid debris chamber;
a funnel in said bucket, said funnel having an input in communication with said fluid debris chamber, said funnel being conical and tapering down from a top of said funnel to a neck and having an exit tube, said exit tube in communication with said neck, said exit tube extending downward from said neck to below said bottom opening, said exit tube insertable into a drain in a floor on which said bucket can be set; and
a strainer in said neck;
wherein fluid, said fluid containing a fluid portion and particulate matter, can be introduced through said top opening into said fluid debris chamber, said fluid can flow from said fluid debris chamber through said input and through said funnel to said strainer in said neck, wherein said strainer retains said particulate matter and allows said fluid portion to pass through said strainer to said exit tube, wherein said fluid portion passes through said exit tube into said drain.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 16, wherein the bottom opening width is sized to allow the bucket to sit around a drain with a toilet flange.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 16, wherein the strainer comprises a mesh screen.