Passive gravity filter cell and methods of use thereof
AssigneeRobby Galletta Enterprises LLC
InventorRobert J. Galletta, Jr.
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Abstract
A passive filter cell having a basin with a floor and two or more vertical or upright sidewalls forming chute or container having first or left sidewall, second or right sidewall, and third or back sidewall, and fourth or front downwardly curved sidewall, an inlet positioned proximate a top of the fourth or front sidewall and an outlet positioned proximate the top of the third or back sidewall, wherein the floor is configured angled from the fourth or front sidewall to the third or back sidewall, discharge pipe positioned proximate junction between the floor and the third or back sidewall, and lip configured to extend from the top of the third or back sidewall into an interior of the basin.
Claims33
A first passive filter cell for filtering an effluent with suspended substances and dissolved substances, the passive filter cell comprising:
- a basin with a floor and two or more upright sidewalls forming a channel having a first sidewall, a second sidewall, back sidewall, and a front sidewall;
- an inlet positioned proximate a top of said front sidewall to receive the effluent and an outlet positioned proximate said top of said back sidewall to exit the effluent, wherein said front sidewall is downwardly curved from said inlet to said floor;
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- a discharge pipe positioned proximate a junction between said floor and at least one of said first sidewall, said second sidewall, said back sidewall, and said front sidewall, and
- a charged particle precipitation apparatus positioned proximate at least one of said inlet, said first sidewall, said second sidewall, said back sidewall, said front sidewall, and said floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.