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US 12,715,798 B2Granted
Multiple chamber septic tank with a plurality of large and small access ports
AssigneeKleanTu LLC
InventorsJohn R. Smith, Ron Keffer, Robert Horger, Andrew C. Middleton, Robin L. Weightman, Peter Goodale, Richard Donahue
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Abstract
A septic tank system includes a multiple compartmented (or chambered) supplemental tank. The supplemental tank has a cover/lid with a plurality of strategically situated access holes (both small and large ports) for servicing the various chambers from above ground.
Claims17
A wastewater aeration system comprising:
- a wastewater tank having a water input and a water output;
- a first aeration encasing channel in the tank, the first encasing channel comprising a first flexible aeration tube within it, the first encasing channel having a first entrance, the first entrance sized to permit the first flexible aeration tube to pass through the first entrance, the first aeration encasing channel having an upright section and a nonupright section, the nonupright section sized to receive the first flexible aeration tube at a first end and having piping connected at a second end, the piping having an upright portion leading to an access port on a top of the wastewater tank;
- a first line connected to the first flexible aeration tube and accessible through the first entrance and a second line connected to the first flexible aeration tube and accessible through the access port;
- a second aeration encasing channel in the tank, the second encasing channel comprising a second flexible aeration tube within it, the second encasing channel having a second entrance, the second entrance sized to permit the second flexible aeration tube to pass through the second entrance, the second aeration encasing channel having an upright section and a nonupright section, the nonupright section sized to receive the second flexible aeration tube;
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- an air pump connected to deliver air to the first flexible aeration tube,
- wherein the first flexible aeration tube is configured to move via the first line or the second line within the upright section and the nonupright section of the first aeration encasing channel.
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A wastewater treatment system comprising:
- a first settlement treatment tank, the settlement treatment tank having a first wastewater input and a first wastewater output;
- and
- a second tank, the second tank coupled to receive water from the first wastewater output, the second tank comprising a first chamber, a second aeration chamber, and a third denitrification chamber, the second aeration chamber comprising a push-pull tube, the push-pull tube comprising a curved portion and a diffusing tube, and an aeration tube positioned within the push-pull tube, the aeration tube sized for movement within the push-pull tube;
- wherein the second tank further comprises a first access port, the first access port providing access to the push-pull tube and the aeration tube from outside of the second tank,
- wherein the second tank has a top and a second access port, the first access port and the second access port providing access to the push-pull tube and the aeration tube from outside of the second tank, and
- wherein a first cord is coupled to the aeration tube and a second cord is coupled to the aeration tube, the first cord reachable through a first end of the push-pull tube and the second cord reachable through a second end of the push-pull tube.
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A wastewater aeration system comprising:
- a wastewater tank having a water input and a water output;
- a first aeration encasing channel in the tank, the first encasing channel comprising a first flexible aeration tube within it, the first encasing channel having a first entrance, the first entrance sized to permit the first flexible aeration tube to pass through the first entrance, the first aeration encasing channel having an upright section and a nonupright section, the nonupright section sized to receive the first flexible aeration tube;
- a line coupled to the first flexible aeration tube;
- and
- an air pump connected to deliver air to the first flexible aeration tube,
- wherein the first flexible aeration tube is configured to move within the upright section and the nonupright section of the first aeration encasing channel, and
- wherein the first aeration encasing channel comprises a diffusing tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.