Septic tank housing system with extension element
AssigneeZoeller Company
InventorsJay E. Collins, James R. Zimmerman, Jason D. Fletcher, Matthew E. Byers
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Abstract
A septic tank housing system with extension element for use in a septic system including a filter housing with sides, a top section and a bottom; a filter element holder; a plurality of filter elements; a tubular element secured to the outside of the filter housing: a filter housing extension element for extending the overall height of the filter housing; and preferably, a pump for discharging filter liquid effluent from the filter housing.
Claims19
A process for treatment of liquid effluent contained within a septic tank comprising
- introducing liquid effluent into a septic tank,
- securing within the septic tank a septic tank housing system with extension element comprising
- a filter housing with sides, a top section and a bottom,
- a filter system with filter elements entirely contained within the filter housing, and
- a separately formed, filter housing extension element, securable to the top section of the filter housing to extend the overall height of the filter housing,
- filtering a portion of the liquid effluent present in the septic tank by passing it through the septic tank housing system with extension element, and
- discharging the filtered effluent from the septic tank.
A process for treatment of liquid effluent contained within a septic tank comprising
- introducing liquid effluent into a septic tank,
- securing within the septic tank a septic tank housing system with extension element comprising
- a filter housing with sides, a top section and a bottom, wherein the top section further comprises a seated portion extending away from a surface of the filter housing,
- a filter system with filter elements entirely contained within the filter housing, and
- a separately formed, filter housing extension element comprising sides, a top and a bottom wherein a bottom edge of the filter housing extension element rests against the seated portion of the filter housing and is secured to said filter housing,
- filtering a portion of the liquid effluent present in the septic tank by passing it through the septic tank housing system with extension element, and
- discharging the filtered effluent from the septic tank.
A process for treatment of liquid effluent contained within a septic tank comprising
- introducing liquid effluent into a septic tank,
- securing within the septic tank a septic tank housing system with extension element comprising
- a filter housing with sides, a top section and a bottom, wherein the top section comprises an inwardly extending, seated portion,
- a filter system with filter elements entirely contained within the filter housing, and
- a separately formed filter housing extension element comprising a top portion, a bottom portion and sides, wherein the bottom portion rests against the inwardly extending seated portion of the filter housing and is secured in place, and
- wherein the filter housing extension element comprises a second filter housing reduced in overall height by completely cutting the second filter housing from one side to the opposite said of the filter housing,
- filtering a portion of the liquid effluent present in the septic tank by passing it through the septic tank housing system with extension element, and
- discharging the filtered effluent from the septic tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.