Storm Water Inlet Apparatus
OwnerLee A. Duran, Thomas J. Mullen, IIIinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus for reducing pollution in wastewater that collects in a catch basin is disclosed. The apparatus includes a hood affixed to an interior wall of a catch basin over an outlet, and a skirted boom adjacent to at least a portion of said hood and fixed relative to the hood. The skirted boom includes an upper portion and a skirt extending down from the upper portion. The skirted boom is installed so that the upper portion of the skirted boom is adjacent to said hood at the static water level in the catch basin and the skirt extends downward, preferably below the bottom of the hood. A tether assembly for installing the apparatus and a method of using the same is further disclosed.
Claims20
An apparatus for reducing pollution in wastewater that collects in a catch basin, said apparatus comprising:
- a hood mounted to an interior wall of catch basin over an outlet in said interior wall;
- a skirted boom, said skirted boom comprising;
- an upper portion;
- a skirt extending down from said upper portion;
- wherein said skirted boom is fixed in position relative to said hood inside said catch basin;
- and
- wherein a bottom of said skirt extends below said hood.
An apparatus for mounting around an outlet of a catch basin which receives a wastewater mixture with a variety of waste materials such as a first liquid having a first specific gravity that is lower than that of water so as to float on the water and with solids suspended in the wastewater mixture and debris floating on the mixture, comprising:
- a hood extending along an axis, and having a wall shaped to partially sealingly fit around the outlet of an interior wall of the catch basin so as to define at least a partially sealable compartment therewith that is open to the outlet and extends below the outlet so that waste materials floating on said water mixture outside of the compartment are prevented from entering said outlet;
- a skirted boom comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a skirt extending down from said upper portion;
- wherein at least a portion of said skirt comprises a plurality of vertical strips;
- wherein said upper portion is adjacent to at least a portion of an outer surface of said hood.
A method for fixing a skirted boom relative to a hood mounted to an interior wall of a catch basin, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a skirted boom;
- providing a first attachment element;
- connecting a proximal end of said first attachment element to said skirted boom;
- lowering said skirted boom and said first attachment element into said catch basin;
- and
- connecting a distal end of said first attachment element to one or more of said hood and said interior wall of said catch basin so that a least a portion of said skirted boom is adjacent to said hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.