Wastewater Effluent Filter Case with Gas Baffle
AssigneeBear Onsite, LLC
InventorTheophilus B. Terry, III
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Abstract
A gas baffle for a waste water treatment plant filter housing that includes a first and second deflecting plate. The gas baffle has at least one flow-through opening defined by the first and second deflecting plates. The combination of the first and second deflecting plates deflects rising gas bubbles and any solid particulates so that the bubbles and particulates do not enter the filter housing. The gas baffle may include exterior apertures to dissipate the rising gas bubbles that travel on the bottom surface of each deflecting plate. The gas baffle may be integrally formed with the filter housing or created separately and subsequently connected.
Claims21
An outlet tee of an effluent outlet assembly for a septic tank having a gas baffle comprising:
- an outlet tee having a substantially vertical housing with an inlet bottom opening and an outlet opening;
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- a gas baffle disposed about said inlet bottom opening of said outlet tee, said gas baffle having a first baffle plate and a second baffle plate disposed adjacent said inlet bottom opening, said first baffle plate being vertically spaced from said second baffle plate, said first baffle plate being positioned at a first angle relative to the horizontal axis to deflect rising gas bubbles up one side of said outlet tee and away from said inlet bottom opening, and said second baffle plate being positioned at a second angle relative to the horizontal axis to deflect rising gas bubbles up a second side of said outlet tee and away from said inlet bottom opening.
An outlet tee having a gas baffle comprising:
- an outlet tee having a substantially vertical housing with an inlet bottom opening and an outlet opening;
- a first baffle plate and a second baffle plate disposed adjacent said inlet bottom opening of said outlet tee, said first baffle plate being vertically spaced from said second baffle plate, said first baffle plate being positioned at a first angle relative to the horizontal axis to deflect rising gas bubbles away from said inlet bottom opening, and said second baffle plate being positioned at a second angle relative to the horizontal axis to deflect rising gas bubbles away from said inlet bottom opening;
- each one of said first baffle plate and said second baffle plate having an outer peripheral edge and an inner free edge, each one of said first baffle plate and said second baffle plate extending inwardly from said outer peripheral edge proximate said housing and extending inwardly to said inner free edge;
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- at least one flow-through opening defined by each said inner free edge of each one of said first baffle plate and said second baffle plate.
An outlet tee gas baffle comprising:
- a gas baffle apparatus having a housing within an open upper end and an open bottom end, said housing having a first interior baffle plate and a second interior baffle plate, wherein said first baffle plate being vertically spaced from said second baffle plate, said first baffle plate being positioned at a first angle relative to the horizontal axis to deflect rising gas bubbles from passing vertically through said gas baffle, and said second baffle plate being positioned at a second angle relative to the horizontal axis to deflect rising gas bubbles from passing vertically through said gas baffle;
- each one of said first baffle plate and said second baffle plate having an outer peripheral edge and an inner free edge, each one of said first baffle plate and said second baffle plate extending inwardly from said outer peripheral edge proximate said housing and extending inwardly to said inner free edge;
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- at least one flow-through opening defined by each said inner free edge of each one of said first baffle plate and said second baffle plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.