Apparatus and method for separating a liquid from other substances
OwnerDino Pezzimenti, Paul Rowe +2inventors
InventorsDino Pezzimenti, Paul Rowe, Aaron Rowe, Raymond Cich
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Abstract
An apparatus for separating a liquid from other substances comprises a first chamber, a second chamber, an inlet connected to the first chamber, an outlet connected to the second chamber, a bypass conduit passing from the inlet, through the first chamber, and into the second chamber, and a passage between the first and second chambers and configured to allow the liquid to flow from the first chamber to the second chamber, the passage located below the bypass conduit, wherein the bypass conduit comprises a first orifice located within the first chamber and a second orifice located in the second chamber.
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An apparatus for separating a liquid from other substances, comprising:
- a first chamber;
- a second chamber;
- an inlet connected to the first chamber;
- an outlet connected to the second chamber;
- a bypass conduit passing from the inlet, through the first chamber, and into the second chamber;
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- a passage between the first and second chambers and configured to allow the liquid to flow from the first chamber to the second chamber, the passage located below the bypass conduit,
- wherein the bypass conduit comprises a first orifice located within the first chamber and a second orifice located in the second chamber.
An apparatus for separating a liquid from other substances, comprising:
- a first chamber;
- a second chamber;
- an inlet connected to the first chamber;
- an outlet connected to the second chamber;
- a bypass conduit passing from the inlet, through the first chamber, and into the second chamber;
- a passage between the first and second chambers and configured to allow the liquid to flow from the first chamber to the second chamber, the passage located below the bypass conduit,
- wherein the bypass conduit comprises a first orifice located within the first chamber and a second orifice located in the second chamber,
- wherein the second orifice comprises a notch in the bypass conduit, the notch having a height relative to a bottom surface of the bypass conduit and a width relative to an end of the bypass conduit,
- wherein the bypass conduit is angled at an angle relative to a horizontal so that a lowest region of the notch is higher, in relation to the horizontal, than a highest region of the first orifice, such that liquid flow into the inlet, less than a design flow, flows substantially entirely through the first orifice, and
- wherein the first orifice comprises a slot in the bypass conduit having an area sufficient to allow liquid flow into the inlet, less than the design flow, to substantially entirely flow through the first orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.