In-line vacuum lquid aspirator
OwnerEdmund John Kerrinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for removing fluids from a vacuum flow path comprises a body defining a containment chamber having an inlet port connectable to a vacuum hose and a barrier wall within the containment chamber isolating a transfer chamber within the containment chamber. The containment chamber has an outlet port connectable to a vacuum hose. The transfer port has a suction port fluidicly connecting the transfer chamber and the containment chamber. The apparatus further comprises a float positioned below the transfer port and adapted to be raised into sealing contact with the transfer port as a fluid level in the containment chamber rises.
Claims11
An apparatus for removing fluids from a vacuum flow path comprising:
- a body defining a containment chamber having an inlet port connectable to a vacuum hose;
- a barrier wall within said containment chamber isolating a transfer chamber within said containment chamber, said containment chamber having an outlet port connectable to a vacuum hose, said transfer port having a suction port fluidicly connecting said transfer chamber and said containment chamber
- a float positioned below said transfer port and adapted to be raised into sealing contact with said transfer port as a fluid level in said containment chamber rises.
A method for removing fluids from a flow path through a vacuum hose path comprising:
- providing a body defining a containment chamber having an inlet port in fluidic communication with said vacuum hose;
- isolating a transfer chamber within said containment chamber, said containment chamber having an outlet port connectable to a vacuum hose, said transfer port having a suction port fluidicly connecting said transfer chamber and said containment chamber;
- providing a suction pressure at said outlet port so as to draw a liquid and gaseous mixture into said containment chamber though said inlet port;
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- floating a float at a fluid surface at a location to engage and obstruct said transfer port when a predetermined fluid volume is located within said containment chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.