Sewage basin pump control support
AssigneeFranklin Electric Co., Inc.
InventorsJames J. Coffey, Petr Sramek, Steven C. Gray
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Abstract
A wastewater sump assembly for receiving and disposing of undesired fluid and, in some cases, solid waste (collectively “wastewater”). A sump basin includes an upstanding wall a base and a top. A sensor in the form, e.g., of a float switch extends into the basin and is operable to actuate a pump to remove collective wastewater from the basin. The sensor depends from a sensor support that is supported distally within the basin in a vertical manner and is supported proximately within the basin in a horizontal manner, with securement of the sensor support not requiring traversal of the basin top and with the distal basin support not needing to be accessed vertically through a pump access aperture in the top.
Claims26
A wastewater sump, comprising:
- a basin, comprising:
- a base;
- an upstanding wall extending upwardly from said base and, together with said base, defining an interior volume of said basin;
- an opening opposite said base;
- a distal basin support;
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- a proximal basin support;
- said basin having a wastewater inlet and a wastewater outlet, and said basin sized to receive a submersible pump;
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- a pump control sized for insertion into said basin through said opening, said pump control comprising:
- a sensor;
- a sensor support comprising a distal sensor support and a proximal sensor support, said sensor secured to said sensor support;
- said distal sensor support engageable with said distal basin support to vertically support said pump control above said base of said basin while allowing a rotation of said pump control about an axis twice intersecting said upstanding wall of said basin, wherein, with said distal sensor support engaging said distal basin support, said sensor support can rotate relative to said distal basin support into abutment with said upstanding wall,
- said proximal sensor support engageable with said proximal basin support to horizontally support said pump control within said interior volume, engagement of said proximal sensor support with said proximal basin support resisting the rotation, whereby, with said distal sensor support engaging said distal basin support and said proximal sensor support engaging said proximal basin support, said sensor cannot rotate relative to said distal basin support into abutment with said upstanding wall.
A wastewater sump, comprising:
- a basin comprising:
- a base;
- an upstanding wall extending upwardly from said base and, together with said base, defining an interior volume of said basin;
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- a top extending inwardly from said upstanding wall, said top defining a pump aperture sized to allow passage of a submersible pump into said interior volume of said basin;
- a distal basin support, said distal basin support positioned vertically under said top of said basin and vertically covered by said top, whereby said distal basin support is not accessible vertically through said top;
- a pump control engageable with said distal basin support, with said pump control engaging said distal basin support, said pump control supported above said base.
A pump control comprising:
- a sensor operable to communicate a level of wastewater in a container to a pump;
- a sensor support, the sensor secured to the sensor support, the sensor support comprising:
- a longitudinal extension having a longitudinal axis;
- a distal sensor support extending radially outward from the longitudinal extension relative to the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal extension;
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- a proximal sensor support comprising an extension extending axially along the longitudinal axis, the extension having a terminal end axially moveable along the longitudinal axis relative to the longitudinal extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.