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US 4,305,818 AGranted
Vacuum sewage system
AssigneeOy E. Sarlin AB
InventorsYrjo Tyllinen, Kaj Nyman
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Abstract
A vacuum sewage system, comprising a collection tank, in which the sewer waste arrives with the aid of vacuum through an entrance pipe and from which it departs from time to time through an exit pipe. The arrival and removal of the sewer waste has been arranged to take place with the aid of one pump. The entrance pipe terminates within the collection tank at a minor distance from the intake aperture of the pump.
Claims5
An improved apparatus for use in a vacuum sewage system, said apparatus comprising;
- a collection tank, an entrance pipe affixed to said tank for directing sewer waste as it arrives under vacuum through said entrance pipe into said tank and from which it departs from time to time through an exit pipe affixed to said tank, and a pump for directing, the arrival and removal of the sewer waste into and out of said tank, wherein the improvement comprises:
- having the entrance pipe terminate within the collection tank at a minor distance from the intake aperture of the pump providing vacuum conditions on a suction side of said pump and having liquid within said tank contributing to formation of vacuum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.