Multi-chambered septic tank with elongated partition crossover conduits
OwnerLloyd S. Warnerinventor
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Abstract
Five relatively spaced apart, internal partitions separate the subject septic tank into four consecutive settling chambers, a filtration chamber and an outlet chamber. Each of the four partitions separating the settling and filtration chambers is provided with a conduit having a connective section mounted in an upper portion of the partition at least two-thirds of the distance from the bottom to the top of the septic tank and with a leg section extending downwardly from the connective section. Each leg section has a lower opening communicating with a lower portion of one of the chambers at least two-thirds of the distance from the top to the bottom to the septic tank.
Claims11
In a septic tank equipped with at least two chambers disposed in upstream or downstream relation to one another, adjacent chambers being separated by a partition extending generally vertically and completely between relatively spaced apart upper and lower chamber-defining members, that improvement which comprises:
- a self-contained conduit formed with a transverse section extending through an upper portion of the partition at least two-thirds of the distance from the lower chamber-defining member to the upper chamber-defining member, said transverse section communicating with an outlet opening in the downstream chamber, and with a leg section extending downwardly from the transverse section, said leg having an inlet opening disposed in the upstream chamber at least two-thirds of the distance from the upper to the lower chamber-defining member wherein said inlet opening and said partition are constructed and arranged to provide a means for halting an inflow of wastewater into said septic tank when a level of sludge in said upstream chamber blocks said inlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.