Effluent dosing septic system
OwnerJames G. Richardinventor
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Abstract
The invention presented relates to a septic system which doses effluent into a disposal field. More particularly, the invention includes a relatively water-tight walled structure capable of accumulating a volume of septic tank effluent; a disposal field dosing system having at least one outlet conduit having an outlet end and an inlet end; a stand pipe which extends from each of the outlet conduits towards the top of the structure; a float having a chamber having an opening on an upper surface thereof; at least one feed conduit having an inlet end located within the chamber and an outlet end in operative connection with the inlet end of the outlet conduit; and a jointed coupler which forms the operative connection between the feed conduit(s) and outlet conduits.
Claims16
A septic system for dosing effluent into a disposal field, comprising:
- a) a relatively water-tight walled structure capable of accumulating a volume of said effluent;
- b) means for feeding said effluent to said structure;
- c) a disposal field dosing system which comprises
- i) at least one outlet conduit having an outlet end and an inlet end, said conduit extending through a wall of said structure such that the outlet end of said conduit extends to a disposal field and the inlet end of said conduit is disposed within said structure, wherein said conduit is located within said structure near the bottom thereof;
- ii) a stand pipe which extends from each of said outlet conduits toward the top of said structure such that an opening of said stand pipe is located at a level in said structure which defines a maximum high point of said effluent in said structure;
- iii) a float comprising a chamber having an opening on an upper surface thereof;
- iv) at least one feed conduit having an inlet end located within said float chamber and an outlet end in operative connection with the inlet end of said outlet conduit;
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- v) a jointed coupler which forms the operative connection between said at least one feed conduit and at least one outlet conduit,
- said float moving upwardly as the level of said effluent in said structure increases in response to said feeding means, the upward movement of said float being limited by said feed conduit to provide for filling of said float chamber and sinking of said float to permit drainage of said effluent from said structure.
A septic system for dosing effluent into a disposal field, comprising:
- a) a septic tank having a bottom and an upper portion;
- b) means for feeding said effluent into said tank at its upper portion to provide an effluent level that varies over a dosing cycle;
- c) a drain in the bottom of said tank for permitting effluent to exit from said tank into said disposal field;
- d) a float including a chamber for providing the float with buoyancy, said chamber having an opening on an upper surface thereof to permit the chamber to fill with effluent when said effluent level reaches said float opening, said float being moveable from a position adjacent the bottom of said tank to a predetermined level, said float moving upwardly as the level of said effluent in said tank increases to a position wherein the float reaches said predetermined level, said effluent entering said float chamber through said opening and causing said float to fill with effluent;
- e) means for connecting said float chamber to said drain comprising a conduit having an inlet end located within said float chamber and an outlet end in operative connection with said drain to permit flow of fluid therebetween, said float chamber filling with effluent and sinking toward said tank bottom to empty said effluent from said tank, said effluent level then falling below said float chamber opening to increase the effluent level in said tank to buoy said float and more it upwardly thereby beginning a new dosing cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.