Groundwater storage and distribution system having a gallery with a filtering means
AssigneeCultec, Inc.
InventorRobert J. DiTullio
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Abstract
A system for filtering, storing, and distributing groundwater, which includes a gallery having an elongated main body portion with an arch-shaped configuration with an enlarged inner chamber, having end walls covering each end thereof with an inlet opening for receiving the liquid to the enlarged inner enclosure, having side walls with laterally extending outer ribs and inner corrugations within the elongated body portion. The system also includes a collapsible filter having a hinged frame with a filtering material and a side portion for sliding into the inner corrugations of the gallery.
Claims22
Apparatus for storing and filtering liquid in a drain field, comprising:
- a gallery having an elongated main body portion forming an arch-shaped configuration with an enlarged inner enclosure, having at least one end wall covering one end thereof with an inlet opening for receiving the liquid to the enlarged inner enclosure, having side walls with outer laterally extending ribs and inner corrugations within said elongated body portion;
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- at least one filtering means having a frame enclosing a filtering material, said frame having a side for sliding into the inner corrugations of said gallery.
Apparatus for storing and filtering liquid in a drain field, comprising:
- a gallery having an elongated main body portion forming an arch-shaped configuration with an enlarged inner enclosure, having end walls covering its ends thereof with an inlet opening for receiving and providing the liquid to and from the enlarged inner enclosure, having side walls with laterally extending ribs that have inner rib receiver on the inside of said side walls;
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- a plurality filtering means, each having a frame enclosing a filtering material, said frame having a side for sliding into the inner rib receiver of said side wall of said gallery.
A method for cleaning a filtering means arranged in a gallery, the gallery having an elongated main body portion with an arch-shaped configuration forming an enlarged inner enclosure, having end walls covering its ends with an inlet opening for receiving the liquid to the enlarged inner enclosure, having side walls each with laterally extending rib members that have inner rib receivers on the inside of said elongated body portion;
- and the filtering means having a frame enclosing a filtering material, said frame having a side for sliding into a pair of opposing inner rib receivers of said at least one side wall of said gallery, comprising the steps of:
- removing a removable top of the gallery;
- folding the filtering means to collapse it;
- removing the filtering means from the gallery;
- cleaning the filtering means;
- reinserting the filtering means into said gallery;
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- unfolding the filtering means and arranging it in place in the gallery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.