Separator tank
AssigneeStormceptor Corporation
InventorJoseph Gordon Monteith
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Abstract
A separator tank for rain water and waste-water treatment includes a container divided by a divider into an upper by-pass compartment and a lower treatment compartment. The divider includes a drop pipe assembly having a tapered cross-section. The drop pipe assembly includes a drop pipe having a T-shaped connection. For assembly, the drop pipe is lowered down through an opening in the divider and forms a friction fit with the opening. The drop pipe assembly also optionally includes an appropriately sized flow restricting plate positioned over the opening in the divider.
Claims16
A separator tank comprising:
- a tank having an inlet and an outlet;
- a divider dividing the tank into a treatment portion and a bypass portion, the divider comprising:
- a first opening proximal to the inlet and enabling communication between the bypass portion and the treatment portion;
- a second opening proximal to the outlet and enabling communication between the treatment portion and the bypass portion;
- and,
- a weir disposed between the first opening and the second opening and operative to create a hydraulic head between the first opening and the second opening;
- and,
- a drop pipe having a first end and a second end, the first end of the drop pipe having a size and configuration for forming a friction fit with said first opening, the second end of said drop pipe comprising a T-shaped configuration, the T-shaped configuration being sized to fit through said first opening.
A divider system for a separator tank, the separator tank comprising a tank having an inlet and an outlet, the divider system dividing the tank into a treatment portion and a bypass portion and providing communication therebetween, the divider system comprising:
- a divider that divides the tank into the treatment portion and the bypass portion;
- a first opening in the divider proximal to the inlet of the tank and enabling communication between the bypass portion and the treatment portion;
- a second opening in the divider proximal to the outlet of the tank and enabling communication between the treatment portion and the bypass portion;
- and
- a weir disposed between the first opening and the second opening and operative to create a hydraulic head between the first opening and the second opening;
- a drop pipe assembly comprising:
- a drop pipe having a first end and a second end, the first end of the drop pipe sized for connection to said first opening, the second end of said drop pipe extending into the treatment portion;
- a T-shaped configuration integral with the second end of the drop pipe, the T-shaped configuration being sized to fit through said first opening;
- and,
- an orifice plate sized to cover said first opening, the orifice plate having a central opening sized appropriately for the environmental conditions within which the separator tank will be used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.