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US 6,503,392 B1Granted
Distribution box for a wastewater treatment system
AssigneeZabel Environmental Technology
InventorJames E. Tyson
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Abstract
A flow distribution box for a wastewater treatment system includes an inlet into a back wall and outlets in the opposed outer side walls and front wall, the distribution box including a plurality of flow dividers therein to compartmentalize effluent within the flow distribution box. A flow director is disposed in the inlet into the flow distribution box for directing the flow into selected compartments within the distribution box. Each of the outlets in the box is in flow communication with a conduit leading into a selected area of a drain field.
Claims11
A distribution box for a wastewater treatment system comprising:
- a distribution box having a top, a bottom, a back wall, a front wall, spaced first and second outer side walls, each of said outer side walls being connected to said bottom, a first inside wall extending from the juncture of said back wall and said first outer side wall to a mid-point of said front wall, and a second inside wall extending from the juncture of said back wall with said second outer side wall and substantially the mid-point of said front wall;
- an inlet into said back wall in flow communication with a wastewater treatment tank;
- a flow director in said inlet positioned to deliver wastewater effluent in a preselected direction into a plurality of compartments in said box;
- at least one outlet opening in each of said outer side walls and said front wall;
- and, a plurality of flow dividers extending along said bottom dividing said box into said plurality of compartments, each of said compartments being in flow communication with an outlet opening, said flow dividers including a first flow divider extending from the mid-point of said back wall to a mid-point of said front wall.
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