Fuel diverter for a recirculating wastewater treatment system
AssigneesZabel Industries International, Ltd., Harry L. Nurse, Jr.
InventorsKevin J. Rohrer, Theophilus B. Terry, III
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Abstract
A device for diverting the flow of liquid in a wastewater treatment system in flow communication with effluent returning from a recirculating treatment section and in flow communication with a discharge line for removing a portion of treated effluent to a receiving body. The device also has openings for returning a percentage of the effluent back to the wastewater treatment system. A valve operatively responsive to a float in the treatment system whereby when the effluent level in the system falls below a critical point, all of the effluent is recirculated back into the treatment system and when the effluent level rises sufficiently a percentage of cleaned effluent exits the system.
Claims11
A recirculating wastewater treatment system, comprising:
- a volume of wastewater derived from a wastewater source and contained within said wastewater treatment system;
- a septic tank in flow communication with said wastewater source;
- a treatment media in flow communication with said septic tank;
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- a recirculation device housed in a tank, said recirculation device having;
- a) A horizontally extending pipe having an inlet opening in flow communication with said treatment media, an outlet opening in flow communication with said inlet opening at an opposed end of said horizontally extending pipe, and at least one orifice through a wall of said horizontally extending pipe, said orifice draining a first percentage of wastewater into said tank and said outlet opening diverting a second percentage of said wastewater out of said recirculating wastewater treatment system;
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- b) a valve conduit leaving an entrance opening in flow communication with said outlet opening of said pipe, a discharge outlet and a valve in opening and closing relation with said entrance opening and said discharge outlet, said valve conduit having a vertically extending elongated chamber, and said entrance opening being at an upper end of said elongated chamber and said discharge outlet being at an opposed lower end of said elongated chamber, said valve blocking said discharge outlet and preventing said second percentage of said wastewater from diverting out of said recirculating wastewater treatment system when said volume of wastewater is at a critically low point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.