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US 6,783,009 B1Granted
Solely-bent baffle for liquid treatment basin
AssigneeMeurer Industries, Inc.
InventorCharles Lonnie Meurer
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Abstract
A baffle has no shape-holding facilities other than bends that define and hold the configuration of structural channels, and controls the flow of liquid in basins of liquid treatment equipment. Methods provide an unbent blank for making such baffle, and provide operations for bending such unbent blank to provide such baffle. A preferably stainless steel unbent baffle blank may be deformed by the bending operation into a configuration that defines the plurality of structural channels of the baffle. The deformed blank need not be held bent in such configuration by any fastener or welding. The plurality of structural channels render the baffle able to withstand the various forces applied to the baffle by incoming liquid and by liquid having a reverse flow direction in the basin.
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A soley-bent baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow path, the flow path defining a flow perimeter, the baffle comprising:
- a planar flow control sheet for blocking substantially all of the liquid in the flow path, the sheet having an edge corresponding to the flow perimeter, the edge being configured with at least three linear sides;
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- a channel defined by a series of bends and configured integral with at least a respective one of the sides of the sheet, each channel being configured with a first of the bends co-extensive and integral with the at least respective one of the sides and defining a first channel section, each channel being configured with a second bend defining a second channel section of the channel that extends integral with the first channel section, each channel being configured with a third bend defining a third channel section of the channel that is integral with the second channel section.
A soley-bent baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow direction of a flow path in a basin, the baffle comprising:
- a flow control web configured in a single plane to block substantially all of the liquid in at least a portion of the flow path, the flow control web having opposite ends and opposite sides, the ends and the sides being orthogonally oriented with respect to each other,
- a first generally forward-J-shaped channel integral with one of the sides;
- a second generally reverse-J-shaped channel integral with the other of the sides;
- a third generally forward-J-shaped channel integral with one of the ends;
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- a fourth generally reverse-J-shaped channel integral with the other of the ends;
- the generally J-shaped channels extending from the flow control web in a common direction.
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A soley-bent baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow direction of a flow path in a basin, the flow path defining a flow perimeter, the baffle comprising:
- a planar flow control sheet for blocking substantially all of the liquid in the flow path, the sheet having a continuous edge corresponding to the flow perimeter, the continuous edge being configured with at least two linear opposite sides and at least two linear opposite ends;
- a generally J-shaped channel soley-defined by channel sections and a series of bends integral with the channel sections, one of the generally J-shaped channels being integral with a separate respective one of the linear opposite sides, at least one of the J-shaped channels being integral with a separate respective one of the linear ends, a first one of the bends being co-extensive and integral with the respective one of the sides or ends and being integral with a first of the channel sections, a second of the bends being integral with the first channel section and with a second of the channel sections, and a third of the bends being integral with the second channel section and with a third of the channel sections.
A baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow path in a basin, the flow path defining a flow perimeter, the baffle comprising:
- a planar sheet having a continuous edge corresponding to the flow perimeter, the continuous edge being configured with at least two linear sides and at least two linear ends;
- a plurality of channels, each of the channels being soley-defined by channel sections and a series of bends integral with the channel sections, one of the channels being integral with a separate respective one of the linear sides, one of the channels being integral with a separate respective one of the linear ends, one of the bends being co-extensive and integral with the respective one of the sides or ends and being integral with a first of the channel sections, a second of the bends being integral with the first channel section and with a second of the channel sections, and a third of the bends being integral with the second channel section and with a third of the channel sections;
- a first channel configuration defined by the planar sheet and the first channel sections that are integral with respective ones of the opposite linear sides or ends;
- a second channel configuration defined by a portion of the planar sheet, and a respective one of the first channel sections integral with a respective one of the opposite linear sides or ends, and a respective one of the second channel sections;
- a third channel configuration defined by at least a portion of a respective one of the first channel sections that is integral with a respective one of the opposite linear sides or ends, and a respective one of the second channel sections, and a respective one of the third channel sections;
- a channel corner defined by each channel that is integral with a separate respective one of the linear ends and each channel that is integral with a separate respective one of the linear sides;
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- one of the channels that defines one of the channel corners being configured with a notch to receive the third channel configuration of the other of the channels that defines the one of the channel corners.
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A soley-bent baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow path, the flow path defining a flow perimeter, the baffle comprising:
- a planar flow control sheet for blocking substantially all of the liquid in the flow path, the sheet having a continuous edge corresponding to the flow perimeter, the edge being configured with at least three linear sides;
- and a channel defined by a series of bends and configured integral with each respective one of the sides of the sheet, a first group of the channels being configured integral with at least two of the sides, each channel of the first group of channels being configured with a first of the bends co-extensive and integral with the respective one of the sides and defining a first channel section extending perpendicular to the sheet, each channel of the first group of channels being configured with a second bend defining a second channel section of the channel that extends parallel to the sheet and integral with the first channel section, each channel of the first group of channels being configured with a third bend defining a third channel section of the channel that is perpendicular to the sheet and integral with the second channel section, a second channel configured integral with one of the sides, the second channel being configured with a fourth of the bends co-extensive and integral with the respective one of the sides and defining a fourth channel section extending perpendicular to the sheet, the second channel being configured with a fifth bend defining a fifth channel section of the second channel that extends parallel to the sheet and integral with the fourth channel section.
A soley-bent baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow path, the flow path defining a flow perimeter, the baffle comprising:
- a planar flow control sheet for blocking substantially all of the liquid in the flow path, the sheet having an edge corresponding to the flow perimeter, the edge being configured with at least two sides;
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- a first three channel structure defined by a first series of bends and configured integral with at least two of the sides of the sheet;
- the first three channel structure being configured with a first of the bends co-extensive and integral with a first one of the sides to form a first channel section and being configured with a second of the bends co-extensive and integral with a second one of the sides to form a second channel section, the sheet and the first and second channel sections defining a first channel of the first three channel structure;
- the first three channel structure being further configured with a third of the bends integral with the first channel section to define a third channel section, a portion of the sheet and the first bend and the first channel section and the third bend and the third channel section defining a second channel of the first three channel structure;
- the first three channel structure being further configured with a fourth of the bends integral with the second channel section to define a fourth channel section, a portion of the sheet and the second bend and the second channel section and the fourth bend and the fourth channel section defining a third channel of the first three channel structure.
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A baffle for controlling flow of a liquid in a flow path in a basin, the flow path defining a flow perimeter, the baffle comprising:
- a planar sheet having a continuous edge corresponding to the flow perimeter, the continuous edge being configured with at least one linear side and at least one linear end;
- a plurality of channels, each of the channels being soley-defined by channel sections and a series of bends integral with the channel sections;
- a first of the channels being integral with a separate respective one of the linear sides;
- a second of the channels being integral with a separate respective one of the linear ends;
- a first of the bends being co-extensive and integral with the respective one of the sides and being integral with a first of the channel sections;
- a second of the bends being integral with the first channel section and with a second of the channel sections;
- a third of the bends being co-extensive and integral with the respective one of the ends and being integral with a third of the channel sections;
- a fourth of the bends being integral with the third channel section and with a fourth of the channel sections;
- the first and second channel sections extending to a corner;
- the third and fourth channel sections extending at right angles with respect to each other;
- the fourth channel section terminating at a location adjacent to both the first channel section and the corner, and
- the third channel section terminating at a location offset from the corner.
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