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US 7,351,005 B2Granted
Leaching system
OwnerDavid A Pottsinventor
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Abstract
A leaching device having slots to frictionally engage soil to permit the introduction of water through the slots and into the soil while prohibiting the excessive passage of soil particles through the slots. A method of introducing water into soil by passing water through slots that frictionally engage soil to permit water to pass through the slots and which prohibits the excessive passing of soil particles through the slots.
Claims12
A leaching chamber, comprising:
- a first side having a first base to contact a support surface;
- a second side having a second base to contact the support surface,
- said first and second bases lying in a plane;
- and
- a middle section extending between said first and second sides,
- each of said first and second sides having slots to permit fluid to pass through said first and second sides,
- each of said slots having a slot height, and
- the leaching chamber having a leaching chamber height extending from said plane to said middle section,
- the ratio of said slot height to said leaching chamber height being approximately 0.01-to-12 to 0.17-to-12.
- wherein said middle section has a top portion and an opening extends through said top portion to permit fluid to pass through said middle section.
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A leaching chamber, comprising:
- a first side;
- a second side;
- and
- a middle section extending between said first and second sides,
- each of said first and second sides having slots to permit fluid to pass through said first and second sides,
- each of said slots having a slot height, and
- said middle section having a top portion and an opening extending through said top portion to permit fluid to pass through said middle section, wherein said opening has a height of approximately 0.01 to 0.17 inches.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.