Controlled access vent for water storage unit
AssigneePre-Vent Industries, LLC
InventorDonald J. Pesek
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Abstract
A vented water storage system (16) is disclosed. A vent (62) is disposed within an elbow (38). A riser pipe (26) extends from the elbow (38) to a containment (18) having water (22) stored therein. The vent (62) includes an open end (66) that fluidly communicates with the riser pipe (26), and a closed end (70) that is located between a distally located open end (42) of the elbow (38) and the open end (66) of the vent (62). An access port (74) is included on a sidewall (64) of the vent (62) at a location within the elbow (38) that reduces the potential for being able to introduce a liquid into the open end (42) of the elbow (38) in a manner such that this liquid will reach the containment (18).
Claims30
A water storage system, comprising:
- a containment;
- water within said containment;
- a venting conduit extending from said containment and comprising a first open end;
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- a vent disposed within said venting conduit and fluidly interconnected with said containment, wherein said venting conduit comprises a first end section that in turn comprises said first open end, wherein said first end section comprises an upper wall, a lower wall, and a pair of sidewalls, wherein said lower wall comprises an apex that is disposed at a higher elevation than said first open end of said venting conduit, and wherein said vent comprises an access port that is disposed at a higher elevation than said apex, wherein a constantly open flow path is maintained between said first open end of said venting conduit and said containment and comprises said access port of said vent.
A water storage system, comprising:
- a containment;
- water within said containment;
- a venting conduit that extends from said containment and that comprises a first open end, wherein said venting conduit comprises a riser pipe, a riser pipe flange attached to said riser pipe, an elbow that includes said first open end, and an elbow flange attached to said elbow;
- a flow obstruction within said venting conduit, wherein a first section of said venting conduit is on a first side of said flow obstruction and comprises said first open end, wherein a second section of said venting conduit is on a second side of said flow obstruction that is opposite said first side, and wherein said second section of said venting conduit extends from said flow obstruction to said containment;
- a vent disposed within said venting conduit and that bypasses said flow obstruction to allow fluid communication between said first and second sections of said venting conduit;
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- a vent flange attached to said vent, wherein said vent flange is disposed somewhere between said riser pipe flange and said elbow flange such that said vent extends within said elbow, wherein said vent comprises an access port, wherein said vent flange obstructs a flow from said elbow directly into said riser pipe and thereby comprises said flow obstruction, and wherein said riser piper comprises said second section of said conduit, and wherein said elbow comprises said first section of said venting conduit.
A water storage system, comprising:
- a containment;
- water within said containment;
- a venting conduit extending from said containment and comprising a first open end;
- and
- a vent disposed within said venting conduit and fluidly interconnected with said containment, wherein said vent comprises a first vent end that is closed, a second vent end that is open, a sidewall extending between said first vent end and said second vent end, and an access port that extends through said sidewall at a location between said first vent end and said second vent end, and wherein said vent is oriented relative to said venting conduit such that said first vent end is located between said first open end of said venting conduit and said second vent end.
A vent assembly fluidly interconnectable with a liquid reservoir, comprising:
- an elbow comprising first and second elbow ends that are open, wherein said elbow is installed such that said second elbow end is located between the liquid reservoir and said first elbow end;
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- a vent that is at least partially disposed within said elbow, wherein said vent comprises a first vent end that is closed, a second vent end that is open, a vent sidewall extending between said first vent end and said second vent end, and an access port extending through said vent sidewall, wherein said first vent end is located within said elbow between said first elbow end and said second vent end, and wherein said access port is disposed between said first vent end and said second vent end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.