Method of assembly of low cost oil/grease separator
AssigneeThermaco, Inc.
InventorsWilliam C. Batten, Bruce W. Kyles
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Abstract
A container for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil/grease to be removed has sectional covers. A main sectional cover supports a partially immersed rotatable disk; a drive on the main sectional cover rotates the disk; a trough on the main sectional cover straddles the disk; and a blade on the trough scrapes a side of the disk, to direct oil and grease from the disk along the scraper blade along the trough for collection in a storage container. Efficiencies of construction of the sectional covers, disk and a sensor probe are disclosed.
Claims4
A method of assembly of a modular oil/grease removal assembly for receiving and holding effluent water containing oil/grease to be removed from the effluent water comprising:
- identifying an inlet source of effluent water and a downstream drain for grey water;
- installing a container having an inlet and an outlet;
- installing a main sectional cover that supports functional apparatus that removes oil/grease from water and discharges oil/grease and that supports
- a sensor module including a probe extending downwardly into the container below a surface of effluent water to a depth normally below the oil/grease, a sensor in the probe providing electrical indications as to whether the sensor is in proximity to oil/grease or water, and an alarm on the sensor module to provide a human-recognizable indication if the sensor senses that the probe is in proximity to oil/grease rather than the normally-present water;
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- mounting additional sectional covers to completely cover the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.