Sewage effluent distribution means
OwnerNeal Zookinventor
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Abstract
A septic system can include an improved and more reliable apparatus for distributing effluent uniformly to a plurality of portions or fingers of a drain field. In such apparatus, an effluent container, or collection tank, is connected with the outlet of a septic tank, and an effluent-operated valve controls effluent flow from an outlet of the effluent container, or collection tank, to an effluent distribution tank which is connected to a plurality of portions, or fingers, of a sewage drain field to uniformly distribute the effluent from the septic tank to the drain field.
Claims10
An apparatus for uniformly distributing sewage effluent to a drain field in a septic system, comprising:
- two connected tanks, the first tank having an effluent inlet communicating with a septic tank and for collecting the effluent to be distributed and carrying an effluent-operated valve therein for controlling a flow of collected effluent from within the first tank to the second tank, said second tank having a plurality of outlets communicating with said drain field and for directing effluent from its interior to a plurality of portions of a sewage drain field, wherein the first tank and effluent-operated valve are carried within and surrounded by said second tank.
An apparatus for distributing sewage effluent uniformly to a drain field in a septic system, comprising:
- a distribution tank with a plurality of outlets connected with a plurality of portions of the drain field;
- a collection tank within the distribution tank and having an inlet for the collection of effluent to be distributed to the drain field;
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- effluent-operated valve means within said collection tank for controlling flow of the effluent from said collection tank to said distribution tank,
- said effluent-operated valve means having a valve outlet that opens into said distribution tank, each of said plurality of effluent outlets being connected with one of the plurality of drain field portions, wherein accumulated effluent in said collection tank operates said effluent-operated valve means permitting accumulated effluent in said collection tank to flow into said distribution tank and from said distribution tank to the plurality of portions of the drain field.
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