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US 8,454,841 B2Granted
Method of filtering water or wastewater
AssigneeRoberts Marketing DE, Inc.
InventorR. Lee Roberts
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Abstract
A filter for removing at least some impurities (e.g. foreign matter of any nature including a solid, a liquid or a gas) from water or wastewater. A vibrator operably associated with at least a portion of the filter for imparting a vibrational force to enhance any one or more of numerous aspects of the filtration process including: (i) installation of the filter and/or various components thereof; (ii) servicing of the filter and/or components thereof; and, (iii) operation of the filter during a filtration cycle and a cleaning cycle.
Claims11
A method of filtering water or wastewater, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a filter, the filter including a filter bed in which at least some impurities from influent are removed and a conduit for directing a fluid through at least a portion of the filter bed;
- (b) providing at least one vibrator;
- (c) operably associating the at least one vibrator with at least a portion of the filter bed;
- (d) providing a component at least a portion of which is to be partially inserted in the filter bed;
- (d) transmitting a vibrational force to at least a portion of the filter bed while directing fluid through at least a portion of the filter bed at subfluidization velocity;
- and,
- (e) inserting at least a portion of the component into the filter bed during step (d).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.