# US 9,873,069 B2 · Wastewater lifting station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,873,069 B2 - Document ID: US9873069B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/904,165 - Filed: 2014-07-08 - Published: 2016-06-09 - Granted: 2018-01-23 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-12 - Assignees: KSB Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: KSB Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Michael Becker; Enrico Mueller - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9873069B2 ## CPC - B01D 29/03: self-supporting - E03F 5/101: {Dedicated additional structures, interposed or parallel to the sewer system} - E03F 5/14: Devices for separating liquid or solid substances from sewage, e.g. sand or sludge traps, rakes or grates (for use in sewage purification plants or both in sewage purification plants or in sewer systems B01D, C02F {; gullies with sediment traps E03F5/04}) - E03F 5/22: Adaptations of pumping plants for lifting sewage (wheeled apparatus for emptying sewers or cesspools E03F7/10; pumps, pumping plants, per se F04) - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - E03F: SEWERS; CESSPOOLS ## Abstract A wastewater lifting station is provided, in which at least one solids collection tank contains at least one screen for guiding wastewater therethrough and retain solids. The screen divides the solids collection tank into a region containing solids and a region free of solids, and is connected in a pivotable manner by at least one hinge to a flange of the solids collection tank. The screen in an edge region away from the hinge has a rake of comb-type webs and holes that are open on one side in the screen plane. The wastewater containing solids flows through a feed into the collection tank, is filtered through the screen, and the wastewater that is free of solids is collected in a tank downstream. When the wastewater lifting station pumps, the wastewater that is free of solids is pumped by a pump in counterflow through the screen into a pressurized line while the feed is shut off by a check valve, and the screen pivots about the hinge and is back-flushed during the process. Reliable cleaning of the screen, even of fibers, is achieved during pumping owing the rake shape and the pivoting of the screen. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wastewater lifting station, comprising: at least one bulky-material collection container; and at least one separating screen arranged in an interior of the at least one bulky-material collection container, the at least one separating screen being configured to guide wastewater therethrough while separating bulky materials from the wastewater, wherein the at least one separating screen subdivides the at least one bulky-material collection container into a bulky-material loaded region and a bulky-material free region, is pivotable via a hinge to a flange of the bulky-material collection container, at least in a peripheral region remote from the hinge—has at least one cut-out which is open toward an outside edge adjacent to a side wall of the at least one bulky-material collection container, the at least one separating screen bears obliquely on a sealing region of the bulky-material collection container, and the at least one separating screen is arranged in the bulky material collection container such that in a reverse flow cleaning operation, the at least one separating screen is raised by the reverse flow from the sealing region to form a flow passage through a gap between the raised at least one separating screen and the sealing region of the bulky-material collection container. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one cut-out in the at least one separating screen in the hinge-remote peripheral region is a plurality of longitudinal slots between webs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 2, wherein the webs and the plurality of longitudinal slots are substantially mutually equidistant. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 3, wherein the plurality of longitudinal slots and the webs are aligned substantially parallel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 3, wherein the plurality of longitudinal slots and the webs are aligned substantially radially. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one separating screen is configured as a circular-disk segment. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a shut-off installation is connected to the flange. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 7, wherein in an installed state in the bulky-material collection container the at least one separating screen is disposed at an inclination angle relative to the flange. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 8, further comprising: a bypass arranged downstream of the at least one separating screen at least one of in and in communication with the bulky-material free region of the bulky-material collection container. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 9, wherein the flange the at least one separating screen, the shut-off installation and the bypass form a functional unit configured to at least one of be inserted into and form a portion of the bulky-material collection container. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 1, wherein in an installed state in the bulky-material collection container the at least one separating screen is disposed at an inclination angle relative to the flange. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a bypass arranged downstream of the at least one separating screen at least one of in and in communication with the bulky-material free region of the bulky-material collection container. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wastewater lifting station as claimed in claim 12, wherein the flange the at least one separating screen, and the bypass form a functional unit configured to at least one of be inserted into and form a portion of the bulky-material collection container.