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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1992
James L Lawrence, Exton, PA (US);
Total Containment, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
Fluid collection system for installation underground includes a first housing having a top, a wall extending downwardly from the top, and a first pipe-receiving opening in the wall at a predetermined vertical distance from the top. There is a second housing spaced apart from the first housing that has a top, a wall, and a second pipe-receiving opening in the wall. A number of interconnected segments is defined in the wall of the second housing. A pipe extends between the first and second pipe-receiving openings that has a slope great enough to cause fluids to flow along the pipe from the second housing to the first housing. The slope of the pipe is determined by a ratio defined by the length of the pipe and the difference between the predetermined vertical distance of the first housing and the variably fixed vertical distance of the second housing. In carrying out a method of installing the underground fluid collection system the respective tops of the first and second housings are installed substantially level with the surface, or the vertical difference between the top of the first housing and the top of the second housing is taken into account when determining how many segments to remove from the second housing to achieve the desired slope of the pipe.