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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Apparatus for separating a light fluid from a heavy one and/or removing sediment from a fluid stream
Applicant:
Thomas E. Pank, Walkersville, MD (US);
Inventor:
Thomas E. Pank, Walkersville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input chamber receives runoff water to be cleaned. Part of the way up the chamber wall is a restricted outlet which feeds a system for cleaning the water. At a still higher elevation another opening allows runoff water to flow to another cleaning system. Near the top of the chamber is an outlet pipe. A vertical baffle in front of the outlet cleans water that flows under the baffle on its way to the outlet. When the incoming flow rate is very high, water passes over the baffle to the outlet.