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Sewage pump priming system

US4067663A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 13, 1976
Grant dateJan 10, 1978
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Expiry dateAug 13, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF04D9/045
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sewage pump priming system including a sewage pump disposed above a sump for holding sewage to force sewage from the sump through a sewage discharge conduit, a priming chamber receiving sewage from the sewage discharge conduit to be partially filled with sewage to a level above the sewage pump and the sewage discharge conduit, a vacuum pump communicating with the priming chamber for sucking sewage into the priming chamber to prime the sewage pump and a gas relief conduit providing a passage for gas above the level of sewage in the priming chamber to the sewage discharge conduit at a position downstream of the priming chamber such that the priming chamber is utilized to prime the sewage pump and to remove gas from the sewage pump priming system.

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