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Device for the collection of water in a granular material bed filter

US4746431A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 18, 1986
Grant dateMay 24, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 18, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/086
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A device for the collection of water from a granular material bed filter includes means for injecting water and air through the filtration bed as well as an outer chute provided with a weir for the discharge of water, characterized in that it is made of a storage capacity placed between the filter and the discharge chute and defined by a vertical perforated wall such as a grid situated in vertical alignment with the filter vertical wall, and a plane slanting inwardly to the inside of the filter, said slanting plane connecting the weir for the discharge of the water via the chute to the filter wall situated below the vertical perforated wall such as the grid.

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