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Device for treating waste water especially rainwater

US5503747A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1994
Grant dateApr 2, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2221/12
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Device for treating waste water, especially rainwater by jointly carrying out degritting, degreasing and settling, which includes a degritter fitted with a grit trough, passed through by a descending then ascending flow of the water to be treated, a degreasing surface provided above a part of the degritter and the feed region of the settling tank, and a settling tank which includes a feed or presettling basin, a floor, a laminar settling region and an extraction trough, wherein the partition separating the degritter from the settling tank includes a flap valve making it possible, when it is open, to transfer the untreated water without perturbation towards the settling tank, and therefore allowing correct settling during this filling phase.

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