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Sewage lift station

US5543064A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 1994
Grant dateAug 6, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE03F5/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and apparatus for separating grease from solids and water in a sewage lift station, and separately transferring said grease, and said solids and water, from said station to remote higher destinations, comprising conveying grease from a first chamber to an adjacent second chamber at a first given level, and pumping solids and water from the first chamber from below the first given level to a third chamber; conveying water from the second chamber to the third chamber at a second given level no higher than the first given level, and pumping grease from the second chamber at the second given level to a first, remote, higher destination; and pumping water and solids from the third chamber at below the second given level to a second, remote, higher destination.

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