Enhanced separator tank
CA 2175277 C · Owner: Monteith, Joseph Gordon · Inventors: Monteith, Joseph Gordon
Overview
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A tank interceptor for rain water and waste-water includes a container divided by a partition into an upper by-pass compartment and a lower treatment compartment. An inlet and outlet for the container are located in the side wall adjacently above the partition. The partition defines a raised weir which constrains liquids entering at low flow rates to pass downwardly through an adjacent opening through the partition to, collect in the treatment compartment below the partition. A second opening through the partition is located adjacent the outlet and pipes are associated with bothopenings. One of the openings is made large enough to allow passage of maintenance personnel, thus obviating the …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 29, 1996 and granted March 23, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 29, 2018.
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