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US3240343A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Combined septic tank and leaching pool

Assignee: SEPTA LEACH CORP
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Filing: 1963-01-30
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Granted: 1966-03-15
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Expires: 1983-01-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Werner Edwin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 05:04
CPC Classifications
E; E03; E03F; E03F5/00; E03F5/18

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 224 words
A SEPTICIZING AND LEACHING ASSEMBLY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL LEACHING STRUCTURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS FORMED IN ITS SIDE WALL, SAID CYLINDRICAL LEACHING STRUCTURE BEING OPEN AT THE TOP, A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SEPTIC TANK MOUNTED WITHIN SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, MEANS SUPPORTING THE UPPER END OF SAID SEPTIC TANK ON THE UPPER END OF SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, THE CORNERS OF SAID RECTANGULAR SEPTIC TANK ABUTTING THE CYLINDRICAL LEACHING STRUCTURE, THE OUTER WALLS OF THE SEPTIC TANK AND THE INNER WALL OF THE LEACHING STRUCTURE FORMING COMMUNICATING SPACES BETWEEN SAID OUTER AND INNER WALLS, A BAFFLE WALL BEING PROVIDED IN SAID SEPTIC TANK, DIVIDING AND SEPARATING IT INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS, AN OPENING FORMED IN SAID BAFFLE WALL A SPACED DISTANCE ABOVE THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID SEPTIC TANK TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID COMPARTMENTS, AN INLET OPENING FORMED IN ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE SEPTIC TANK TO PERMIT A FLOW OF MATERIAL INTO ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, AN OUTLET OPENING FORMED IN ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE SEPTIC TANK TO PERMIT A FLOW OF MATERIAL OUT OF THE SECOND COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE COMMUNICATING SPACES BETWEEN SAID SEPTIC TANK AND SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, AND A GENERALLY CONICAL COVER MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, AND COVERING BOTH THE SEPTIC TANK AND THE LEACHING STRUCTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 224 words
A SEPTICIZING AND LEACHING ASSEMBLY OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL LEACHING STRUCTURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS FORMED IN ITS SIDE WALL, SAID CYLINDRICAL LEACHING STRUCTURE BEING OPEN AT THE TOP, A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SEPTIC TANK MOUNTED WITHIN SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, MEANS SUPPORTING THE UPPER END OF SAID SEPTIC TANK ON THE UPPER END OF SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, THE CORNERS OF SAID RECTANGULAR SEPTIC TANK ABUTTING THE CYLINDRICAL LEACHING STRUCTURE, THE OUTER WALLS OF THE SEPTIC TANK AND THE INNER WALL OF THE LEACHING STRUCTURE FORMING COMMUNICATING SPACES BETWEEN SAID OUTER AND INNER WALLS, A BAFFLE WALL BEING PROVIDED IN SAID SEPTIC TANK, DIVIDING AND SEPARATING IT INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS, AN OPENING FORMED IN SAID BAFFLE WALL A SPACED DISTANCE ABOVE THE BOTTOM WALL OF SAID SEPTIC TANK TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID COMPARTMENTS, AN INLET OPENING FORMED IN ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE SEPTIC TANK TO PERMIT A FLOW OF MATERIAL INTO ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, AN OUTLET OPENING FORMED IN ONE OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE SEPTIC TANK TO PERMIT A FLOW OF MATERIAL OUT OF THE SECOND COMPARTMENT AND INTO THE COMMUNICATING SPACES BETWEEN SAID SEPTIC TANK AND SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, AND A GENERALLY CONICAL COVER MOUNTED ON THE UPPER END OF SAID LEACHING STRUCTURE, AND COVERING BOTH THE SEPTIC TANK AND THE LEACHING STRUCTURE.

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