Patent ID: 11895935
Assignee: ABYDOZ ENVIRONMENTAL INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  C  Y | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. A method for in-situ reconditioning of a media used in an effluent treatment bed in which passage of effluent has become impeded by clogging matter within the media, the bed being planted with vegetation having roots extending into the media, the method comprising:
causing a lifter bar of a reconditioning apparatus to be positioned within the media below a primary root zone of the vegetation such that an agitator of the reconditioning apparatus is in engagement with the media below the primary root zone, the agitator extending between distal ends of a pair of arms extending downwardly from a frame of the reconditioning apparatus and having a plurality of tines for sub-surface tilling of the media; and
causing the frame of the reconditioning apparatus to be advanced through the bed such that, as the lifter bar passes through the bed below the primary root zone of the vegetation, the lifter bar is configured to:
lift and separate the primary root zone relative to a depth of the agitator within the bed while the agitator tills the media below the primary root zone to separate clogging matter from the media; and
lower the lifted primary root zone relative to the depth of the agitator and back into contact with the tilled media after the agitator tills the media below the primary root zone.