Patent ID: 11964221
Assignee: OSI ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  C | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. An overload protection chamber for a mixed fluid separator, comprising:
a chamber bounded by walls for containing the mixed fluid;
an oil-stop valve, disposed in the chamber, comprising:
a buoyant sealing ball bounded and vertically moveable in a column, the buoyant sealing ball having a buoyancy to float in a first fluid and sink in a second fluid; and
a drain hole of the first fluid at the bottom of the vertical column, the buoyant sealing ball configured to seal the drain hole of the first fluid when resting on the drain hole of the first fluid;

a mixed fluid inlet; and
an overflow weir having an upward-facing sloping surface and a top opening above a top of the column.