Patent ID: 8231780
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: B01D,C02F,E03F,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A storm water filter system comprising: a vault housing having a chamber therein having an inlet thereinto and an outlet therefrom; a pair of tracks attached to said vault housing; a floating skimmer panel having a top and a bottom and a pair of sides and being movably mounted in said pair of tracks and positioned to block floatable debris from passing thereover while forming a passageway thereunder, said floating skimmer panel having a filter opening therethrough; at least one floatation member mounted on said floatable skimmer panel to allow said skimmer panel to rise and fall in said pair of tracks with the rise and fall of storm water on the inlet side of said vault housing from a rest position to a raised position enlarging a passageway therebeneath as the water level rises in said vault chamber; and a filter element removably mounted in said floating skimmer panel opening for filtering storm water passing therethrough; whereby storm water entering said vault inlet passes through said filter element and out said vault outlet and under said floating skimmer panel when said floatable skimmer panel is floated to a raised position to thereby prevent storm water from accumulating on the inlet side of said wall.