Patent ID: 8636898
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B01D,C02F,E02D,F04D

Abstract:
1. A liquid filtering and transfer device, comprising: a substantially rigid, space enclosing housing said housing having a top end, a bottom end, a sidewall, and an inner cavity and wherein said sidewall of said housing has an inner surface and an outer surface; an electrically driven fluid transfer pump having an inlet manifold, surrounded by an inlet strainer, located in a vicinity of its lower end, said fluid transfer pump being disposed within said inner cavity of the housing, and having said inlet manifold located in a proximity of said bottom end of the housing, and wherein said inlet strainer has a plurality of strainer openings fluidly connecting said inlet manifold to said inner cavity, and wherein said strainer openings have a substantially similar strainer opening size; a plurality of openings traversing said sidewall, each of said openings fluidly connecting said inner surface of said sidewall to said outer surface of said sidewall, and wherein said openings have a maximum size that is smaller than said strainer opening size;