Patent ID: 6077448
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B01D,E03F

Abstract:
A multi-chambered interceptor tank for the removal of contaminants from water entering said tank,said tank having at least two chambers having communication means between the chambers to permit serial liquid flow through the first to the last chambers of said tank, so as to maintain the level of the liquid in said chambers at substantially the same level,a sloping conduit passing through at least the first and last chambers of said tank, said conduit having an inlet and an outlet,first orifice means in said conduit near said inlet in communication with said first chamber, said orifice being located a predetermined distance above the liquid in said first chamber,second orifice means near the outlet of said conduit in communication with said last chamber at the liquid level,said first orifice being of such size as to permit bypass of liquid in said conduit when the flow of liquid into said inlet exceeds a predetermined flow.