Patent ID: 8083937
Filing Date: 2011-12-27
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 wall mounted in said housing chamber between the inlet and outlet, said wall having an filter opening therethrough; a filter element removably mounted in said wall filter opening for filtering storm water passing therethrough; a pair of tracks attached to said wall and defining a passageway through said wall; a floating baffle 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 and through said wall when said floating baffle panel is floated to a raised position; and at least one floatation member mounted on said floatable baffle panel to allow said baffle panel to rise and fall in said pair of tracks with the rise and fall of storm water on the inlet side of wall from a rest position to a raised position opening a passageway therebeneath as the water level rises in said vault chamber; whereby storm water entering said inlet passes through said filter element and out said outlet and under said floating baffle panel when said floatable baffle panel is floated to a raised position to thereby prevent storm water from accumulating on the inlet side of said wall.