Patents Assigned to Orenco Systems Incorporated
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Patent number: 10392281Abstract: A round meander septic tank includes an elongate baffle that divides the interior space of the tank into two semicircular chambers. Untreated wastewater is introduced to the first chamber through an inlet located near the first end of the baffle. The wastewater flows through the first chamber to a portal at the second end of the baffle and passes through the portal into the second chamber. A wastewater outlet from the tank is located in the second chamber near the first end of the baffle. Wastewater passing through the portal flows through the second chamber to the outlet and out of the tank. The baffle and the shape of the septic tank increase the distance that the wastewater must flow from the inlet to the outlet as compared to a rectangular meander tank with a single baffle.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Orenco Systems IncorporatedInventors: Eric S. Ball, Terry R. Bounds
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Publication number: 20190092664Abstract: A round meander septic tank includes an elongate baffle that divides the interior space of the tank into two semicircular chambers. Untreated wastewater is introduced to the first chamber through an inlet located near the first end of the baffle. The wastewater flows through the first chamber to a portal at the second end of the baffle and passes through the portal into the second chamber. A wastewater outlet from the tank is located in the second chamber near the first end of the baffle. Wastewater passing through the portal flows through the second chamber to the outlet and out of the tank. The baffle and the shape of the septic tank increase the distance that the wastewater must flow from the inlet to the outlet as compared to a rectangular meander tank with a single baffle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Orenco Systems IncorporatedInventors: Eric S. Ball, Terry R. Bounds
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Patent number: 7976713Abstract: Treating wastewater by receiving wastewater having a reduced concentration of waste solids into a secondary containment space and allowing the waste solids to distribute into a lower horizontal sludge layer, an upper horizontal scum layer, and a relatively clear horizontal layer of liquid therebetween; flowing the liquid from the relatively clear layer through at least one filter element enclosed in a housing the top of which is submerged below the wastewater level of the secondary containment space; and thereafter flowing the filtered effluent out of the housing. In some embodiments, the filtered effluent may be discharged from the secondary containment space using an effluent pump configured with a conventional flow inducer or, alternatively, using an effluent pump sealably configured with a shortened flow inducer thereby allowing discharge of the filtered effluent to a wastewater level below that of the pump's intake.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Orenco Systems IncorporatedInventor: Eric S Ball
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Publication number: 20100224577Abstract: Treating wastewater by receiving wastewater having a reduced concentration of waste solids into a secondary containment space and allowing the waste solids to distribute into a lower horizontal sludge layer, an upper horizontal scum layer, and a relatively clear horizontal layer of liquid therebetween; flowing the liquid from the relatively clear layer through at least one filter element enclosed in a housing the top of which is submerged below the wastewater level of the secondary containment space; and thereafter flowing the filtered effluent out of the housing. In some embodiments, the filtered effluent may be discharged from the secondary containment space using an effluent pump configured with a conventional flow inducer or, alternatively, using an effluent pump sealably configured with a shortened flow inducer thereby allowing discharge of the filtered effluent to a wastewater level below that of the pump's intake.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: Orenco Systems IncorporatedInventor: Eric S. Ball
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Patent number: D445476Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Orenco Systems IncorporatedInventors: Harold L. Ball, Terry R. Bounds, Eric S. Ball
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Patent number: D461870Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2001Date of Patent: August 20, 2002Assignee: Orenco Systems IncorporatedInventors: Harold L. Ball, Terry R. Bounds, Eric S. Ball