Fluid handling – With casing – support – protector or static constructional... – Static constructional installations
Patent
1996-02-23
1998-03-24
Chambers, A. Michael
Fluid handling
With casing, support, protector or static constructional...
Static constructional installations
137376, 137587, 52 16, F16L 500, E04D 1308
Patent
active
057301794
ABSTRACT:
A rainwater collection and distribution apparatus includes a tank which includes a water entry portion, a water exit portion, and a water containment portion located between the water entry portion and the water exit portion. A valve assembly is connected to the water exit portion of the tank. A flexible adaptor conduit is connected at one end to the water entry portion of the tank and is connectable at another end to a portion of a gutter down spout. A plurality of stakes are connected to a bottom portion of the water containment portion of the tank for fixing the tank to a portion of a ground surface. The water containment portion of the tank has a tank diameter and a hydrostatic-pressure-development height extending from a distal end portion of the water containment portion to the valve assembly. A ratio of the hydrostatic-pressure-development height to the tank diameter is equal to or greater than three. The tank includes an overflow aperture located at a distal end portion of the water containment portion. A screen assembly may be located in-line between the flexible conduit and the water entry portion of the tank. A hose is connectable by threads to a complimentarily threaded end of the valve assembly. An aperture-containing water distributor assembly is connected to a second end of the hose. The aperture-containing water distributor assembly may be comprised of an apertured hollow cylindrical housing or an apertured hollow pyramidal housing.
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