Liquid purification or separation – Particulate material type separator – e.g. – ion exchange or... – With rehabilitation means
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-27
2010-06-15
Menon, Krishnan S (Department: 1797)
Liquid purification or separation
Particulate material type separator, e.g., ion exchange or...
With rehabilitation means
C210S274000, C210S275000, C210S279000, C210S291000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07736506
ABSTRACT:
A system and method for uniformly distributing fluids (e.g., washing and in-service) through a filter bed of a filter. The system and method of the present invention can be used with any type of filter that uses media to remove impurities from a fluid. The filter bed can include one or more layers of media. The media can be natural (e.g., sand, gravel, anthracite, etc.) or can be fabricated (e.g., plastic). The filter media can be supported by one or more layers of gravel. Alternatively, the filter media can be supported by a porous plate or other support designed to replace the gravel layers. The present invention includes a system having a distribution member configured to uniformly distribute a fluid through a filter bed of a filter. Preferably, the distribution member can be readily installed by relatively unskilled labor in both existing filters and new filters. The distribution member is preferably configured to occupy only a small percentage of space in a distribution chamber (e.g., a flume). In retrofit applications, the design of the distribution member is such that no significant alteration of the distribution chamber or fluid velocity is necessary. Preferably, the distribution member includes one or more plates extending substantially the length of the distribution chamber. The plate or plates are designed to create a uniform pizeometric head at each lateral extending from the distribution chamber regardless of how far a given lateral is from the fluid inlet in the distribution chamber. In a most preferred embodiment, a single plate is used. The design of the single plate allows it to be mass produced and yet still be used in numerous different environments and flow conditions.
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Addison Mark Kevin
Roberts R. Lee
Menon Krishnan S
Merek & Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC
RG Delaware Inc.
Zalasky Katherine
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