Apparatus and method for increasing hydraulic capacity of a sewer

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9157226
APP PUB NO 20130327214A1
SERIAL NO

13967672

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A method for increasing hydraulic capacity of a gravity sewer system includes installing a receiving structure within or proximate to at least a portion of the gravity sewer system. The receiving structure has at least one fluid inlet opening, at least one liquid outlet opening, and at least one gas outlet opening. The method further includes evacuating at least some of any gas within the receiving structure through at least one gas outlet opening to create a vacuum within the receiving structure. The method further includes receiving a flow of at least liquid through the at least one fluid inlet opening of the receiving structure and into the receiving structure. The method further includes discharging at least some of the liquid from the receiving structure through the at least one liquid outlet opening of the receiving structure.

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THE WHITE OAK PARTNERSHIP LP2261 GRUBBS MILL ROAD BERWYN PA 19312

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Hassett, Alan F Berwyn, US 7 267

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