Low-nest height thermoplastic leaching chamber
View Patent ↗A continuous curve arch shape cross section corrugated injection molded thermoplastic chamber is provided and includes a body having a multiplicity of peak and valley corrugations running along the curve of the arch shape, wherein the multiplicity includes opposing sidewalls, each having a foot, opposing chamber ends connected to the body, the ends shaped to form joints with the ends of like chambers, a multiplicity of sprues, within spaced apart valleys, at elevations intermediate the foot and apex of the chamber, wherein each sprue has a first runner running upwardly alone the valley in direction of the apex, and a second runner running downwardly along the valley toward the foot, a base runner connected to the bottom of the second runner, running lengthwise along the foot of the chamber; and at least one third runner connected to the base runner and running upwardly along a peak adjacent the valley.
1. A continuous curve arch shape cross section corrugated injection molded thermoplastic chamber, comprising:
a body having a multiplicity of peak and valley corrugations running along the curve of the arch shape, wherein said multiplicity includes opposing sidewalls, each having a foot;
opposing chamber ends connected to the body, the ends shaped to form joints with the ends of like chambers;
a multiplicity of sprues, within spaced apart valleys, at elevations intermediate the foot and apex of the chamber
wherein each sprue has a first runner running upwardly along the valley in the direction of the apex, and a second runner running downwardly along the valley toward the foot;
a base runner connected to the bottom of said second runner, running lengthwise along the foot of the chamber;
and at least one third runner, connected to the base runner and running upwardly along a peak adjacent the valley.
2. The chamber of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth runner connected to the base runner and running upwardly the other peak which is adjacent the valley.
3. The chamber of claim 1 wherein the basic thickness of the body is at least 0.090 in. and the nest height of the chamber is less than 1.5 in.
4. The chamber of claim 3 further comprising a fifth runner connected to the base runner and running upwardly along a second valley which is spaced apart from the valley of the second runner by a peak.
5. The chamber of claim 3 wherein the second runner runs along the interior of the arch curve of the chamber, down to proximity of the intersection of the valley and foot, and then on the exterior of the chamber, to the flange of the base.
6. The chamber of claim 1 wherein the base runner runs along the bottom side of the foot.
7. The chamber of claim 1 wherein the nest height is less than one in.
8. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the body of the chamber is free of ribs.
9. The chamber of claim 1 , wherein the chamber sidewalls are perforated.
10. A continuous curve arch shape cross section corrugated injection molded thermoplastic chamber, comprising:
a body having a multiplicity of peak and valley corrugations running along the curve of the arch shape, wherein said multiplicity of peak corrugations includes opposing sidewalls, each having a foot, wherein each of the opposing sidewalls include an inner surface disposed within the chamber, the opposing sidewalls configured to form an angle PWA between the inner surfaces of about 12 degrees; and
opposing chamber ends connected to the body, the ends shaped to form joints with the ends of like chambers;
wherein, the body is free of lengthwise ribs and wherein, when a plurality of said chambers is nested for shipment, the nest height of each chamber is substantially less than 1.5 in.
11. The chamber of claim 10 , wherein the body is free of ribs running along the arch curve.
12. The chamber of claim 10 wherein the nesting height is about one in.
13. A continuous curve arch shape cross section corrugated injection molded thermoplastic chamber, comprising:
a body having a multiplicity of peak and valley corrugations running along the curve of the arch shape, wherein said multiplicity of peak corrugations includes opposing sidewalls running upwardly from feet at the base of the chamber, the sidewalls having perforations which run on a downward slope from interior to exterior of the chamber, wherein each of the opposing sidewalls include an inner surface disposed within the chamber, the opposing sidewalls configured to form an angle PWA between the inner surfaces of about 12 degrees; and
at least one sprue, within a valley at an elevation intermediate the foot and apex of the chamber, the sprue having an interior surface which runs upwardly on the same slope as said perforations.
14. The chamber of claim 13 further comprising runners, running from the sprue along the valley both upwardly toward the apex and downwardly toward the foot.
15. The chamber of claim 14 wherein the runner which runs downwardly runs predominately along the interior surface of the valley, the runner running on the exterior surface of the chamber at the lower end of the sprue and at the point where the valley meets the foot.
16. The chamber of claim 15 wherein the body of the chamber is free of ribs.