Leaching chamber having a dome shaped end portion for pivotably connecting with a second chamber end portion
View Patent ↗Arch shape cross-section leaching and stormwater chambers are connected together so that swiveled angling is obtained at the joint. Angling is accomplished by means of an integral or detachable dome end comprising a conical section. A like chamber with an ordinary end mates by overlapping the dome. Or a like chamber may have an opposing and overlapping end, which also comprises a dome. A coupling for connecting two ordinary end chambers is comprised of two spaced apart conical domes spaced apart by a connector. The connector between the domes is optionally straight or angled. The couplings enable chambers to be connected at diverse angles to each other, as well as to be connected parallel with offset, i.e., with zigzag path.
1. An article for receiving or dispersing liquids when buried in soil, the article comprising:
a chamber for containing a liquid, wherein said chamber includes a chamber body portion positioned between a first chamber end portion and a second chamber end portion, wherein each of said first chamber end portion and said second chamber end portion has an opening communicated with said chamber body portion,
said first chamber end portion having a first molded pin, and being domed shape for pivotably connecting with a second chamber end portion of a like chamber, wherein said first chamber end portion includes a conical section portion that is curved inwardly toward said chamber body portion; and
said second chamber end portion being sized to overlap the first chamber end portion of a like chamber and having a hollow second molded pin configured to pivotably contain said first molded pin to form a pivotable joint therebetween to allow said chamber and said like chamber to pivot in the horizontal plane relative to each other when said chamber is associated with said like chamber.
2. The article of claim 1 , wherein when said first chamber end portion and said second chamber end portion of a like chamber are associated such that a portion of said second chamber end portion of the like chamber overlaps a portion of said first chamber end portion, said first molded pin is disposed within said hollow second molded pin to allow horizontal pivoting of the like chambers relative to each other but to inhibit the longitudinal movement of the like chambers relative to each other.
3. The article of claim 1 , wherein said first molded pin is a molded pin or pivot disposed at the top of said first chamber end portion and said hollow second molded pin is a molded pin or pivot disposed at the top of said second chamber end portion.
4. The article of claim 1 , wherein said second chamber end portion is shaped for overlapping said first chamber end portion of said like chamber.
5. The article of claim 1 , wherein said first chamber end portion includes a sidewall substantially shaped as a portion of a conical section for receiving thereon an interior portion of a second chamber end portion of said like chamber.
6. The article of claim 5 , wherein said chamber body portion is arch shaped and includes a continuous curve arch shaped geometry.
7. The article of claim 6 , wherein the curve of said conical section in the vertical plane is generally congruent with said chamber body portion.
8. The article of claim 6 , wherein a cross section of said continuous curve has the geometry of a truncated semi-ellipse and wherein a cross section of said conical section is a portion of a semi-ellipsoid.
9. The article of claim 1 , wherein when said chamber is mated with said like chamber, each of said chamber and said like chamber is able to pivot about a predetermined range in the horizontal plane relative to the other of said chamber and said like chamber.
10. The article of claim 9 , wherein said predetermined range is between 1 and 20 degrees.
11. A chamber for receiving or dispersing liquids when buried in soil, the chamber comprising:
a chamber for containing a liquid, wherein said chamber includes a first chamber end portion and a second chamber end portion separated by a chamber body portion, wherein each of said first chamber end portion and said second chamber end portion has an opening communicated with said chamber body portion,
said first chamber end portion being domed shape for pivotably connecting with a second chamber end portion of a like chamber, wherein said first chamber end portion includes a first arched shaped cross section having a first cross section geometry and a second arched shaped cross section having a second cross section geometry, wherein said first cross section geometry is larger than said second cross section geometry, said second cross section geometry being positioned between said first cross section geometry and said chamber body portion; and
said second chamber end portion being sized to overlap the first chamber end portion of a like chamber to form a pivotable joint therebetween to allow said chamber and said like chamber to pivot in the horizontal plane relative to each other when said chamber is associated with said like chamber.