IP Library Granted Patent US 7,575,226
Granted Patent B2
US 7,575,226 · App. 12/016,050 · Granted Aug 18, 2009

Liquid aeration system and method

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Patent No.
US 7,575,226
App. No.
12/016,050
Granted
Aug 18, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for aerating liquid within a liquid retention structure including a liquid delivery tube in fluid communication with a gas exchange chamber and a pump. The gas exchange chamber includes an air inlet and a gas outlet. The pump is configured to pump liquid within the liquid retention structure through the liquid delivery tube and into the gas exchange chamber so that harmful gases contained within the liquid escape from the liquid and exit through the gas outlet. Fresh air enters into the gas exchange chamber through the air inlet and is absorbed into the liquid within the gas exchange chamber.

Claims (12)

1. A system for aerating liquid within a liquid retention structure, comprising:

a main body having an outer wall;

a liquid delivery tube positioned within said main body;

a heating element proximate said liquid delivery tube;

a gas exchange chamber connected to said liquid delivery tube, said gas exchange chamber being in fluid communication with said liquid delivery tube; and

a pressure relief passage configured to relieve pressure underneath a layer of ice formed over the liquid within the liquid retention structure.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said pressure relief passage is formed through said main body.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a flotation member radially extending from said outer wall.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a pump in fluid communication with said liquid delivery tube, said pump being configured to pump liquid within the liquid retention structure through said liquid delivery tube and into said gas exchange chamber so that harmful gases contained within the liquid escape from the liquid and exit through said gas exchange chamber, while fresh air enters into said gas exchange chamber and is absorbed into the liquid within said gas exchange chamber.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an extension member downwardly extending from said main body.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system is electrically connected to an additional system for aerating a liquid within a liquid retention structure.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a filter medium.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2014
From: ALLIED PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: MILLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Reel/Frame 032152/0921 →
LIEN Recorded Apr 9, 2010
From: ALLIED PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC.
To: AMERICAN CHARTERED BANK
Reel/Frame 024202/0794 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2008
From: REUSCHE, THOMAS K.; CHUMBLEY, PHILIP E.; RESSL, MIKE; MCHUGH, JAMES
To: ALLIED PRECISION INDUSTRIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 020379/0503 →