Lift station maintenance device
View Patent ↗A lift station maintenance device having as its essential features, a circular housing constructed from bars, interleaving self-centering augers for lifting flushable wipes through the system, spring snap options for retaining the bar in slots in top and base plates, and capability to remove large flushable wipes or equivalent materials from liquid sewage systems without clogging. Also disclosed is a lift station maintenance system.
1. A lift station maintenance device for removal of flushable wipes and other larger debris from sewage, said lift station maintenance device comprising in combination:
A. a base plate;
B. a top plate having a central opening extending therethrough;
C. a plurality of uniformly space bars partially encircling said central opening defining a partially encircled cylindrical volume, each bar vertically extending from a slot in a top surface of said base plate to a slot in a bottom surface of said top plate, the non-encircled portion of said circular volume defining an inlet through which sewage may enter said cylindrical volume;
D. a pair of dual interleaving augers contained within said cylindrical volume for urging debris up through said central opening, said augers being self-centering, said augers having a lower end; and
E. each said auger lower end being driveably connected to a motor.
2. A lift station maintenance device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the top plate is supported by support members.
3. A lift station maintenance device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said bars are held against said augers and secured by spring clips in said slots.
4. A lift station maintenance device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising an inlet flow device attached to the lift station maintenance device for directing sewage through said inlet into said cylindrical volume.
5. A lift station maintenance device as claimed in claim 4 wherein said inlet flow device has an overflow escapement.
6. A lift station maintenance system, said system comprising in combination:
A. a vertical housing having a lower port for sewage entry;
B. a lift station maintenance device as recited in claim 1 , contained within said vertical housing;
C. an elongated tube surmounting said lift station device in fluid communication with said central opening; and
D. an electrical power source for said motor.