Environmental waste water filtering system
View Patent ↗An environmental waste water filtering system, including a bucket, the inside of which tapers into a funnel portion that leads to a strainer. The funnel has an exit tube that extends 3 inches below the bucket wall and may be inserted into a drain such as a toilet drain pipe. The inside of the bucket and funnel portion forms a fluid debris chamber. When fluid containing particulate matter is poured into the fluid debris chamber, the particulate matter is removed from the fluid portion as the fluid passes through the strainer and then into the toilet drain pipe. Once all fluid drains from the fluid debris chamber, the captured debris may be poured into a trash bag and disposed of. Optionally, a disposable straining filter bag may be positioned in the fluid debris chamber so that even finer particulate matter is removed from the fluid for disposal with the bag.
1. An environmental waste water filtering system, comprising:
a bucket comprising:
a wall having an outside surface and an inside surface defining an interior of said bucket,
a top opening at a first end of the bucket configured to allow the introduction of fluid containing particulates into the bucket, said top opening having a top opening width, and
a bottom opening at a second end of the bucket opposite said first end of the bucket, said bottom opening having a bottom opening width smaller than said top opening width; and
a funnel comprising an upper circumference at a top of the funnel, a flange extending downward from said upper circumference, a conical funnel portion tapering down to a neck, a filtering mechanism in said neck, and an exit tube,
wherein said funnel is attached to said interior of said bucket such that said flange sits flush against said inside surface, and
wherein said funnel is in fluid communication with said interior of said bucket, and said exit tube is in fluid communication with said neck of said funnel, whereby fluid flows from the interior of said bucket through said funnel and out said exit tube.
2. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said filtering mechanism comprises a strainer.
3. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said funnel sits in said bucket at a position in which said exit tube extends below said bottom opening of said bucket.
4. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the bottom opening width, the shape of the funnel, and the position of the exit tube allow the bucket to be placed over a drain having a toilet flange without touching the toilet flange.
5. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 4 , wherein the exit tube extends between two inches and three inches into the drain.
6. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 3 , wherein said exit tube extends approximately 3 inches below said bottom opening of said bucket.
7. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 3 , wherein said flange is further affixed to said inner wall using an affixing material.
8. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 7 , wherein said affixing material is epoxy.
9. The environmental waste water filtering system as recited in claim 7 , wherein said affixing material comprises a plurality of rivets.