Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
  • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
  • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
  • E03C1/122—Pipe-line systems for waste water in building
  • E03C1/1222—Arrangements of devices in domestic waste water pipe-line systems
  • E03C1/1225—Arrangements of devices in domestic waste water pipe-line systems of air admittance valves
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
  • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
  • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
  • E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
  • E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
  • E03C1/12—Plumbing installations for waste water; Basins or fountains connected thereto; Sinks
  • E03C1/122—Pipe-line systems for waste water in building
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L55/00—Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
  • F16L55/04—Devices damping pulsations or vibrations in fluids
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L—PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
  • F16L55/00—Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
  • F16L55/04—Devices damping pulsations or vibrations in fluids
  • F16L55/045—Devices damping pulsations or vibrations in fluids specially adapted to prevent or minimise the effects of water hammer
  • F16L55/05—Buffers therefor
  • F16L55/052—Pneumatic reservoirs
  • F16L55/053—Pneumatic reservoirs the gas in the reservoir being separated from the fluid in the pipe
  • F16L55/054—Pneumatic reservoirs the gas in the reservoir being separated from the fluid in the pipe the reservoir being placed in or around the pipe from which it is separated by a sleeve-shaped membrane

Definitions

• This invention relates to a positive air pressure attenuation device for relieving positive pressure transients in drainage or sewage systems .
• Patent documents EP 0 172 966 and EP 0 661 483 disclose sewer relief valves which automatically open responsive to overpressure due to a back flow of sewage and drain water within a plumbed drainage system. According to these embodiments however, the overpressure is relieved or attenuated by expelling air from the sewage system into the atmospheric air.
• a pressure relief device for use in a drainage system comprising a housing to which a flexible reservoir is secured, the flexible reservoir being operable on a positive air pressure transient within drainage system, and both the housing and the flexible reservoir are contained within an external casing.
• the housing has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being connected to the drainage system, and the outlet is connected to a cap to enable sealing of the housing.
• the housing is fabricated from a rigid material to ensure adequate sealing of the complete unit.
• the housing is a continuous unit over which the flexible reservoir is fitted. Where the flexible reservoir covers the housing, means for ventilation are used to allow air from the drainage system to pass freely to and from the interior periphery of the reservoir.
• a suitable material for the housing would be PVC, for example-
• the flexible reservoir is contained within the external casing, and sealed to both the inlet and outlet of the housing by means of an 0' ring or other elasto eric fastener coupled a suitable sealant, for example, an uncured paste of butyl rubber and solvent.
• a suitable sealant for example, an uncured paste of butyl rubber and solvent.
• the *0' ring compresses the flexible reservoir onto the inlet or outlet surface onto the butyl rubber paste to effect a complete seal.
• a suitable material for the flexible reservoir would be f.i. a 0.2 mm thick butyl rubbe .
• the external casing may be constructed from rigid materials such as PVC*
• the pressure relief device may be used as a single or *stand-alone' unit.
• the outlet of the pressure relief device may be connected to the inlet of another pressure relief device when extra capacity is required.
• the pressure relief device or devices may be used in conjunction with an air admittance valve to increase the overall performance of the drainage system. Particularities and essential elements of the device according to the present invention will be put forward in the annexed set Of claims.
• Figure 1 is a cross section through a pressure relief device
• Figure 2 is a cross section through the housing
• Figure 3 is a schematic of the housing
• Figure 4 is a cross section of two pressure relief devices connected in series.
• the pressure relief device 1 comprises an external casing 2, a housing 3, a flexible reservoir 10 and an end cap 16.
• Figure 1 shows the assembled pressure relief device.
• the flexible reservoir 10 covers the central portion of the housing and is secured to the housing inlet 6 and the housing inlet 4 by means of an 'O'ring 8.
• the flexible reservoir 10 is sealed against the housing inlet 6 and the housing outlet 4 by the 'O'ring compressing a layer of sealant (not shown) . This allows the flexible reservoir 10 to operate without any leakage.
• the inlet 6 and the outlet 4 of the housing 3 are linked together by means of separator plates 12 leaving between them open spaces in contact with the flexible resevoir 10.
• the external casing 2 fits partly over the housing 3 and over the flexible reservoir 10.
• the external casing has a plurality of means for ventilation 20, shown for example here in the base surface 22, .which allows the flexible reservoir 10 to be in permanent contact with the atmospheric air (pressure) whilst preventing the flexible reservoir 10 from being damaged by any external event.
• the pressure relief device 1 is attached to the drainage system by means of a graduated connector 18.
• the graduated connector allows the connection of at least two different size pipes together in a secure manner, and may be made of an elastomeric material.
• the housing 3 can be seen to comprise four distinct sections.
• the upper section 14 leads to the housing outlet 4 and the housing inlet 6 via the separator sections or plates 12.
• the separator plates 12 allow airflow to continue through the pressure relief device 1 when the flexible reservoir 10 is fully collapsed.
• Figure 3 is a schematic of the housing 3 without the upper section 14. It can be seen that the separator plates 12 do not extend fully round the -circumference of the housing 3. The gaps between the separator plates 12 allow air from the drainage system to enter the flexible reservoir 10 and inflate it in case of positive pressure within the system, thus absorbing the energy of the transient pressure wave.
• Figure 4 shows two pressure relief devices 1 connected in series- The devices are connected together by means of a graduated connector 18 connecting the housing inlet 6 of the upper pressure relief device 5 into the upper section 14 of the lower pressure relief device 7.
• connection between two pressure relief devices, or a pressure relief device and the drainage system, or a pressure relief device and an air admittance valve is intended to be a push fit connection.
• the ground drainage system is designed to be in accordance with BS 5572: 1978 (Code of Practice for Sanitary Pipe Work) .

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• Sink And Installation For Waste Water (AREA)
• Safety Valves (AREA)
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• Exhaust Gas After Treatment (AREA)
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• Lubrication Of Internal Combustion Engines (AREA)
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• Structures Of Non-Positive Displacement Pumps (AREA)
• Self-Closing Valves And Venting Or Aerating Valves (AREA)
• Control Of Fluid Pressure (AREA)
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