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WO2008070928A1 - Système de recyclage d'eau de pluie utilisant les espaces vides de treillis formant une dalle alvéolée - Google Patents

Système de recyclage d'eau de pluie utilisant les espaces vides de treillis formant une dalle alvéolée Download PDF

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WO2008070928A1
WO2008070928A1 PCT/AU2007/001935 AU2007001935W WO2008070928A1 WO 2008070928 A1 WO2008070928 A1 WO 2008070928A1 AU 2007001935 W AU2007001935 W AU 2007001935W WO 2008070928 A1 WO2008070928 A1 WO 2008070928A1
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Michael John Downer
Robert William Tanner
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FOOTE GISELLE MARGARET
FOOTE KEVIN GEORGE
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FOOTE KEVIN GEORGE
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B3/00—Methods or installations for obtaining or collecting drinking water or tap water
    • E03B3/02—Methods or installations for obtaining or collecting drinking water or tap water from rain-water
    • E03B3/03—Special vessels for collecting or storing rain-water for use in the household, e.g. water-butts
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E03B1/041—Greywater supply systems
    • E03B2001/047—Greywater supply systems using rainwater
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/108—Rainwater harvesting

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  • TIie present invention relates to rain water recycling systems and, in particular, to apparatus and a method for storing rain water, caught and channeled via roofing and gutter structures, in the void spaces of pods forming a waffle slab foundation of a home, and supplying the stored rain water to the home for use as required.
  • Rain water recycling systems utilizing underground storage tanks are known.
  • a typical system is disclosed in US Patent No. 5,234,286. That system comprises an underground water storage tank of two attachable halves. The tank cooperates with a rain water receiving roof of a building, water inlet, conduits, valve and overflow, controllable pump, and a sump to utilize water from the reservoir.
  • the void spaces of pods forming a waffle slab foundation of a home may be used to store rain water that has been caught and channeled via roofing and gutter structures of the home.
  • the present inventors have also found that such waffle pods may be connected by inlet and outlet pipes of a service system which ultimately supplies rain water to the home for use, without adversely affecting the strength of the waffle slab foundation.
  • apparatus for storing rain water in the void spaces of pods forming a waffle slab foundation of a home, the rain water having been caught and channeled via roofing and gutter structures, and supplying the stored rain water to the home for use as required, the apparatus comprising:
  • a single pipe means preferably defines the inlet and outlet pipe means.
  • the apparatus includes breather pipe, means-allowiag-air-to evacuate from the storage compartments as they are being supplied with rain water.
  • the pump means includes a water filtration system.
  • the apparatus includes overflow pipe means allowing excess water to flow out of the storage compartments when the water inside the storage compartments has reached a predetermined level.
  • a single pipe means defines the overflow pipe means and the breather pipe means.
  • the apparatus preferably includes a supply tank located intermediate of first and second parts of the inlet pipe means, wherein the first part comprises an above ground, storm water down pipe which feeds rain water into the supply tank, and the second part comprises a below ground, supply pipe which supplies rain water stored in the supply tank to the storage compartments.
  • the supply tank is underground.
  • the supply tank includes a leaf filter at a top region of the supply tank.
  • the pump means includes a pump inlet pipe having an inlet opening at a bottom region of the supply tank.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of part of a waffle slab foundation which incorporates a rain water storage and supply apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • Fig, 2 is a plan view of the waffle slab foundation of Fig. 1 showing the storage compartments defined by the void spaces of waffle pods forming the foundation,
  • Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a supply tank that can be used in the apparatus shown in Fig, 1
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a waffle pod that can be used in the foundation shown in Fig. 1.
  • the slab foundation 10 shown in Figs. 1 and 2 has a waffle pod and reinforced concrete structure that is similar to known waffle slab foundations, but differs from these in that it utilizes the void spaces 12 within the pods 14 as storage compartments for rain water 15.
  • inlet and outlet pipe means 16 18 to and from the pods, and between the pods 14.
  • These pipe means include a two-way supply pipe 19 located beneath the foundation and, in the case of the inlet pipe means 16, the supply pipe 19 supplies rain water captured by roofing and gutter structures of the home into each storage compartment 12 through the bottom thereof.
  • the supply pipe 19 supplies stored rain water, also through the bottom of the storage compartment 12, ultimately into the home for use as required, by cooperating with a pump means.
  • the pump means includes a pumping unit 20, a water filtration device, and a pump inlet pipe 22.
  • the pumping unit 20 is located alongside an external wall of the home, the wall being supported upon a shoulder of the slab foundation 10.
  • the pods 14 are located in a spaced apart manner internally of the shoulder and are, in this embodiment, 1100mm in length, 1100mm in width, and 300mm in height. They are made of a water impermeable polymer, but any suitable material of combination of materials may be used in their construction.
  • Each pod 14 is formed with column voids 24 extending between top and bottom surfaces of the pod. The column voids 24 are filled with concrete during the formation or laying of the foundation;, and so provide structural support for the pods under the weight of the concrete aboye.
  • a hreather pipe 26 which has a first open end 27 at the pod and a second open end 2S externally of the slab foundation.
  • the breather pipe 26 allows air to evacuate from the storage compartment 12 of the pod 14 as it is being supplied or filled with rain water through the inlet pipe means 16.
  • Rain water caught and channeled via roofing and gutter structures of the home are fed firstly into one or more storm water downpipes 30 and then into an underground supply tank 32 (which may also be referred to as a control tank) sunk to a depth that is beneath the slab foundation 10.
  • a leaf filter 34 is located at a top region of the supply tank 32, and downstream of the leaf filter 34 in the supply tank 32 is an opening of the supply pipe 19.
  • Rain water filling the supply tank 32 is diverted into and through the supply pipe 19 so that it also fills all of the storage compartments 12.
  • the pump inlet pipe 22 has an inlet opening near the bottom of the supply tank 32, but not so close to the bottom as to draw in silt or other impurities or debris that have settled on the bottom of the supply tank 32, whereby the pump means draws stored rain water, supplied continuously from the storage compartments 12, for use as required in the home via one or more delivery pipe 36, such as may be used in plumbing to taps.
  • the excess rain water is allowed to flow out of the storage compartments through an overflow pipe 40.
  • the overflow pipe 40 and the breather pipe 26 are the same pipe. Excess rain water can flow out of the supply tank 32 through storm water exit pipe 42.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil pour stocker l'eau de pluie (15) dans les espaces vides (12) de treillis (14) formant une fondation (10) de dalle alvéolée d'une maison. L'eau de pluie est captée et acheminée via les structures de toiture et de gouttière et est fournie à la maison pour être utilisée selon les besoins. L'appareil comprend une pluralité de compartiments de stockage d'eau de pluie définie par les espaces vides (12), une tuyauterie d'admission (16) pour fournir l'eau de pluie à partir des structures de toiture et de gouttière dans les compartiments de stockage et la tuyauterie de sortie (18) à partir des compartiments de stockage. Les moyens de pompage (20, 22) coopèrent avec la tuyauterie de sortie (18) pour fournir l'eau de pluie à partir des compartiments de stockage dans la maison pour être utilisée selon les besoins.
PCT/AU2007/001935 2006-12-14 2007-12-14 Système de recyclage d'eau de pluie utilisant les espaces vides de treillis formant une dalle alvéolée Ceased WO2008070928A1 (fr)

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Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994008102A1 (fr) * 1992-10-06 1994-04-14 We De - Fliesenbau Gmbh Installation de recuperation d'eau sanitaire a partir d'eau de pluie
GB2369400A (en) * 2000-11-28 2002-05-29 Stuart Summerfield Underground water storage system
AU2003262222A1 (en) * 2002-11-14 2004-06-03 Matherson Construction Pty Ltd Water storage system & tank therefor
AU2003264610A1 (en) * 2002-11-29 2004-06-17 Greg James Chapman An improved water tank
AU2004205094A1 (en) * 2003-09-02 2005-03-17 Darren James McKechnie Storage System for Water
WO2006032090A1 (fr) * 2004-09-22 2006-03-30 Lindsay Design Pty Ltd Stockage d’eau sous une dalle

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO1994008102A1 (fr) * 1992-10-06 1994-04-14 We De - Fliesenbau Gmbh Installation de recuperation d'eau sanitaire a partir d'eau de pluie
GB2369400A (en) * 2000-11-28 2002-05-29 Stuart Summerfield Underground water storage system
AU2003262222A1 (en) * 2002-11-14 2004-06-03 Matherson Construction Pty Ltd Water storage system & tank therefor
AU2003264610A1 (en) * 2002-11-29 2004-06-17 Greg James Chapman An improved water tank
AU2004205094A1 (en) * 2003-09-02 2005-03-17 Darren James McKechnie Storage System for Water
WO2006032090A1 (fr) * 2004-09-22 2006-03-30 Lindsay Design Pty Ltd Stockage d’eau sous une dalle

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