1. A separation system for separating floating and non-floating particulate from a fluid, the system comprising:
a) a tank having a bottom and interior sidewalls establishing a storage chamber, an inlet for receiving the fluid, and an outlet for transferring the fluid out of the tank;
b) a baffle having a bottom, a first side baffle wall, a second side baffle wall and a baffle port to allow fluid entering the tank to pass from behind the baffle into the storage chamber, the baffle positioned within the tank, the bottom of the baffle spaced above the bottom of the tank;
c) a bypass including an inlet flow control means on the second side baffle wall between the inlet and the baffle port; and
d) a weir positioned between the inlet flow control means and the outlet, the weir configured to divert fluid from the inlet to the baffle port under relatively low fluid flows and to divert one portion of the fluid from the inlet to the baffle port and to allow the remaining portion of the fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet under relatively high fluid flows.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the bypass includes a bypass plate between the second side baffle wall and the interior sidewalls of the tank.
3. The system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the inlet flow control means is the space defined by the region between the inlet, the second side baffle wall, the interior sidewalls of the tank, the bypass plate and the weir.
4. The system as claimed in claim 2 further comprising an outlet flow control means on the second side baffle wall between the storage chamber outlet and the outlet, wherein the outlet flow control means is the space defined by the region between the outlet, the second side baffle wall, the interior walls of the tank, the bypass plate and the weir.
5. The system as claimed in claim 4 wherein the bypass plate in the outlet flow control means space includes one or more ports.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the weir is a curved plate.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the weir is a flat plate angled from the inlet of the tank toward the baffle port.
8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the interior sidewalls of the tank are corrugated.
9. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the baffle is curved.
10. The system as claimed in claim 9 wherein the baffle has a complex curvature including a first curvature aspect and a second curvature aspect.
11. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the weir has a curved configuration substantially matching a curvature of the second curvature aspect of the baffle.
12. The system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the opening defined by the baffle port is shaped such that it is spaced away from the bypass plate near the inlet and approaches the bypass plate toward an interface of the baffle and the weir.
13. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the weir has a wall height such that its top exceeds the height of the top of the baffle port.
14. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the outlet flow control means includes a bypass plate and a secondary flow control wall configured to transfer fluid from the storage chamber to the tank outlet.
15. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein the secondary flow control wall is vertically oriented with respect to the tank bottom.
16. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein the inlet flow control means includes a weir cover plate attached to the weir and to the secondary flow control wall.
17. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein the bypass plate includes an upstream section and a downstream section divided from the upstream section by the secondary flow control wall, the upstream section including an aperture.
18. A separation system for separating floating and non-floating particulate from a fluid, the system comprising:
a) a tank having a tank bottom and a storage chamber bottom spaced above the tank bottom and interior sidewalls, the interior sidewalls and the storage chamber bottom establishing a storage chamber, an inlet for receiving the fluid into the tank, and an outlet for transferring the fluid out of the tank;
b) a baffle having a bottom, a first side baffle wall, a second side baffle wall and a baffle port to allow fluid entering the tank to pass from behind the baffle into the storage chamber;
c) a storage chamber output for receiving fluid from the storage chamber and providing a passageway for the fluid between the storage chamber and the tank outlet;
d) a standpipe substantially centered within the storage chamber and establishing a passageway between the storage chamber and the storage chamber output;
e) a bypass including an inlet flow control means on the second side baffle wall between the inlet and the baffle port; and
f) a weir positioned between the inlet flow control means and the outlet, the weir configured to divert fluid from the inlet to the baffle port under relatively low fluid flows and to divert one portion of the fluid from the inlet to the baffle port and to allow the remaining portion of the fluid from the inlet to the outlet under relatively high fluid flows.
19. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the bypass includes a bypass plate between the second side baffle wall and the interior sidewalls of the tank.
20. The system as claimed in claim 19 wherein the inlet flow control means is the space defined by the region between the inlet, the second side baffle wall, the interior sidewalls of the tank, the bypass plate and the weir.
21. The system as claimed in claim 19 further comprising an outlet flow control means on the second side baffle wall between the storage chamber outlet and the outlet, wherein the outlet flow control means is the space defined by the region between the outlet, the second side baffle wall, the interior walls of the tank, the bypass plate and the weir.
22. The system as claimed in claim 21 wherein the bypass plate in the outlet flow control means space includes one or more ports.
23. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the weir is a curved plate.
24. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the weir is a flat plate angled from the inlet of the tank toward the baffle port.
25. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the interior sidewalls of the tank are corrugated.
26. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the standpipe includes a bellmouth port and a crucifix therein.
27. The system as claimed in claim 18 wherein the standpipe includes a bellmouth port and a standpipe cover spaced above the bellmouth port.
28. A separation system for separating floating and non-floating particulates from a fluid, the system comprising: a tank having an inlet and an outlet, and a bottom and interior sidewalls establishing a storage chamber within which the floating and non-floating particulates may be retained, wherein the interior sidewalls of the tank are configured to smooth fluid flow within the tank.
29. The system as claimed in claim 28 wherein the interior sidewalls of the tank are corrugated.
30. The system as claimed in claim 29 wherein the corrugated sidewalls are in a helical orientation with the helix spiraling downwardly in direction from the inlet toward the tank bottom.
31. A separation system for separating floating and non-floating particulates from a fluid, the system comprising: a tank having an inlet and an outlet, and a bottom and interior sidewalls establishing a storage chamber within which the floating and non-floating particulates may be retained, wherein the interior sidewalls of the tank are configured to disrupt fluid flow within the tank.
32. The system as claimed in claim 31 wherein the interior sidewalls of the tank are corrugated.
33. The system as claimed in claim 32 wherein the corrugated sidewalls are in a helical orientation with the helix spiraling upwardly in direction from the tank bottom toward the outlet.
34. A separation system for separating floating and non-floating particulate from a fluid, the system comprising:
a) a tank having a bottom and interior sidewalls having an inlet for receiving the fluid, and an outlet for transferring the fluid out of the tank, the tank including a storage chamber within which floating and non-floating particulates are retained;
b) a baffle positioned within the tank, the baffle having a bottom, an interior side baffle wall and an exterior side baffle wall, and a baffle port to allow fluid entering the tank to pass from behind the baffle into the storage chamber, the bottom of the baffle spaced above the bottom of the tank;
c) a bypass including an inlet flow control means on the second side baffle wall between the inlet and the baffle port; and
d) a corrugated weir positioned between the inlet flow control means and the outlet.
35. A separation system for separating floating and non-floating particulate from a fluid, the system comprising:
a) a tank having a bottom and interior sidewalls having an inlet for receiving the fluid, and an outlet for transferring the fluid out of the tank, the tank including a storage chamber within which floating and non-floating particulates are retained;
b) a baffle positioned within the tank, the baffle having a bottom, a corrugated interior side baffle wall and an exterior side baffle wall, and a baffle port to allow fluid entering the tank to pass from behind the baffle into the storage chamber, the bottom of the baffle spaced above the bottom of the tank;
c) a bypass including an inlet flow control means on the second side baffle wall between the inlet and the baffle port; and
d) a weir positioned between the inlet flow control means and the outlet.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for displaying information, comprising the steps of:
providing a display mount;
providing at least one one-piece information strip holder having a clear window and first and second parallel channels at opposite sides of the clear window for receiving a respective information strip;
printing or typing information onto the information strip;
sliding the information strip into the first and second parallel channels of the at least one information strip holder; and
placing the at least one information strip holder on the display mount.
2. A method of claim 1 including providing a plurality of said one-piece information strip holders with respective information strips, providing the display mount as a display panel, and placing the plurality of information strip holders on the display panel.
3. A method of claim 1 including the step of putting the information on the information strip by typing or printing with a typing or printing machine located at a location where the display mount is mounted for use.
4. A method of claim 1 including providing the information strip as paper.
5. A method of claim 2 including providing the information strips by using a sheet, typing or printing the information on the sheet, and separating portions of the sheet into the information strips.
6. A method of claim 5 wherein the sheet has perforations and separating the strips from the sheet along the perforations.
7. A method of claim 5 wherein the sheet is cut to create the information strips.
8. A method of claim 2 including the step of providing a paper sheet which is used to create the information strips, placing the sheet into a typing or printing machine and typing or printing the information onto the sheet at locations which are to become the information strips, and then separating the information strips from the sheet.
9. A method of claim 8 including the step of providing perforations in the paper sheet and tearing the information strips from the paper sheet along the perforations.
10. A method of claim 2 wherein the display panel comprises a building directory having names and building locations associated with the names.
11. A method of claim 2 wherein the display panel comprises a back plate with side channels at the back plate, and the information strip holders are placed into the side channels at the back plate so that the strip holders are stacked above each other when the display panel is positioned substantially vertically.
12. A method of claim 1 including the step of providing a white stripe at said first and second parallel channels with said clear window therebetween, said white stripe concealing opposite edges of said information strip.
13. A display system, comprising:
a display mount;
at lest one information strip holder retained on said display mount;
said information strip holder being a one-piece unit formed of a clear window and first and second opposing parallel channels providing an opaque stripe at each opposite side of the clear window for receiving a respective information strip; and
said information strip comprising printed or typed information thereon and received in said first and second parallel channels with the indicia being viewable through said clear window, and opposite edges of said information strip being concealed by said opaque stripes.
14. A system of claim 13 wherein the information strip comprises paper.
15. A system of claim 13 wherein the information on the information strip comprises laser or ink-jet printed characters.
16. A system of claim 13 wherein the display mount comprises a building directory, a plurality of strip holders are provided, and the information on the respective information strips comprises names and locations of persons in the building.
17. A system of claim 13 wherein said display mount comprises a panel having a back plate with opposed parallel side channels extending vertically along opposite side edges of said back plate, and wherein a plurality of said information strip holders are retained at said back plate by said side channels, said information strip holders lying stacked above each other in the side channels.
18. A system of claim 13 wherein the first and second parallel channels of the information strip holder comprise respective opaque bottom and top members providing respective opaque stripes with the clear window in between and wherein a distance between the opaque stripes of the respective bottom and top members in line with the clear window is less than a width of the strip so that a portion of the bottom and top opaque surface covers a top and bottom edge of the respective strip.
19. A system of claim 18 wherein the top and bottom members each have a mounting surface with a notch therein.
20. A system of claim 13 wherein a gap between an inside surface of the side channels and the information strip holder is less than a width of the information strip holder.
21. A system of claim 13 wherein the first and second parallel channels have an opaque surface which lies in a same plane as said clear window, a plurality of the strip holders are provided, and top and bottom surfaces which abut against respective top or bottom surfaces of other strip holders is perpendicular to said plane.
22. A display system, comprising:
a display panel for mounting in a substantially vertical plane;
a plurality of information strip holders retained on said display panel;
said information strip holders each comprising a one piece unit with a clear window and first and second opposing parallel channels with respective opaque stripes at opposite sides of the clear window for receiving a respective information strip, the opaque stripes covering opposite side edges of the information strip; and
said information strip comprising information thereon and received in said first and second parallel channels with the indicia being viewable through said clear window.