RAINWATER HARVESTING ROOF FOR WATER STORAGE TANK

• US 20160258137A1
• Filed: 03/04/2016
• Published: 09/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Us Rain Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Us Rain Group, Inc.
• Inventors: Delost, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US15/060,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20160258137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 88/08 with a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/06 Coverings, e.g. for insulating purposes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 90/10 Manholes; Inspection openings; Covers therefor safety features B65D90/22; covers or similar closure members, for pressure vessels in general F16J13/00
• CPC Class Codes: E03B 3/03 Special vessels for collecting or storing rain-water for use in the household, e.g. water-butts containers for storage, in general, B65D
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 7/02 Containers for fluids or gases; Supports therefor
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 20/00 Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 20/108 Rainwater harvesting

Abstract

A rainwater harvesting roof for a water storage tank has a roof of relatively water-impermeable material substantially covering the tank. The roof has a central support supporting the roof, forming a peak, and the roof further has a substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material located in the roof near the outer edge of the roof. The rainwater harvesting roof preferably also has a circumferential gutter of relatively water impermeable material depending downward from the interior surface of the roof and located beneath the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material. The circumferential gutter further has slits allowing the passage of water therethrough.

Claims

1. A rainwater harvesting roof for a water storage tank;

the rainwater harvesting roof comprising;

a roof substantially covering the tank;

a central support supporting the roof;

whereby the roof has a peak at the central support;

the roof further comprising;

a relatively water-impermeable material;

a substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material located in the roof;

the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material situated lower on the roof than the peak of the roof.

2. The rainwater harvesting roof of claim 1, where the roof is constructed in gores.

3. The rainwater harvesting roof of claim 1, where the roof has an outer edge, and where the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material is located near the outer edge of the roof.

4. The rainwater harvesting roof of claim 1, where the roof further comprises:

an opening for admitting rainwater in addition to the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material;

the opening further comprising;

an area of relatively water-permeable material.

5. The rainwater harvesting roof of claim 1, where the roof further comprises:

an interior surface; and

,

a circumferential gutter of relatively water-impermeable material depending downward from the interior surface of the roof and located beneath the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material.

7. The rainwater harvesting roof of claim 5, where the circumferential gutter further comprises slits allowing the passage of water therethrough.

8. The rainwater harvesting roof of claim 1, further comprising an access hatch in the roof for manned access to the interior of the tank.

9. A rainwater harvesting roof for a water storage tank;

the rainwater harvesting roof comprising;

a roof substantially covering the tank;

a central support supporting the roof;

whereby the roof has a peak at the central support;

the roof further comprising;

a relatively water-impermeable material;

a substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material located in the roof near the outer edge of the roof;

the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material situated lower on the roof than the peak of the roof; and

, the roof further comprises;

an outer edge;

an interior surface; and

,

a circumferential gutter of relatively water-impermeable material depending downward from the interior surface of the roof and located beneath the substantially circumferential band of relatively water-permeable material; and

,

the circumferential gutter further comprises slits allowing the passage of water therethrough.