Inclined slope vacuum excavation container
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1. A mobile vacuum excavation method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vacuum container, said vacuum container having a length and width, and having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, providing a conduit to vacuum liquid or solid particles into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavation means at an inclined slope along said length of said vacuum container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or liquid to dispense from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door to said vacuum container when said access door is opened along said width of said vacuum container, and further providing a liquid storage container, and said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and wherein said liquid storage container comprises an additional step of having said liquid storage container side walls add structural support to said vacuum container, and further comprising the steps of;
providing a filter housing means having a length and width, and said length of said filter housing being mounted on an incline slope adjacent to said length of said vacuum container, and said vacuum container adding structural support to said filter housing.
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A vacuum container mounted on an inclined slope and having a liquid water storage container mounted beneath the incline of the vacuum container. The water storage container may support the vacuum container. The slope may be of sufficient angle to allow debris to be emptied from the vacuum container by gravity when the access door is opened. A filter housing may be mounted to and supported by the vacuum container. By flush mounting the clean out end of the filter housing with the clean out end of the vacuum container, a single access clean out door may be used to access both simultaneously.
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1. A mobile vacuum excavation method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vacuum container, said vacuum container having a length and width, and having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, providing a conduit to vacuum liquid or solid particles into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavation means at an inclined slope along said length of said vacuum container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or liquid to dispense from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door to said vacuum container when said access door is opened along said width of said vacuum container, and further providing a liquid storage container, and said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and wherein said liquid storage container comprises an additional step of having said liquid storage container side walls add structural support to said vacuum container, and further comprising the steps of;
providing a filter housing means having a length and width, and said length of said filter housing being mounted on an incline slope adjacent to said length of said vacuum container, and said vacuum container adding structural support to said filter housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11)
- providing a vacuum container, said vacuum container having a length and width, and having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, providing a conduit to vacuum liquid or solid particles into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavation means at an inclined slope along said length of said vacuum container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or liquid to dispense from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door to said vacuum container when said access door is opened along said width of said vacuum container, and further providing a liquid storage container, and said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and wherein said liquid storage container comprises an additional step of having said liquid storage container side walls add structural support to said vacuum container, and further comprising the steps of;
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6. A mobile vacuum excavating method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vacuum container, said vacuum container having a length and width, and said vacuum container having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, providing a conduit to vacuum liquid or solid particles into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavating means at an inclined slope along said length of said vacuum container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or liquid to dispense from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door along said width of said vacuum container when said access door is opened, and further providing a liquid storage container, and said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and wherein said liquid storage container comprises an additional step of having said liquid storage container side walls add structural support to said vacuum container, and further comprising the steps of;
providing a filter housing means having a length and width to house air filters, said length of said filter housing being mounted on an incline slope adjacent to said length of said vacuum container, and said vacuum container adding structural support to said filter housing, and said width of said filter housing being mounted adjacent to said width of said vacuum container so as to allow a single door access to both said filter housing and said vacuum container, and said filter housing having a connecting conduit to flow air from said vacuum container to said filter housing and said filter housing having filters disposed within it to remove solids from said air. - View Dependent Claims (7)
- providing a vacuum container, said vacuum container having a length and width, and said vacuum container having a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, providing a conduit to vacuum liquid or solid particles into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavating means at an inclined slope along said length of said vacuum container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or liquid to dispense from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door along said width of said vacuum container when said access door is opened, and further providing a liquid storage container, and said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and wherein said liquid storage container comprises an additional step of having said liquid storage container side walls add structural support to said vacuum container, and further comprising the steps of;
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8. A mobile vacuum excavation method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vacuum container having a length and width and, a filter housing, and a liquid storage container, said vacuum container comprising a vacuum producing means to create a vacuum environment within said vacuum container, and further comprising a conduit to vacuum solid particles or liquid into said vacuum container, and said vacuum container being fixedly mounted on said mobile vacuum excavation means at an inclined slope along said length of said container and said incline slope being sufficient to allow said solids or said liquid to be dispensed from said vacuum container by gravity through an access door of said vacuum container when said access door is opened along said width of said vacuum container, and further comprising the step of said liquid storage container being adjacently mounted below said incline slope of said vacuum container and further comprising the step of said filter housing being mounted on an incline slope adjacent to said vacuum container, and further comprising an articulated boom arm mounted on said mobile vacuum excavation means and said articulated boom arm having one or more arms.
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