FLOUT® Systems
Watch it Work...
The Flout® Cycle
1. The Flout® is free floating, hinging on the flexible connector as the chamber fills.
2. When the Flout reaches maximum, liquid spills in, sinking it and opening the outlet to flow.
3. As the liquid drains down to the top of the Flout, it empties and begins to float again, closing the outlet, and begins a new cycle.
A box shaped vessel floats on the surface of the liquid in the chamber. There is an opening in the upper side of the vessel and a ballast weight is attached. A length of pipe extends far into the vessel, through the side, and attaches to a special flexible connector the same diameter as the pipe. The other end of the connector is connected to the outlet, usually via a tee fitting with a vent extending above the maximum liquid level.
The flexible connector acts as a hinge, allowing the vessel to float ever higher as the chamber fills. When the vessel can float no higher, liquid spills into the vessel, forcing it to sink to the floor, allowing the liquid to flow through the outlet. When the liquid level drops to the top of the vessel, flow stops when the vessel drains and re-floats in the remaining liquid.
A single outlet Flout may serve more than one disposal area with the use of distribution boxes. A multiple outlet Flout provides individual outlets for each section of the disposal area. Outlets may be combined for larger flows or incrementally combined for precise flow splitting.
Pairs of Flouts may be alternated and two or more may be sequenced.
Failed siphons are readily replaced with Flouts.
