Air gap floor drain
OwnerBryan VandenHeuvelinventor
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Abstract
An air gap floor drain is disclosed which may provide an air gap between a floor drain aperture and one or more device drain conduits producing drain effluent. An example air gap floor drain includes a first funnel. A lid on the first funnel has one or more ports to accept the device drain conduits. A second funnel is stacked under the first funnel so that the drain effluent from the device drain conduits entering the first funnel through one or more ports passes down through the second funnel before flowing from the second funnel down into the floor drain aperture.
Claims18
An air gap floor drain assembly to provide an air gap between a floor drain aperture and one or more device drain conduits producing drain effluent, comprising:
- a first funnel;
- a lid on the first funnel, the lid having one or more ports to accept the device drain conduits;
- and
- a second funnel stacked under the first funnel so that the drain effluent from the device drain conduits entering the first funnel through the one or more ports and passes through the second funnel before flowing from the second funnel down into the floor drain aperture.
An air gap floor drain device for providing an air gap between a floor drain aperture and one or more device drain conduits producing drain effluent, comprising:
- a first funnel;
- a lid on the first funnel;
- a plurality of ports on the lid of the first funnel, the ports configured to accept the device drain conduits;
- and
- a second funnel, the first funnel stacked on the second funnel so that the drain effluent from the device drain conduits entering the first funnel through the one or more ports and passes through the second funnel before flowing from the second funnel down into the floor drain aperture;
- wherein the second funnel is raised above the floor drain aperture so that the air gap is present between the floor drain aperture and the bottom of the second funnel.
An air gap floor drain for providing an air gap between a floor drain aperture and one or more device drain conduits producing drain effluent, comprising:
- a first funnel;
- a lid fitting on top of the first funnel to cover an interior of the first funnel;
- a plurality of ports on the lid of the first funnel, the ports configured to accept the drain effluent from the device drain conduits into the interior of the first funnel;
- at least a second funnel, the first funnel stacked on and partially nested within the second funnel;
- a plurality of support fins provided around the first funnel and the at least second funnel;
- a fluid connection between the first funnel and the at least second funnel;
- wherein the second funnel is raised above the floor drain aperture so that the air gap is present between the floor drain aperture and the bottom of the second funnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.