Waste collection and disposal system for toilets
AssigneeZoeller Pump Company, LLC
InventorsAndrew Ulliman, Jerry Banta, David R. Gilbert, Jason Nett, Jason Pyle
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Abstract
A waste collection and disposal unit including a tank, a float-switch sensing system, and a grinder pump. The tank contains a contoured and sloping floor, a front section, a back section, two side sections and a one-piece lid, which is securable onto the other sections of the tank. The floor slopes downwardly from below the float-switch sensing system to below the grinder pump at an angle of at least about 5 degrees and is contoured in a downward curved arc between the front and back sections of the tank.
Claims20
A waste collection and disposal unit comprising a tank, a float-switch sensing system, which senses the level of liquids within the tank, and a grinder pump,
- wherein the tank comprises a contoured and sloping floor, a front section, a back section, two side sections, and a lid;
- wherein a surface of the floor slopes downward from below the float-switch sensing system to below the grinder pump, and
- wherein the surface of the floor is contoured in a downwardly curved shape extending between the front and back sections of the tank.
A waste collection and disposal unit comprising a tank, a float-switch sensing system, which senses the level of liquids within the tank, and a grinder pump,
- wherein the tank comprises a contoured and sloping floor, a front section, a back section, two side sections, and a lid;
- wherein the surface of the floor is contoured in a downwardly curved shape extending between the front and back sections of the tank;
- wherein the float-switch sensing system comprises a switch housing and a float housing;
- wherein the switch housing contains electronic components for operating a float switch;
- wherein the switch housing is secured to the float housing;
- wherein the float housing encloses a float;
- and
- wherein a lower edge of the float housing is contoured and sloped to match the contour and slope of a portion of the surface of the floor provided opposite to the edge.
A waste collection and disposal system comprising a tank, a modularized float-switch sensing system located within the tank, a grinder pump located within the tank, and a discharge system secured to an outlet of the grinder pump;
- wherein the tank comprises a contoured and sloping floor, a front section, a back section, two side sections and a lid,
- wherein a surface of the floor slopes downward from below the float-switch sensing system to below the grinder pump;
- wherein the surface of the floor is contoured in a downwardly curved arc extending between the front and back section of the tank;
- and
- wherein the lid is a one piece lid secured to the front, back and side sections of the tank by a clip which extends over a clip edge of a lip of the tank.
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