Toilet fixture clog prevention and cleanout
AssigneeSDB IP Holdings, LLC
InventorChristopher Harrison
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Abstract
A toilet fixture is provided including an inlet pipe, a toilet bowl in fluid communication with the inlet pipe, an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the toilet bowl, a jet pipe in fluid communication with the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, and a removable jet pipe assembly that connects the jet pipe to the outlet pipe. A foreign object strainer may be positioned in-line with the inlet pipe. A flush assembly may also include a flush valve, a vacuum breaker tube in fluid communication with the flush valve, a foreign object strainer in fluid communication with the vacuum breaker tube, and an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the foreign object strainer.
Claims5
A toilet fixture, comprising:
- an inlet pipe;
- a toilet bowl in fluid communication with the inlet pipe;
- an outlet pipe in fluid communication with the toilet bowl;
- a jet pipe in fluid communication with the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe;
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- a foreign object strainer connected to the inlet pipe, wherein the foreign object strainer comprises:
- a main body connected to the inlet pipe;
- a foreign object strainer plate positioned within the main body and in-line with the inlet pipe;
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- a foreign object reservoir positioned beneath the foreign object strainer plate and offset from the inlet pipe,
- wherein a removable cover supports the foreign object reservoir in the foreign object strainer and is configured to permit the foreign object reservoir to be removed from the foreign object strainer to empty debris from the foreign object reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.