Tub filler and overflow combination device
OwnerTodd Witzlebeninventor
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Abstract
A tub filler and overflow combination device is supported within a common opening formed in a tub wall. Both a flow passage and a drain passage extend through the body of the device to communicate through the common opening in the tub wall. A backflow preventer of the flow passage is slidably removable through the flow outlet for readily servicing the components of the backflow preventer as desired. The flow inlet is parallel and opposite to the flow outlet for ease of manufacturing and for ease of installation into a bathtub.
Claims17
A filler and overflow combination device for being supported within an opening formed in a tub wall, the device comprising:
- a body having first and second portions;
- mounting means for supporting the body to extend through an opening in a tub wall from the first portion of the body to the second portion of the body on opposing sides of the tub wall;
- a flow passage extending through the body from a flow inlet at the first portion to a flow outlet at the second portion;
- a drain passage extending through the body from a drain inlet at the second portion to a drain outlet at the first portion;
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- a backflow prevention device supported in series with the flow passage,
- the backflow prevention device being slidably removable from the body through the flow outlet.
A filler and overflow combination device for being supported within an opening formed in a tub wall, the device comprising:
- a body having first and second portions;
- mounting means for supporting the body to extend through an opening in a tub wall from the first portion of the body to the second portion of the body on opposing sides of the tub wall;
- a flow passage extending through the body from a flow inlet at the first portion to a flow outlet at the second portion;
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- a drain passage extending through the body from a drain inlet at the second portion to a drain outlet at the first portion;
- the flow outlet and the drain inlet being concentric with one another at the second portion of the body;
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- the flow inlet being parallel to the flow outlet such that the flow inlet and flow outlet are formed in opposing sides of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.