Gray Water Recycling System
OwnerSuzanne Vierling, Martin Vierlinginventors
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Abstract
A gray water reclamation system having a holding tank configured to engage between the drain trap of a conventional sink and the drain conduit leading to the sewer or septic tank. The tank so engaged functions to both capture gray water and to prevent sewer gases from migrating back to the sink drain. An overflow drainpipe provides water communication to the sewer to prevent overflows and a filter and a pump are both operatively engaged to the holding tank, yet positioned for changing and service without draining the holding tank or disengaging the system.
Claims7
A gray water capture and recycling system adapted for engagement to an installed position between a sink drain pipe and an outflow pipe communicating with a sewer or cesspool, comprising:
- a holding tank, said holding tank having an internal cavity defined by a sidewall surrounding said internal cavity and a top wall and a bottom wall;
- a drain inlet, a first end of said drain inlet configured for a sealed engagement to said sink drain pipe leading from a sink, a second end of said drain inlet having a sealed communication with said internal cavity of said holding tank;
- an outlet conduit, a first end of said outlet conduit configured for a sealed engagement with said outflow pipe, a second end of said outlet conduit having a sealed engagement with said internal cavity of said holding tank;
- said second end of said outlet conduit positioned to communicate water rising past a maximum level in said internal cavity, to said out outflow pipe;
- said second end of said outlet conduit, so positioned, providing means to prevent an overflow of said water from said holding tank;
- said water within said internal cavity providing means to prevent gases communicated to said outflow pipe from said sewer or cesspool, from a communication through said sink drain;
- a filter, said filter engaged through said sidewall of said tank at an operating position in-between said second end of said drain inlet, and said internal cavity wherein all water communicated from said sink is filtered by said filter before being communicated to said internal cavity;
- said operating position being above said maximum level of said water in said internal cavity whereby said filter is removable through said sidewall without draining said internal cavity of water;
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- means to communicate water held within said internal cavity to a secondary tank or conduit, whereby water communicated through said filter from said sink to said internal cavity is removed from said internal cavity to allow additional water to be deposited therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.