Air odor removal system with sewage plumbing attachment for a toilet assembly
OwnerJohn Marioninventor
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Abstract
An air odor removal system with sewage or septic plumbing attachment removes odors from a toilet assembly by having a conduit fluidly coupling ambient environment around the toilet assembly to the inside of a toilet tank and another conduit fluidly coupling the inside of the toilet tank with an air mover, e.g., vacuum, wherein the air mover will remove air within the toilet tank, which typically includes a negative odor, and transfer said air and odor, through another conduit, to a one-way valve of a sewage plumbing conduit, typically referred to as an air admittance valve for discharge.
Claims14
An air odor removal system with sewage plumbing attachment for a toilet assembly comprising:
- a toilet bowl having a partial enclosure defining a structural cavity and a toilet tank defining a tank cavity;
- a first odor conduit assembly coupled to the toilet tank, in fluid communication with the tank cavity, and coupled to an intake port of an air mover device operably configured to induce a flow of air within the first odor conduit assembly and electrically coupled to a power source;
- a second odor conduit assembly coupled to an exhaust port of the air mover and coupled to a one-way valve;
- a sewage plumbing conduit fluidly coupled to a sink and a sewage storage, the sewage plumbing conduit having the one-way valve mechanically and fluidly coupled thereto and the one-way valve operably configured to selectively fluidly couple the sewage plumbing conduit with the second odor conduit assembly when a pressure gradient is exposed on the one-way valve;
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- a flush valve tube disposed within the toilet tank, in fluid communication with an ambient environment outside of the tank cavity, and having a float valve operably coupled thereto and movable within the flush valve tube based on a water level within the toilet tank and operably configured to selectively open to fluidly couple the ambient environment with the tank cavity and selectively close to fluidly uncouple the ambient environment with the tank cavity, wherein the first odor conduit assembly is operably configured to remove air from the tank cavity upon activation of the air mover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.