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.
Claims10
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 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 sloping floor slopes downward from below the float-switch sensing system to below the pump.
A waste collection and disposal unit comprising
- a tank, wherein the tank comprises a front section, a back section, and two side sections;
- a float-switch sensing system;
- a pump;
- and
- a first set of arms and a second set arms,
- wherein each of the side sections are smaller than the front section or the back section,
- wherein the front section and the back section are parallel to each other, and the side sections face each other, and collectively form a portion of the tank,
- wherein the first set of arms and the second set of arms are spaced apart and affixed to the front section and the back section,
- wherein the float-switch sensing system is in contact with the first set of arms, and
- wherein the pump is in contact with the second set of arms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.