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US 3,939,863 AGranted
Basement sump construction
AssigneeMildred M. Robison
InventorJohn Crosby Robison
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Abstract
A basement sump construction characterized by a sump chamber including a side wall provided with a drain outlet opening. A trap apparatus for the unidirectional flow of water is removably mounted on the sump side wall so as to be easily accessible to cleaning and servicing through a top access opening in the sump.
Claims3
A basement sump construction comprising, in combination, a sump chamber including a top access opening, a sump side wall provided with an inner wall surface and a drain outlet opening;
- a trap frame plate mounted on said inner wall surface and including a plate side facing said drain outlet opening and a trap opening communicating with said drain outlet opening;
- a trap door pivotally mounted to said frame plate above said trap opening for unidirectional opening movement towards said drain outlet opening responsive to pressure exerted on said door when water is present in said sump chamber, said door being normally disposed in a closed position covering said trap opening;
- and mounting means accessible through said top access opening and removably securing said trap frame plate to said sump side wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.