Combination faucet and air gap
AssigneeDesalination Systems, Inc.
InventorRaymond A. Tondreau
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Abstract
A combination faucet and antisyphon break or air gap for dispensing purified water produced by a membrane type purification unit, has a body having a valve-controlled passage with a spout for dispensing purified water; and a pair of additional vertical passages, one for connection to the brine output of the purification unit and the other for connection to the sewer. The passage connected to the brine output of the purification unit comprises a plastic tube which terminates at its top in a gooseneck, which acts as a channel to direct the brine overflow from this passage past an antisyphon break into the passage connected to the sewer. This passage also comprises a plastic tube.
Claims6
A combination faucet and antisyphon break fixture which comprises;
- a metallic body having a valve controlled passage with a spout for dispensing purified water;
- a second passage in said body for introducing brine from a reverse osmosis purifier upwardly into said body;
- a third passage in body for releasing said brine downwardly from said body;
- and means for directing the flow of said brine from said second passage past an antisyphon break into said third passage;
- in which the improvement comprises:
- a. said second passage comprising a plastic tube protecting the adjacent surface of the interior of said body from corrosive effects of said brine;
- b. said third passage comprising a plastic tube protecting the adjacent surface of the interior of said body from corrosive effects of said brine;
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- c. said means for directing said flow of said brine from said second passage into said third passage comprising a plastic channel carrying overflow from said second passage into said third passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.