Protector devices for drains
AssigneeG. S. Blakeslee & Company
InventorErik O. Vilen
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Abstract
A protector device for preventing the passage of elongated members such as silverware, and the like, into a drain outlet, the device having a baffle member mounted within an annular member for the passage of liquid therebetween and with the annular member adapted to be disposed around the drain outlet in axially outwardly spaced relation thereto for the passage of liquid radially inwardly past the annular member into the drain outlet.
Claims11
A protector device for use on the interior of a wall having a drain opening therein for guarding against elongated articles passing outwardly through said drain opening, said device comprising
- a. an annular member having substantially greater axial length than radial width between the inner and outer periphery of said member
- b. means for supporting said annular member on said wall in axially outwardly spaced and radially outwardly spaced relation to said drain opening therein, and
- c. a baffle member comprising
- (1) a disk, and
- (2) means supporting said disk in said annular member in substantially perpendicular relation to the longitudinal axis of the latter,
- d. the outer periphery of said disk being disposed in radially inwardly spaced relation to said annular member.
A protector device for use in a machine embodying a wall having a drain opening therethrough, a pump mounted on the exterior of said wall for pumping liquid from the interior of said machine, said pump having an inlet opening disposed in position to receive fluid from the interior of said machine through said drain opening, said protector device being for the purpose of preventing elongated articles from entering said drain opening from the interior of said machine and comprising
- a. an annular member having two axially spaced outer edges,
- b. means for supporting said annular member on the interior of said wall in position wherein
- (1) said annular member is disposed in substantially axial alignment with said drain opening, and
- (2) one of said edges is disposed in outwardly spaced, facing relation to the interior of said wall to define a passageway between said one edge and said wall for the passage of fluid from outwardly of said annular member into said drain opening,
- c. said annular member being of greater cross-sectional width, than said drain opening, when said annular member is so disposed on said wall, and
- d. a baffle member disposed in said annular member in position to define with said annular member, a passageway through the interior of said annular member, radially outwardly of said drain opening, for the passage of fluid through said annular member from outside the other of said edges for passage between said annular member and said baffle member into said drain opening, when said annular member is so disposed on said wall.
In a dishwashing machine having an upstanding wall having an outlet opening therethrough, a pump having an inlet opening, and mounted on the exterior of said wall in position to receive liquid from the interior of said machine through said outlet and inlet openings and pump said liquid back into said machine, the combination of
- a. an annular member having
- (1) two opposite, axially spaced outer edges,
- (2) greater length between said edges, axially of said annular member, than the radial width between the inner and outer periphery of said annular member, and
- (3) a larger diameter than that of said outlet opening,
- b. a plurality of substantially L-shaped mounting brackets having
- (1) one leg attached to said annular member, and
- (2) another leg secured to said wall for supporting said annular member on said wall in inwardly spaced relation thereto and in axially aligned, radially outwardly disposed relation to said outlet opening, and
- c. baffle member removably mounted in said annular member,
- d. said baffle member comprising
- (1) a substantially flat plate having an outside diameter that is greater than the diameter of said outlet opening and less than the inside diameter of said annular member, and
- (2) a plurality of supporting members having
- (a) one end attached to one face of said plate in spaced relation to each other,
- (b) one side edge disposed in frictional engagement with the interior of said annular member, and
- (c) another end disposed in abutting engagement with said wall when said plate is disposed in predetermined position in said annular member between said outer edges.
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