Bypass valve for a toilet system
AssigneeInternational Water Saving Systems, Inc.
InventorWesley M. Tufts
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Abstract
In a toilet system wherein the bowl is evacuated by a pump, the intake side of which is connected by a first conductor to the bowl and the discharge side of which is connected by a second conductor to a waste pipe, a bypass conductor connecting the first conductor to the waste pipe and a valve at the junction operable when the pump is disabled to permit the bowl to be flushed through the bypass conductor.
Claims7
In a toilet system comprising a toilet bowl, a treating tank, a primary conductor connecting the bowl to the tank, a pump connected to the treating tank for evacuating the treated effluent and discharging it into a waste pipe, a bypass conductor connecting the primary conductor to the waste pipe and a valve member at the junction of the primary conductor and the bypass conductor responsive to a positive pressure in the primary conductor to direct the effluent from the primary conductor into the bypass conductor.
In a toilet system, a bowl, a pump, a first conductor connected at one end to the bowl and at the other end to the inlet side of the pump, a waste pipe, a second conductor connected at one end to the discharge side of the pump and at the other end to the waste pipe, a bypass conductor connected at one end to the first conductor between the bowl and the pump and at its other end to the waste pipe and a valve at the junction of the bypass with the first conductor operable when the pump is disabled to permit the bowl to be flushed through the bypass conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.