Method for installing a gray water reclamation system
OwnerIsmael Gonzalez, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Described is a method for installing a gray water reclamation system in an existing plumbing infrastructure. A flexible conduit 26 is connected to the drain of a gray water source by moving the flexible conduit through an access 36 in the plumbing infrastructure and through the drainage conduit 41 to the drain where one end of the flexible conduit is coupled thereto. The other end of the flexible conduit is located adjacent the access and is in fluid communication with a filtration apparatus 27 and a storage vessel 28 so that the gray water may be filtered and then stored. A plumbing snake may be used to move the flexible conduit through the existing plumbing infrastructure.
Claims10
In a system including a source of gray water having a drain, a drainage conduit coupled with the drain in fluid communication and an access to the drainage conduit remote from the source, a method of installing a gray water reclamation system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongated flexible conduit having a proximal end and a distal end;
- moving the proximal end of the elongate flexible conduit into and through the access and the drainage conduit;
- locating the proximal end of the elongate flexible conduit adjacent the drain;
- locating the distal end of the elongate flexible conduit adjacent the access;
- coupling the proximal end of the elongate flexible conduit with the drain in gray water communication, the elongate flexible conduit for receiving and conducting gray water from the drain to the distal end;
- providing a filtration apparatus in fluid communication with said elongate flexible conduit to produce filtered gray water;
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- providing a storage vessel in fluid communication with said filtration apparatus for storing the filtered gray water.
In a system including sources of gray water each having a drain, a plumbing infrastructure coupled with the drains in fluid communication and an access to the plumbing infrastructure remote from the source, a method of installing a gray water reclamation system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing first, second and third elongate flexible conduits each having a proximal end and a distal end;
- coupling the first and second elongate flexible conduits together in fluid communication at each distal end;
- coupling the proximal end of the third elongate flexible conduit in fluid communication with each distal end of the first and second elongate flexible conduits;
- moving the proximal ends of the first and second elongate flexible conduits into and through the access and the plumbing infrastructure;
- locating the proximal end of each of the first and second elongate flexible conduits adjacent a selected one of the drains, respectively;
- locating the distal end of the third elongate flexible conduit adjacent the access;
- coupling the proximal end of each of the first and second elongate flexible conduits with the selected one of the drains, respectively, in gray water communication, the first and second elongate flexible conduits for receiving and conducting gray water from the drain to the proximal end of the third gray water conduit and the third gray water conduit for conducting the gray water to the distal end thereof;
- coupling a filtration apparatus in gray water communication with the distal end of the third gray water conduit to produce filtered gray water;
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- coupling a storage vessel to the filtration apparatus to store the filtered gray water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.