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US 6,385,799 B1Granted
Plumbing sink trap
AssigneeLiming Properties, LLC
InventorPaul Andrew Doyen
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Abstract
A plumbing sink trap having a rotatable actuating knob for rotating a sweeper bar through 360°. The sweeper bar forms a part of the U-shaped path for waste water. Rotation of the sweeper bar removes obstructions in the U-shaped path.
Claims15
A plumbing sink trap comprising:
- a trap body having an inlet end for connection to a sink drain and an outlet end for connection to a drain line, and
- a sweeping mechanism located between said inlet end and said outlet end, said sweeping mechanism including two parallel side walls and a sweeper bar rotatable about 360° between said side walls about one end of said sweeper bar such that an opposite end thereof moves in a direction from said inlet end to said outlet end for moving an obstruction in a direction of said outlet end.
A plumbing sink trap comprising:
- a trap body having an inlet end, an outlet end and a U-shaped path extending between said inlet end and said outlet end, and
- a sweeping mechanism substantially defining said U-shaped path when in a position of rest and including a sweeper bar movable from said position of rest to a position moving in a direction from said inlet end to said outlet end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.