Adjustable toilet flange assembly
OwnerJeffrey D. Rendellinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable toilet flange assembly is disclosed for connecting a toilet with a waste pipe and to facilitate location of the flange on the upper surface of the floor even though the height of the floor surface above the waste pipe varies with different installations. The toilet flange assembly has an adapter pipe which is connected by a cemented joint with the waste pipe and has a hub with a female thread at its upper end. A flange member has a straight pipe section with an O-ring seal for making a telescopic connection inside the adapter member and having an annular flange on its upper end. A male thread on the pipe section adjacent the flange mates with the female thread of the adapter member and provides both height and angular adjustment of the flange.
Claims11
A toilet flange assembly for connecting a toilet to a floor of a building and to a plastic waste pipe disposed under said floor, said flange assembly comprising:
- a plastic flange member including a first cylindrical pipe section having upper and lower end portions, said upper end portion terminating in an annular flange for connection with said toilet and said floor, said lower end portion having a first sealing zone,
- a plastic adapter member for connecting said flange member to said waste pipe, said adapter member including a second cylindrical pipe section having upper and lower end portions, said lower end portion of said second pipe section having a second sealing zone connected with a pipe socket connector member adapted for connection by a cemented joint with said plastic waste pipe,
- a telescopic connection between said lower end portion of said first pipe section and said lower end portion of said second pipe section whereby the axial and angular positions of said flange member can be adjusted relative to said adapter member, and
- fluid sealing means mounted on one of said pipe sections in the sealing zone thereof for movement therewith and disposed in sliding engagement with said sealing zone of the other of said pipe sections for maintaining a fluid seal therebetween,
- whereby said toilet flange assembly is installed by first connecting said pipe socket connector member to said waste pipe by a cemented joint and then adjusting the flange member to desired angular and axial positions for fastening the flange member to the floor and whereby the angular and axial positions of said flange member may be changed after installation to accommodate a different floor level or toilet orientation without need for changing said cemented joint.
A plastic toilet flange assembly for connecting a toilet to a floor of a building, and to a plastic waste pipe disposed under said floor, said flange assembly comprising:
- a plastic flange member including a first pipe section having upper and lower end portions, said upper end portion terminating in a unitary annular flange for connection with said toilet and said floor,
- a plastic adapter member including a second pipe section having upper and lower end portions, said lower end portion of said second pipe section terminating in a pipe socket connector member adapted for connection by a cemented joint
- a telescopic connection between said first pipe section and said second pipe section with said first pipe section inside said second pipe section, whereby the axial and angular position of said flange member can be adjusted relative to said adapter member, and
- fluid sealing means disposed in said telescopic connection and carried solely by one of said first and second pipe sections in slidable engagement with the other of said first and second pipe sections,
- whereby said toilet flange assembly is installed by first connecting said pipe socket connector member to said waste pipe by a cemented joint and then adjusting the flange member to desired angular and axial positions for fastening the flange member to the floor and whereby the angular and axial positions of said flange member may be changed after installation to accommodate a different floor level or toilet orientation without need for changing said cemented joint.
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