Bath waste
AssigneeMcAlpine & Company Limited
InventorJames Kenneth McAlpine
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Abstract
A bath waste 10 is described including an overflow head 12 having an inlet, and an outlet portion 16 connectable to a down pipe 18, the head 12 and the outlet 16 being connected by a ball and socket joint 34. The joint 34 is factory-sealable to prevent users accessing the joint. Embodiments of the invention may also include a faucet outlet on the head, and a lever-operated bath plug actuator. The bath waste 10 is preferably produced from brass.
Claims32
A bath waste assembly comprising an overflow head including an inlet adapted to be secured to an overflow of a bathtub and defining an inlet opening, an inlet
- plate extending over the inlet opening, the inlet plate including apertures to permit the flow of liquid, an upper portion of the inlet plate including no aperture, thereby increasing the flow rate of liquid through the inlet opening;
- and an outlet for attaching to a down pipe;
- the overflow head being connected to the outlet by means of a swivel joint.
A bath waste assembly comprising an overflow head including an inlet adapted to be secured to an overflow of a bathtub and defining an inlet opening;
- an inlet plate extending over the inlet opening, the inlet plate including apertures to permit the flow of liquid, an upper portion of the inlet plate including no aperture thereby increasing the flow rate of liquid through the inlet opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.