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US 9,849,409 B2Granted
Water reclaiming container
OwnerE. David Jonesinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a gray water reclaiming container and system. It is comprised of two containers, an inner container which captures liquids destined for drainage and an outer liquid container for reclaiming water. There is a screen on the top of the inner container allowing ice to be filtered from liquid drinks as ice is fresh water which usually gets thrown away in cups into the trash can. The ice goes to the outer liquid container where it is melted into usable water.
Claims1
A method of separating ice from a mixture of ice and waste liquid beverage comprising the steps of:
- providing an ice separation apparatus including:
- an inner container having an open top;
- an angled screen extending across said open top;
- an outer container positioned about a lower end of said angled screen for receipt of ice separated from said ice and waste beverage mixture;
- pouring said ice and waste liquid beverage mixture onto said angled screen, causing said waste liquid beverage to pass through said angled screen into said inner container while said ice is directed into said outer container;
- disposing of waste liquid beverage accumulated within said inner container;
- allowing ice contained within said outer container to melt;
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- recycling the melted ice to a gray water application.
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