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Var E Lordahl

Scott H Koepsel

Bruce L Graham

Stanley Hasbrouck

Alex Riutis

Scott H Koepeel

Scott Koepsell

Robert G Bedrosian

A single handle faucet cartridge repair kit comprising a bonnet nut, an upper assembly comprising an outside body, a roll pin, a stem, and a stem cam, an engagement disc, a upper disc not comprising holes or throughbores, a lower disc comprising holes or throughbores, a bottom seal retainer, and a bottom seal. The single handle faucet cartridge repair kit can further comprise a wrench, lubricant, and a handle screw, wherein the handle screw comprises threading.

Faucet cartridge repair kit for a single handle faucet

An overflow cover assembly and kit for making same comprising at least a cover piece including a snap on section and a hanger which is configured to engage a bracket crossing and engaged over a port of an overflow system, the hanger mounting to the overflow port bracket using screws from the previous hanger engaged thereto and the cover piece being engaged to the hanger by two screws provided in the kit, the cover assembly accommodating replacement of either one or two screw cover embodiments and being provided in various finishes and in regular size or being oversized.

Universal tub overflow cover assembly and kit

The universal flush valve system comprises an universal system connector accommodating seating thereon of both a flapper style flush valve assembly and a canister style flush valve assembly, as required; a plurality of toilet tank specific connector extensions, each of which are threadedly engageable to a bottom portion of the universal system connector and are used to suitably engage the universal system connector to a water flow port in a toilet tank by extending through the port and receiving a suitable cooperating connection element thereover; a sealing device for sealing the required flush valve assembly against the universal system connector; and a locking mechanism for locking the required flush valve assembly onto a top portion of the universal system connector, seating over the sealing device to produce a water tight engagement therebetween.

Universal flush valve system

The universal wall mount toilet gasket has a planar configuration and has at least one opening therein for engagement about a drain, the gasket being maintained in position by a base of the toilet engaged thereover.

Universal wall mount toilet gasket

The self cleaning metering device for a diaphragm of a diaphragm type flush valve comprises a metering cap having a metering orifice therein, a hollow retainer threadedly engaged to the metering cap, the diaphragm being sandwiched therebetween, and a cleaning element comprising a spring coil movably seated within the device, the coil having a first pin centered relative to the metering orifice and extending therethrough and a second pin extending opposite the first pin into and through the hollow retainer, wherein water flowing through the metering device acts to move the coil, and pins thereof, the coil and pins acting to clean debris from the interior of the device upon moving therewithin.

Self cleaning metering device for diaphragm style flush valve

A pressure balancing cartridge for mixing hot and cold water includes a casing having a sleeve therein which further includes a reciprocating balancing spool therein. There are seal members positioned to form a seal between the sleeve and the casing. Further, a spring is incorporated to protect a balancing spool of the valve from 'water hammer' shock and to mechanically shear and digest any deposited matter in the area of the spring. Still further, by using material other than stainless steel, failure of the balancing spool is eliminated in 'bad' water environments. Finally, the seal members comprise stainless steel clips or inserts. To address issues of mechanical wear, all improvements defined above increase useful longevity of the cartridge.

Pressure balancing cartridge for mixing valve

The universal package for a flapper and accessories comprises a box foldable from a prescored blank and the blank from which the box is formed. Within this box isolating structures are provided to cushion and position the content, the isolating structures being variable in configuration to accommodate virtually any embodiment of flapper and any accessory therefor. The box is provided with a cover section which engages in an elevated manner over the contents to hold same in place and the package also includes viewing ports to ascertain the package content.

Universal package for flapper and accessories and method of making same

A self closing cartridge for a single handle faucet includes a casing having a piston therein which is held in a normally closed, up position by water pressure. There are seal members positioned to form a seal between the sleeve and the casing. Further, a spring is incorporated to assist the hydraulic self closure of the cartridge by raising the piston to a normally closed position under low water pressure conditions and to mechanically shear and digest any deposited matter in the area of the spring.

Self closing mixing cartridge for single handle cartridge type faucet

The disposal adapter comprises a seating ring, which when appropriately seated and fixed within a neck of a larger sink flange of a disposal, allows for engagement thereto of a smaller splash guard, eliminating the need to disassemble the IN-SINK-ERATOR disposal unit with the large sink flange for replacement of the splash guard thereof.

Disposal adapter

The replaceable flush valve seat assembly of the present invention comprises a circular seal which is engaged to and upon a sealing surface of a flush valve body within a tank of a toilet by a seat comprising a ring which fits over the seal and engages a circumferential lip of the flush valve body. Such seat assembly eliminates the need to dismantle a toilet to replace a flush valve body having a worn out seal surface.

Replaceable flush valve seat assembly

The ornamental accessory comprises a planar structure having a uniquely feathered periphery. The particular accessory illustrated is in the form of a star which frictionally engages about a bulb of a string of lights. The injection molding method for producing the accessory comprises the steps of: producing a two piece die for the desired base configuration for the accessory; clamping the die closed through application of clamping pressure against the pieces of the die; and injecting a suitable substance into the die at a pressure greater than the clamping pressure to allow the injected substance to bleed outwardly between the pieces of the die.

Ornamental accessory and method of making same

The adjustable flapper comprises at least an adjustable flapper comprising at least a base to which is adjustably engaged a seal assembly including a seal, the seal depending from the base, and the seal assembly being movable in at least one desired direction relative to the base to accommodate any required distancing of the seal from a free end of the base and the seal being adjustable in angulation relative to the base.

Adjustable universal flapper

The combination shutoff valve wrench accommodates engagement of a plurality of common valve handle configurations and a plurality of common valve stem broach configurations and is adapted for manipulation by hand or by use of a ratchet or extension therefor.

Combination shutoff valve wrench

The pop up lavatory plug comprises a body which depends from a head and has a trailing connector. The connector is elongate and has a linear array of bores therein. The head has a cavity in a top surface thereof which engages an overcap. Extending downwardly into the plug body from within the cavity is a slot by means of which an overcap assembly can be floatingly engaged to the plug in place of the overcap when it is desired to cover a visible flange of a drain assembly rather than merely selectively sealing an orifice of the drain assembly as is accomplished when the overcap is used.

Pop up lavatory plug

The toilet tank ball flapper and chain assembly is formed as a unitary article of manufacture, with the chain being integrally molded to lie along the perimeter of the base plate of the flapper and being releasably engaged thereto by a plurality of break away nubs.

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Long Grove, IL, United States of America

Var E Lordahl