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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Green Drain Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Inventor:
Jason Bocchino, Naples, FL (US);
Assignee:
Green Drain, Inc., Naples, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 23/36 (2006.01); E03C 1/266 (2006.01); B02C 18/00 (2006.01); E03C 1/298 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 23/36 (2013.01); B02C 18/0084 (2013.01); E03C 1/266 (2013.01); E03C 1/298 (2013.01);
Abstract
The inventive subject matter provides apparatus, systems, and methods in which a valve mechanism is incorporated into a drain to reduce or prevent noise or food fragments from emitting out of an operating garbage disposal. The valve mechanism is generally a skirt valve biased to a closed position, disposed within a housing, and inserted into a drain such that food or fluid passes through the valve into a downstream grinding device. Once the food or fluid has passed through the valve, the valve closes.