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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
James J Lockshaw, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tolo, Incorporated, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04H / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210169 ; 210238 ; 210288 ; 285319 ;
Abstract
A tank drain assembly for swimming pool filters is provided characterized by an improved locking and orienting structure individually locking collector tubes into their respective sockets in the manifold surrounding the common drain port of the filter tank, each such structure comprising spring finger means segmentally formed on the socket end of the tubes, and a finger receiving recess within the tube socket sized and located to operatively orient the tube apertures responsive to receiving the finger means in tube locking relation.