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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:
Jan. 20, 1987
Filed:
May. 09, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert R Hodge, Gary, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4427 ; 4441 ; 4252 / ; 4435 ; 251326 ;
Abstract
A toilet backflow preventing valve and toilet bowl support for mounting between a standard soil pipe mounting flange and drain horn of a standard toilet bowl supports the toilet bowl closely adjacent the floor level, receives standard toilet bolts clamping the valve between the toilet bowl and the soil pipe and has a manually actuated slide with an open position that does not obstruct flow and a closed position sealing the soil pipe to prevent blackflow into the toilet bowl. A feature includes O-ring seals for the opposite faces of the slide and relative rotation of the slide and seals to facilitate the sliding action without damaging the seals.