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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1993
Michael R Stoltenberg, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Brian Neuhaus, Antioch, IL (US);
Sloan Valve Company, Franklin Park, IL (US);
Abstract
This is a device for collecting water from a vacuum breaker tube that connects a toilet flush valve to a toilet bowl and conveys the collected water to a trap located beneath the toilet bowl. There is a conduit, one end of which is in communication with the vacuum breaker tube and the other end of which is in communication with the trap. There is a water scoop positioned within the vacuum breaker tube and in fluid connection with the conduit. The scoop is formed and adapted, regardless of its orientation within the vacuum breaker tube, to collect a small amount of water from that flowing from the flush valve to the toilet bowl and to convey the collected water to the conduit.