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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wade W Smith, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Water Management Services Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4325 ; 4376 ; 4373 ;
Abstract
A siphon for use with a flush type toilet having a tank with a drain hole at the bottom. The siphon comprises a vertical tubular discharge portion including a vertical tube which is secured within the drain hole in the bottom of the tank. The siphon also includes a bell shaped inlet portion including a connecting portion having a downwardly extending tubular portion for telescopic insertion into the vertical tube. A hole in defined in the bell shaped inlet portion and an elbow is secured within the hole and extends downwardly, terminating at a height selected to define the desired flush height of the toilet.