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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2003
Ditmar L. Gorges, Brentwood, CA (US);
Michael Higgins, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Ditmar L. Gorges, Brentwood, CA (US);
Michael Higgins, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Falcon Waterfree Technologies, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
An exit opening () in a cartridge () is alignable with an opening () in a housing () for communication to an external drain. The cartridge and the housing have positions of final secured and initial unsecured interconnections, when openings () are respectively aligned and unaligned. A lever () is swivelably secured to the housing bottom wall (), whose cap () can close housing exit tube (); a projection () is engageable with the cartridge for effecting the closure when the housing and cartridge openings () are not aligned. Three L-shaped keyways () in the housing interior mate with three keyways () in the cartridge, and have corrugated surfaces to provide a ratcheted secure connection between the cartridge and the housing when in the secure connection. A tool () is used to insert and to remove the cartridge into and from the housing.