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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2004
Paul A. Weller, Louisville, KY (US);
Thomas J. Burch, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Monica Henderson, Legal Representative, Louisville, KY (US);
Paul A. Weller, Louisville, KY (US);
Thomas J. Burch, Jr., Louisville, KY (US);
Monica Henderson, legal representative, Louisville, KY (US);
Zoeller Company, Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A floor level pumping system, that is non-disruptive to the existing flooring, including a conventional rear outlet toilet, a floor level tank for receiving waste and fluid from the outlet of the toilet including a tank chamber containing a designated area with a sensing system which activates a discharge pump when the level or quantity of the waste and fluid within the tank chamber reaches a predetermined level, wherein the chamber further includes one or more baffles extending upward from a floor of the tank chamber, which baffles at least partially segregate the designated area from the remaining area of the tank chamber, wherein at least one of said baffles contains a curved surface, and a discharge pump for pumping waste from the floor level tank out through a discharge pipe, wherein the discharge pump is secured to the floor level tank.