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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219678 | Dishwasher A dishwasher includes a main body being generally of a box shape with an open front, a washer tub being slidably extracted from and retracted into the main body through the open front, the washer tub having an open top, and a covering member for blocking a gap to be... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7066204 | Multi-port diverter valve assembly with integral detent A multi-port diverter valve assembly with an integral detent feature includes a valve body and a diverter valve cartridge and cap combination wherein the cap includes one or more deflectable fingers positioned so as to “detent” into one or more detent recesses f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6959723 | Oil sealant-preserving drain odor trap Improvements in retention of the oily liquid sealant (20) in a oil-sealed odor trap (10B-10M), for drain applications such as a waterless urinal or anti-evaporation floor drain, are accomplished by minimizing turbulence in the oil sealant, such ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6776183 | Aircraft drain device An aircraft drain device (14) for interposition between a potable water line (e.g., the drain line from an ice drawer) and a gray water line leading to a drainmast or other external drain. The drain device (14) includes a housing (30), an inlet ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6510863 | Dual inlet air gap A dual inlet air gap having an air gap body comprising a pair of inlet ports having substantially the same size, rate of flow, and pressure drop to accept waste water flow from a pair of waste water sources for emptying into a single outlet port located b... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6453931 | Combination dishwasher and reverse osmosis air gab body A modified or retrofitted air gap body to vent the waste water discharge from a source such as a household dishwasher in such a manner that it also vents the waste water discharge from a reverse osmosis system.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6349731 | Water inlet system for dishwasher A water inlet assembly for mounting adjacent an opening provided in a tub of an automatic dishwasher wherein the tub defines a cavity having a volume for washing dishes. The water inlet assembly includes a housing forming a venting chamber and having an o... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6189558 | Universal port vacuum breaker adapted for mounting within the upper ends of standpipes of different sizes A vacuum breaker having inlet port arrangements for accepting either a single input flow or multiple input flows, and adapted to vent multiple input flow substantially independently of one another, and further adapted for mounting within the open upper en... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6105599 | Transporting water device A transporting water device has a water pipe connected to a water conduit and a water tank, an upper switch disposed on an upper end of the water pipe, a lower switch disposed on a lower end of the water pipe, a pump disposed on the water conduit to pump ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5915406 | Air gap device for water softener system An air gap device for a water softener system, the device having depending inner and outer skirt portions adapted to engage the inner and outer surfaces of an upstanding relatively small standard size waste standpipe, the outer skirt portion also being ad... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5878603 | Quiet water fill system A quiet fill water system for a washing machine comprises a washing tub having an outer wall and an entry port disposed within the outer wall and a valve having a water inlet and a water outlet. A water reservoir is coupled to the outer wall, the water re... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5860444 | Air gap backflow prevention device A backflow prevention device for connection between an equipment liquid drain line and a sewer connection, the device being operable to prevent backflow of sewer waste into the equipment, comprising: an inlet opening at its upper portion, the inlet openin... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5713385 | Air gap body for reverse osmosis system A method and apparatus for modifying or retrofitting an air gap arrangement for venting the discharge from an existing waste water source such as a household dishwasher, so that the arrangement will also vent the waste water discharge from a reverse osmos... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5592964 | Air gap anti-siphon System An air gap anti-siphon system designed for high flow rate drainage of waste water from household water softeners and the like, but adapted to be converted for low flow rate drainage of waste water from household reverse osmosis units. The system includes ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5305778 | Air gap apparatus An air gap apparatus for plumbing applications such as reverse osmosis (RO) units and other systems in which reject water empties at a relatively slow rate into a drain line. The apparatus can be incorporated in an under-the-counter unit or in a counterto... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5176165 | Air gap apparatus An air gap apparatus particularly adapted for use in reverse osmosis (RO) units in which reject water must be carried off to a drain line. The apparatus is adapted for incorporation in an RO unit as original equipment or for addition later as an after mar... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5046529 | Potable water storage system A potable water storage system includes a water container having a top and a bottom, an inlet flow line passing through the container and having one end terminating near the bottom and an opposite end being connectable to a main supply of water, an outlet... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4222405 | Pressure vacuum breaker Excess steam pressure is relieved by displacement of a column of water through a vertical conduit opening a path for escape of steam through a space normally occupied by the water which normally acts as a seal. Under reversed conditions, air enters when t... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4051859 | Apparatus for draining fluid from a continuously evacuated space Apparatus for permitting drainage of fluids from an evacuated space is disclosed to comprise a casing having a fluid inlet pipe, a drain fitting and a gas by-pass fitting. The fluid inlet pipe extends within a chamber defined by the apparatus body to a po... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4026317 | Waterseal A device, such as a sink trap, for the discharging of waste fluid or the like to a sewer connection. The device comprises a fluid inlet means and fluid outlet means. The fluid inlet means conveys the waste fluid to an inner one of several concentrically a... | 05/31/1977 |
