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Float drain

  • US 10,451,307 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2017
  • Issued: 10/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A float drain and enclosure assembly comprising:

  • a panel forming a portion of an enclosure, the panel defining a punch having radially extending lobes circumferentially separated by respective teeth, wherein one or more struts extend from between at least one of the lobes and at least one of the teeth to support a grating with a plurality of drainage holes;

    a basket to collect liquid from the enclosure, the basket including a bottom wall and including a locking arrangement configured to engage the teeth to secure the basket in alignment with the punch;

    a sealing structure that extends away from the bottom wall, the sealing structure including a sealing surface that surrounds an outlet of the basket; and

    a float configured to;

    in a sealing configuration, seat against the sealing surface to prevent fluid flow out of the outlet; and

    rise off of the sealing surface, due to buoyancy forces from the liquid as the liquid collects in the basket, to allow the liquid to flow out of the outlet;

    the basket having a plurality of ribs extending at least partly radially inwardly into an interior area of the basket to at least partly separate the float from an inner wall of the basket.

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