WATER RECYCLING DEVICE
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1. A water recycling device, comprising:
- a gray water reservoir disposed to receive and collect gray water from a gray water source;
a toilet water tank including a toilet float valve controlling incoming potable water to said tank;
a pump;
a gray water line in communication with said pump, said gray water reservoir, and said toilet water tank, such that said pump transfers gray water from said gray water reservoir to said toilet water tank through said gray water line;
a pivoting seesaw mechanism mounted in said toilet water tank, said seesaw mechanism including first and second arms mounted so as to pivot together about a pivot point fixed relative to said toilet water tank, wherein said first arm includes a receptacle which receives gray water from said gray water reservoir, and said second arm cooperates with said toilet float valve so that, when said first arm receptacle is filled with water, the weight of the water pivots said second arm into position to maintain said toilet float valve in a closed position; and
a switch that activates said pump in response to the pivoting movement of said pivoting seesaw mechanism.
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Abstract
A water recycling system utilizes gray water from a gray water source, such as a bathroom sink, to flush a toilet.
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1. A water recycling device, comprising:
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a gray water reservoir disposed to receive and collect gray water from a gray water source; a toilet water tank including a toilet float valve controlling incoming potable water to said tank; a pump; a gray water line in communication with said pump, said gray water reservoir, and said toilet water tank, such that said pump transfers gray water from said gray water reservoir to said toilet water tank through said gray water line; a pivoting seesaw mechanism mounted in said toilet water tank, said seesaw mechanism including first and second arms mounted so as to pivot together about a pivot point fixed relative to said toilet water tank, wherein said first arm includes a receptacle which receives gray water from said gray water reservoir, and said second arm cooperates with said toilet float valve so that, when said first arm receptacle is filled with water, the weight of the water pivots said second arm into position to maintain said toilet float valve in a closed position; and a switch that activates said pump in response to the pivoting movement of said pivoting seesaw mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A water recycling device, comprising:
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a gray water reservoir disposed to receive and collect gray water from a gray water source; a toilet, including a toilet water tank defining a potable water inlet; a toilet float valve which controls the flow of incoming potable water to said tank; a pump; a gray water line in communication with said pump, said gray water reservoir, and said toilet water tank, such that said pump transfers gray water from said gray water reservoir to said toilet water tank through said gray water line; and a timer control circuit electrically connecting said pump to a power supply, and including; a first timed relay that is energized in response to flushing said toilet, activating said pump for an initial time period; and a second timed relay that is energized in response to gray water being pumped into said toilet tank during said initial time period, keeping said pump activated for a secondary time period. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A water recycling device, comprising:
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a gray water reservoir disposed to receive and collect gray water from a gray water source; a toilet including a bowl and a tank, said tank defining a potable water inlet; a first hollow bolt extending through said tank and said bowl and securing said tank and said bowl together; a pump; and a first gray water line in fluid communication with said pump, said gray water reservoir, said hollow bolt, and said tank, such that said pump transfers gray water from said gray water reservoir, through said first gray water line and said hollow bolt, and into said tank. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of installing a water saver unit in a toilet tank, comprising the steps of:
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providing a standard toilet tank including left, right, front and rear walls and containing a toilet float valve; hanging a water saver unit on the back wall of said toilet tank, said water saver unit including a frame and an elongated bar slidably received by said frame for sliding in the left-to-right direction; moving said water saver unit along the back wall of said toilet tank until the left end of said elongated bar is aligned with the toilet float valve;
thensliding the elongated bar to the right relative to said frame until the right end of said elongated bar abuts the right wall of said toilet tank; and
thenfixing the position of said elongated bar relative to said frame. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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