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Bath/shower water recycling system

  • US 5,345,625 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1993
  • Issued: 09/13/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A waste water recovery system for recycling water used for bathing in a shower/bath device having a floor with a drain opening therein, said water to be subsequently used with a tank type toilet, said system comprising in combination:

  • a storage tank including suction pump means for drawing shower/bath water into the storage tank;

    valve operated means for timely operation of the pump means when water in the storage tank is below a first level and shutting off of the pump means when the water is above the first level;

    supply means for directing water from the storage tank to said toilet tank;

    means for collecting said shower/bath water, said means being adapted to be attached to a top surface of the floor, said means including a central opening such that said means surrounds and is spaced apart from the floor drain opening, said means having a inlet for shower/bath water and an outlet for outletting said shower/bath water to a means for directing said shower/bath water via the suction pump means for pumping shower/bath water to the storage tank;

    whereby said central opening will allow access of said, shower/bath water, which flows over said means for collecting, to flow into said drain opening.

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