Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Floor drain valve with resiliently mounted rigid flappers
- Patent Title (中): 地漏阀具有弹性安装的刚性挡板
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Application No.: US13362221Application Date: 2012-01-31
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Publication No.: US09139991B2Publication Date: 2015-09-22
- Inventor: Kevin Dean Huber
- Applicant: Kevin Dean Huber
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: The RectorSeal Corporation
- Current Assignee: The RectorSeal Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: F16K1/22
- IPC: F16K1/22 ; E03C1/298 ; E03C1/24

Abstract:
An improved floor drain valve for buildings, basements, exterior paved areas, and the like. The invention provides floor drain assemblies and check valves providing improved drainage performance, particularly where drainage is an irregular occurrence, and having unprecedented simplicity and reliability. Floor drains according to the invention comprise check valves having elastomeric hinge structures mounting relatively rigid flapper structures biased upwardly against sealing surfaces adapted for disposition within floor drains. Water entering the valve structure opens the flapper valves by gravitational forces downwardly against the relatively rigid flapper, and after passage of the water, the valve is elastomerically urged into the sealed position restricting back flow of gases from the downstream area of the drain conduit and permitting pressure testing of the downstream conduit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120192950A1 FLOOR DRAIN VALVE WITH RESILIENTLY MOUNTED RIGID FLAPPERS Public/Granted day:2012-08-02
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