Abstract:
My invention for replacing the flush toilet and water closet, utilizes a slipjoint water trap that is a distinct and separate moving part of the toilet bowl. First the pathway of the trap is re-configured as in drawing # 3 . Then the slipjoint water trap is connected to the toilet bowl using two slipjoint connectors. The bowl outlet mates with the trap inlet and the trap outlet mates with the waste depository inlet. The faces of these four lets are all parallel to each other in both dimensions and share a common axis. A cable mechanism can then be installed to rotate the slipjoint trap down 90 degrees from the vertical. This will establish an inclined pathway to the sewer, all waste will then flow down stream, by the force of gravity exerted on the waste itself. In effect I lower the weir of the trap instead of raising the waste.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    I do here claim the benefits of my previously filed, provisional utility patent application #61/403,129 filing date: Sep. 10, 2010 entitled “TANKLESS FLUSHLESS TOILET”. I do claim this application as the corresponding non-provisional patent application completing the application for this newly named invention the “GRAVITY DRAINED, WASTE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM”. 
     
    
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       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0004]    Every plumbing fixture in service must be provided with a water seal to block sewer gases from coming up through the plumbing system A 14 , and entering the building through the plumbing fixtures A 1  the water closet or A 15  the lavatory sink. 
         [0005]    Most plumbing fixtures nave the water seal provided. by a P-trap A 27  made of drainage fittings, connected to the drain A 16  at the bottom of the fixture as in the lavatory sink A 15 . Waste passes through the drain A 16 , to the tail piece A 17 , and into the P-trap. 
         [0006]    The water seal is the hatched area in the P-trap, beginning at the weir of the water seal A 18  at the inlet of the trap and going down to A 19  the lowest point in the trap and water. seal, then to A 20  the weir of the water seal at the outlet of the trap. The waste then goes over the weir of the trap A 21  and through the dirty arm A 22  and enters A 23  the inlet branch of the sanitary-tee. 
         [0007]    The inlet then sweeps down 90 degrees in an arc to A 24  the waste outlet branch of the sanitary-tee where the waste enters the sewer system. The third branch of the sanitary-tee is the vent branch A 25  and it combines with the vent branch of the toilet A 12  and travels vertically up through the roof where the vent A 26  terminates and the sewer gases are allowed to dissipate harmlessly in the open atmosphere above the building. 
         [0008]    The toilet however does not have it&#39;s water seal provided by a P-trap constructed of drainage fittings connected to the toilet at the bottom of the fixture as the sink in A 15  does in  FIG. 1 . But has it&#39;s water seal provided by an internal water trap, incorporated in the casting of the toilet bowl itself. As is identified by the hatched area of the toilet bowl in  FIG. 1  &amp;  FIG. 2 . 
         [0009]    In these drawings A 2  ident. the weir of the water seal in the toilet bowl, A 3  ident. the lowest point of the water seal in the water trap of the toilet bowl and A 4  ident. the weir of the water seal in the water trap of the toilet bowl. And A 7  is the weir of the water trap itself. A 1  ident. the toilet bowl itself and A 5  the toilet tank itself. 
         [0010]    After passing through the toilet howl A 1  and the waste depository A 9 , the waste is deposited vertically into the closet bend A 10 , which is connected to the bottom of the toilet bowl. This drainage fitting has no water trap and provides no water 
         [0011]    But it conveys the waste to the inlet branch A 11  of the sanitary-tee, the waste then passes through A 13  the outlet branch of the sanitary-tee and into the sewer system A 14 . 
         [0012]    For over 200 years water closets have been flushed with water from toilet tanks A 5  and flushometer valves, which use the hydro-mechanics of flushing to push the contents of the toilet bowl through the internal water trap A 6 , and over the weir of the water trap A 7 , now following the arrows A 8  through the water trap to the waste depository A 9 . 
         [0013]    Leaving the bottom of the toilet the contents are deposited into the closet bend A 10 , which conveys the waste to the inlet branch A 11  of the sanitary-tee and down into the sewer system A 14 . In effect flushing raises the waste over the weir of the trap in-order to flow down hill to the sewer. And A 12  is the vent branch of the sanitary-tee. 
         [0014]    In the field of reducing the amount of water used to accomplish this function of draining the contents of the toilet bowl, all efforts have been focused on improving the efficiency of the flushing action. And no effort in finding a more efficient mechanism to accomplish this critical function. 
         [0015]    Only the force of gravity exerted on the waste itself is needed to drain a tub a shower or a kitchen sink, and there must be a more efficient means to drain the contents of the toilet. Certainly sewer gases must be prevented from entering the building, and the water seal maintained. But pushing the waste up-hill makes no sense. There must be a way and means of using the force of gravity to our advantage. 
         [0016]    If I deposit 2 Onces of waste then use 200 onces of clean potable water to flush it to the sewer that makes no sense and is totally in-efficient. There must be a way and means of using the force of gravity to drain the waste down hill. Like it does for all other plumbing fixtures, instead of fighting gravity up-hill, the way it does with the water closet. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0017]    If I take a tall glass of water and hold it vertically the water stays in the glass. But when I turn the glass 90 degrees from the vertical to the horizontal position the water drains from the glass needing only the force of gravity exerted on the water itself. 
         [0018]    My invention for replacing the flush toilet or the water closet is the gravity drained, waste management mechanism, this mechanism has no water tank and does not flush, the draining cycle needs no flush to clear the bowl and trap of waste. In toilets flushing only pushes the contents of the bowl through the trap  6  and over the weir of the trap  7 . It&#39;s this up and over that is the problem, it&#39;s fighting against gravity. Instead my design uses gravity to empty the waste by lowering the weir of the trap below the lowest point in the water seal  3 . The water seal is that part of the trap that is ident. by hatching, starting at 2, down to 3 and up to 4. 
         [0019]    The means by which I accomplish lowering the weir of the trap, is by isolating the water trap from the toilet bowl and casting it separately. i reconfigure the pathway  8  of the trap to resemble a question mark on it&#39;s side. So now instead of the pathway to the sewer going down the bowl up the trap and down into the sewer, as in FIG. # 1 , The new pathway goes down up and around. The new slipjoint water trap is then connected to the toilet bowl using two slipjoint connectors  19  &amp;  20 . The toilet bowl outlet  10  mates with the slipjoint water trap inlet  13  and the slipjoint water trap outlet  17  mates with the waste depository inlet  14 . The faces of these four lets faces  11  &amp;  12  and faces  15  &amp;  16  is each parallel to the others and shares a common axis  18 . This designed arrangement of the toilet bowl and the slipjoint water trap allows the trap to rotate on it&#39;s common axis 90 degrees from the vertical and in doing so it dis-establishes the weir of the trap. Without a weir the contents does not dam up, but flows downhill all the way through the toilet to the sewer system, without flushing, needing only the force of gravity exerted on the contents itself to flow downhill. JUST LIKE THE GLASS OF WATER!!! 
         [0020]    The mechanism I have designed to accomplish the function of rotating the slipjoint water trap is a long handle firmly attached to the back of the toilet bowl, about 10″ above the floor, this is the pivot point  30  of the handle. 2″ above the floor the draw down cable attaches to the handle. When the handle is moved counter clockwise the cable  26  is drawn through the two cable guides  27  &amp;  28 , these, features can be seen in  FIG. 6  and this movement draws down the slipjoint water trap so that it rotates on it&#39;s common axis and the draining function is accomplished. Releasing handle allows return spring mechanism  22  to return the slipjoint water trap to the vertical position and the water seal can then be re-established, by the toilet handle triggering the water supply valve to release water. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0021]      FIG. 1  Is an elevation side view of a toilet bowl. Showing the common design used by all toilets. Having the water seal provided by a water trap that is an integral part of the casting of the toilet bowl. 
           [0022]      FIG. 2  Is an isometric drawing of rough-in drainage piping provided to a lavatory sink and for the water closet.  FIGS. 1 &amp; 2  help provide background for the invention and the prior state of the technology. 
           [0023]      FIG. 3  Is a side elevation view of my design for the improvement of the water closet. And shows my two innovative changes to the toilet bowl. The pathway taken by the water trap to reach the sewer is reconfigured. Then the water trap is a separated and distinct piece caste separately from the toilet bowl designed to be connected to the bowl along the common axis  18 . 
           [0024]      FIG. 4  Is the same bowl with all the other necessary components to complete the improvement, showing the slipjoint water trap in the vertical position and the water seal established. 
           [0025]      FIG. 5  Is the same bowl viewed from just above and slightly infront. This perspective view of my design shows the slipjoint water trap in the lowered position during the draining cycle. 
           [0026]      FIG. 6  Is a perspective view of my design taken from slightly above and slightly to the rear. This view shows all the components and there position during the draining cycle. 
           [0027]      FIG. 7  Is an enlarged detailed view of the slipjoint connector. 
           [0028]      FIG. 8  Is a sectional view of the slipjoint connector in  FIG. 7  viewed from sectional view markings labeled  FIG. 8 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0029]    All plumbing fixtures are required to have water seals provided to each plumbing fixture, to prevent sewer gases from rising up through the plumbing and entering the building. The common method for providing water seal protection for a lavatory basin is illustrated in  FIG. 2 . The lavatory basin A 15  has a drain A 16  and A 17  is the tail piece between the drain at the bottom of the vessel and the p-trap A 27 . The hatched area of the p-trap is the water seal A 28 . The p-trap is made of drainage fittings connected to the bottom of the vessel, and provide both the water trap and water seal for the fixture. This is similar in almost all other fixtures. 
         [0030]    However the water closet is the exception. It&#39;s water trap &amp; water seal are not provided by drainage fittings connected to the bottom of the vessel, but have an internal water trap A 6  and water seal A 29  provided by the toilet bowl itself. In the prior art over the last 50 years, most toilets have been cast in porcelain and designed with an internal tubular pathway to provide the water trap A 6  and water seal A 29 , as is illustrated in  FIGS. 1 &amp; 2  the water trap &amp; water seal start in the toilet bowl at the weir of the water seal A 2  and travel down to the lowest point in the water seal A 3 , then up to the weir of the water seal in the water trap A 4 . The pathway of the water trap continues over the weir of the trap A 7  and following the arrows of A 8  continues down to A 9  the waste depository, through the bottom of the toilet bowl and into the closet bend A 10  the first drainage fitting it reaches. 
         [0031]    It is the trap of the toilet bowl that requires toilets to be flushed with 1½ gals. of clean portable water to convey the contents of the howl and trap to the sewer system A 14 . Flushing pushes the contents of the toilet down the bowl, up the trap A 6  and over the weir A 7  of the trap. In effect flushing raises the waste higher then the weir of the trap A 7 . It&#39;s all downhill from there, it is the raising of the waste that requires the wasteful use of so much clean water. 
         [0032]    The replacement I have designed for the toilet, uses a slipjoint water trap  6 , this trap is not an internal, integral part of the casting of the toilet bowl. But is a separate and distinct piece that is cast separately, it is tubular in design and configured similar to a question mark on its back (         ) the tubular trap is then connected to the toilet bowl by two slipjoint connectors  19  &amp;  20 . It is this slipjoint water trap that provides the means by which the contents of the toilet can be drained off into the sewer without flushing the toilet. 
         [0033]    The embodiment of my replacement for the toilet is the slipjoint water trap  6  which when rotated 90 degrees from the vertical allows the contents of the toilet bowl and trap to be drained off into the sewer system A 14 . In effect I have designed a means of lowering the weir  7  of the water trap instead of raising the waste. No flushing is necessary and no toilet tank needed. It is the force of gravity exerted on the waste itself that draws the waste into the sewer system, once the trap is rotated 90 degrees from the vertical the trap weir  7  is now below the lowest point in the water seal point  3 . Under these circumstances the weir has been eliminated and the waste has no place to dam up. 
         [0034]    The slipjoint water trap  6  is connected to the toilet bowl by 2 slipjoint connectors  19  &amp;  20 . Each slipjoint connector has five separate parts. Each has three rubber seals  40 ,  41  &amp;  44 . Each also has two sheet metal bands  42  &amp;  43 . Band  42  has three clamps  36 ,  37  &amp;  38 , band  43  has only one clamp  39  all this is illustrated in  FIG. 8 . 
         [0035]    In assembling the fixture the barrel of the toilet bowl outlet  10  mates up with the barrel of the slipjoint water trap inlet  13 . and the barrel of the slipjoint water trap outlet  17  mates up with the barrel of the waste depository inlet  14 . 
         [0036]    The four faces of the lets  11 ,  12 ,  15  &amp;  16  all share a common axis, this common axis tilts 2% downhill from the horizontal, And each face of the lets is perpendicular in both dimensions to the common axis  18 . 
         [0037]    This arrangement insures that the slipjoint water vtrap will be in full, firm, and complete contact at all times with the toilet bowl lets, even during the rotation function of the slipjoint water trap. 
         [0038]    In assembling the fixture the smaller of the two tube shaped seals  44  of each connector is fitted to the slipjoint water trap. The larger of the two tube shaped seals  40  of each connector is fitted to the toilet bowl lets. The first seal  40  is fitted to the barrel of the toilet bowl outlet  10  and the first seal  44  is fitted to the barrel of the water trap inlet  13 . The third seal of each connector is the donut shaped seal  41  it fits in-between the two tube shaped seals in the slipjoint area of the connector where it bridges the gap between the two ends. 
         [0039]    The second seal  44  is fitted to the barrel of the water trap outlet  17  and the second seal  40  is fitted to the barrel of the waste depository inlet  14  then the second seal  41  is fitted in the slipjoint area of the second connector. 
         [0040]    The slipjoint side of the first connector is firmly attached to the barrel of the water trap inlet  13  by band  43  and hose clamp  39 . This connection is stationary in relation to the water trap, so that as the water trap  6  rotates, so does this side of the connection. And that part of the trap inlet  13  and that part of seal  44  that is not under the band  43  and hose clamp  39  has a male orientation so that it slips inside the slipjoint center of the connector. The side of the connector designed to receive and enclose the water trap inlet, is connected to the barrel of the toilet bowl outlet  10  by seal  40 , band  42  and by hose clamps  36 ,  37  &amp;  38 . This side of the connection does not rotate with the water trap, but remains stationary at all times in relation to the toilet bowl outlet. 
         [0041]    The two clamps  37  &amp;  38  around the slipjoint area of the connector are only snuged down enough to hold a water tight fit, but soft enough to allow for the rotation of the slipjoint water trap. The interior surfaces of the seals in the slipjoint area of the connector will be lubricated with a non-petroleum based lubricant, to premote rotation of the slipjoint water trap. Disassembly of the connectors and removal of the trap will allow for inspection, service and/or replacement of the water trap. 
         [0042]    the toilet assembly begins with the toilet bowl  1  and the slipjoint water trap  6 . The bowl of the toilet has an outlet  10  and a waste depository inlet  14 . The toilet bowl outlet  10  mates up with the slipjoint water trap inlet  13  and the waste depository inlet  14  mates up with the slipjoint water trap outlet  17 . 
         [0043]    We connect the slipjoint water trap to the toilet bowl using two slipjoint connectors. The first connector  19  is used to join the water trap inlet  13  to the toilet bowl outlet  10  with the slipjoint side of the connector fitted to the water trap inlet  13 . The second connector  20  is used to join the water trap outlet  17  to the waste depository inlet  14  of the toilet bowl, with the slipjoint side of the connector fitted to the water trap outlet. 
         [0044]    Once the toilet bowl  1  and the slipjoint water trap  6  are assembled a ziplock strap  24  is attached to the top of the trap, the strap has two connection loops one on the side of the trap closest to the body of the toilet bowl where the return spring mechanism  22  is connected to one loop  23  and the other end of the spring is attached to the bowl at  21  the other loop of the strap is connected to the draw down cable  26  at loop  25 . 
         [0045]    When the trap is rotated counter clock-wise towards the floor, to 90 degrees from the vertical during the draining function the return spring mechanism  22  will return the trap back to the vertical position, once the handle is released. 
         [0046]    The draw down cable  26  is the mechanism used to rotate the slipjoint water trap  6  counter clock-wise 90 degrees from the vertical. In rotating the slipjoint water trap the weir of the trap is being lowered, when the slipjoint water trap is rotated 90 degrees from the vertical the weir and the water trap are temporarily eliminated, dis-established or become non-existent and the waste does not dam up. During this draining function the lowest point in the water seal  3  has now become a high point in the incline pathway to the sewer system. 
         [0047]    In effect I have devised a mechanism that lowers the weir of the trap below the water seal so that the entire pathway from the bottom of the bowl to the sewer has a 2% incline and the fixture empties with only the force of gravity everted on the waste itself. 
         [0048]    Lowering the weir  7  of the slipjoint water trap  6  below the water seal  5 , instead of raising the waste above the weir  7  of the trap  6 , is accomplished by rotating the slipjoint water trap on it&#39;s common axis  18 . The draw down cable  26  is attached at one end to the loop  25  of the zip-lock strap  24 . The cable then runs down towards the floor to and through the first cable guide  27 . Then through the second cable guide  28 . Where it turns towards the back of the toilet and using the fastener  29  attaches to the toilet handle  35 . About half way up the toilet handle is the fastener  30  that secures the toilet handle to the back of the toilet. And also serves as a pivot point for the handle to engage the draw down cable  26 . 
         [0049]    When the top of the toilet handle is moved counter clock-wise the cable is drawn through the cable guides and pulls the top of the slipjoint water trap down towards the floor, until it reaches 90 degrees from the vertical. After draining the toilet bowl the handle is released and the return spring mechanisms  22  &amp;  32  draw the slipjoint water trap and toilet handle back to the vertical position. 
         [0050]    The second return spring mechanism  32  is secured to the back of the toilet bowl at one end  31  and the other end of the spring attaches to the toilet bowl handle  35 , above the pivot point  30 . Where it draws the handle back to the vertical position once the draining function is complete and the handle is released. 
         [0051]    The water valve  34  is mounted at the back of the toilet. When the handle is in the vertical position the valve and valve trigger are right up against the toilet bowl handle  35 . When the handle is moved counter clock-wise the valve  34  opens and feeds water to the toilet bowl, to rinse the face of the bowl while the toilet is draining. 
         [0052]    Once the handle is released the return spring mechanism  32  draws the handle back to the vertical position and return spring mechanism  22  returns the slipjoint water trap back to the vertical, but the water valve  34  remains open and continues to feed water to the toilet bowl until the water seal  5  (IN THE HATCH AREA OF  FIG. 4 ) is re-established in the toilet bowl and slipjoint water trap. 
         [0053]    The face of the barrel of the toilet bowl outlet  11 , the face of the barrel of the slipjoint water trap inlet  12 , the face of the barrel of the water trap outlet  16  and the face of the barrel of the waste depository inlet  15  are all perpendicular in both dimensions to the common axis  18 .