Refrigeration – With means preventing or handling atmospheric condensate... – Retainer or flow director for atmospheric condensate
Reexamination Certificate
2002-08-21
2004-03-09
Tapolcai, William E. (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
With means preventing or handling atmospheric condensate...
Retainer or flow director for atmospheric condensate
C062S303000, C137S625470
Reexamination Certificate
active
06701740
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system and more particularly pertains to allowing a user to safely and conveniently gain access to an internal pipe passageway for cleaning and maintenance of the passageway.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of water lines for draining and cleaning out containers of known designs and configurations is known in the prior art. More specifically, water lines for draining and cleaning out containers of known designs and configurations previously devised and utilized for the purpose of cleaning and maintaining containers and pipes by conventional methods and apparatuses are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,182,677 issued Feb. 6, 2001, to Pignataro discloses a cleanout fitting for air conditioner evaporator drains. U.S. Pat. No. 6,068,023 issued May 30, 2000, to Potter discloses a valve for clearing air conditioning drain lines. U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,458 issued Mar. 3, 1998 to Potter discloses a valve for clearing air conditioning drain lines. Lastly, U.S. Pat. No. 4,962,778 issued Oct. 16, 1990, to Driskill discloses a backwashing dispenser for air conditioner drain pans.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe an air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system that allows allowing a user to safely and conveniently gain access to an internal pipe passageway for cleaning and maintenance of the passageway.
In this respect, the air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing a user to safely and conveniently gain access to an internal pipe passageway for cleaning and maintenance of the passageway.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system which can be used for allowing a user to safely and conveniently gain access to an internal pipe passageway for cleaning and maintenance of the passageway. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of water lines for draining and cleaning out containers of known designs and configurations now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a clean-out body fabricated of rigid material. The clean-out body is in a round tubular hollow cylindrical configuration. The clean-out body has an upper end and a lower end and a circumferential side wall there between. The lower end has an end piece continuous with the side wall and closing off the lower end thereby forming an internal recess within the body. The body has an opening at the upper-end with a female thread within the internal diameter of the body. The body also has two protruding round, tubular, horizontal, hollow cylindrical passageways in axial alignment into and out of the body to allow the ingress and egress of fluid to and from the clean-out body. Next provided is a top cap fabricated of rigid material. The top cap has a generally round, disk-like configuration with an upper side and a lower side and a circumferential edge there between. The upper side is flat. The lower side has a male thread sized to be received by and firmly held by the female thread of the body. In this manner the cap closes off and seals the body. A horizontally disposed connecting pipe fabricated of rigid material is next provided. The connecting pipe has a first end sized to be press fit and coupled over with and securely held onto one of the protruding round, tubular hollow cylindrical passageways. A second end of the connecting pipe has male threads. Next provided is a fluid container. The fluid container is positionable beneath an air conditioner and functions to collect water generated by an air conditioner. The container has a vertical side wall. A threaded aperture in the container is sized to be securely coupled with the male threads of the connecting pipe thereby forming a continuous passageway for fluid from the container to pass through the body of the clean-out. A chlorine tablet is positioned in the internal recess. The chlorine tablet is in a cylindrical configuration and has a diameter less than the inside diameter of the top cap.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims attached.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system which has all of the advantages of the prior art water lines for draining and cleaning out containers of known designs and configurations and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is further an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system which is of durable and reliable constructions.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner water pan drain line and clean-out system for allowing a user to safely and conveniently gain access to an internal pipe passageway for cleaning and maintenance of the passageway.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a
Ali Mohammad M.
Dutkiewicz Edward P.
Tapolcai William E.
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