Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Dry closets – With heating meas
Patent
1987-02-12
1988-05-17
Artis, Henry K.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Dry closets
With heating meas
4198, 4204, E03C 124, E03C 122
Patent
active
047441089
ABSTRACT:
A bathtub drain having a fixed body at the tub overflow opening a rotational member extending through the fixed body and having a rear portion behind the fixed body, a non-axially positioned linkage attachment point on the rear portion of the rotational member, and a pair of contact surfaces on the fixed body and rotational member and biased together, with different engagement characteristics marking different rotational positions of the rotational member. In preferred embodiments, the contact surfaces are the rearward surface of the fixed body and the forward surface of the rotational member rear portion, and these surfaces preferably have a groove and mating ridge to mark the fully open and closed positions.
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Artis Henry K.
Frost Company
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