GB2302904A - Water saving system - Google Patents

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GB2302904A
GB2302904A GB9513475A GB9513475A GB2302904A GB 2302904 A GB2302904 A GB 2302904A GB 9513475 A GB9513475 A GB 9513475A GB 9513475 A GB9513475 A GB 9513475A GB 2302904 A GB2302904 A GB 2302904A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E03B1/041—Greywater supply systems
    • E03B2001/045—Greywater supply systems using household water
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03B—INSTALLATIONS OR METHODS FOR OBTAINING, COLLECTING, OR DISTRIBUTING WATER
    • E03B1/00—Methods or layout of installations for water supply
    • E03B1/04—Methods or layout of installations for water supply for domestic or like local supply
    • E03B1/041—Greywater supply systems
    • E03B2001/047—Greywater supply systems using rainwater
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y02A20/108—Rainwater harvesting

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Abstract

A water saving system uses collected rainwater and waste bath/shower water to flush a toilet. The rainwater and waste bath/shower water are collected through the pipework (A) into a tank. The tank (T) incorporates a filter (F) which the water passes through. The tank has an overflow pipe (D) to take any surplus water to the existing drainage system (E). The water is fed from the tank through pipework (B) to the toilet cistern. The water may be fed from the tank using either gravity or an electric pump (I). A junction is made with the pipework and the existing mains water supply pipe close to the toilet cistern and a tap switch (H) fitted to enable use of either water from the Tank or mains water to flush the toilet.

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FREEFLUSH TANs This invention relates to a water tank and pipe system which uses coliected rainwater and waste bath water to flush a toilet.
Toilets are well known sanitary equipment which are situated in almost aii domestic, commercial and industrial premises.
At present the water which is used to flush a toilet is supplied direct from the mains water suppiy. This invention will collect rainwater and waste bath water and use it to flush the toilet.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows an example of the tank system for collecting rainwater.
Figure 2 shows an example of the tank system for collecting rainwater and waste bath water.
The water will be collected in a tank which for example could be fitted under the soffit of a roof. At this high level the water would be fed through the pipes by gravity +eed, as shown in Figure 1. In Figure 2 where the tank is stored at ground level it will have the addition of an electric pump to feed the water through the pipe to the toilet cistern.
Figure 1 The tank has an inlet pipe (A) which will feed the rainwater from the guttering into the tank (T).
There is an outlet pipe (B) which will feed the water from the tank (T) to the toilet cistern (C).
There is an overflow pipe (D) at high level which will take any surplus water from the tank (T) through a dowpipe which will be connected into the existing surface water drainage (E).
A fiiter (F) is fitted in the tank (T) to filter the water to ensure no objects present in the water pass through to the toilet cistern (C).
The outiet pipe (B) is connected to.the mains water supply pipe (G) just before it enters the toilet cistern (C). S junction is formed and a tap switch (H) fitted to enable the user to switch from using mains water to using water from the tank (T) and to switch back to mains water should there be none available in the tank.
Figure 2 As the above details for Figure 1.
The iniet pipe (A) for this tank feeds rainwater from the uttering and also waste bath water by connection to the waste pipe takes the bath water after use.
This example has the addition of an electric pump (I), which is installed to enable the water to be pumped up to the toilet cistern (C). This is necessary where the tank is stored at a lower level to the cistern and therefore gravity feed cannot be used.
This invention enabies the use of rainwater and waste bath water to be used to flush the toilet. It can also use any other non-hazardous waste water from industrial/commercial/community buildings which would be piped to the storage tank and used in the same manner as described above. This water from the tank will be used instead of fresh water from the mains supply and will reduce the amount of mains water used. As an increasing amount of properties now have water meters fitted this invention will reduce the cost of water to the property it is installed in.

Claims (8)

CLAIM5
1. 5 Freefiush Tank including pipework and a tank which collects rainwater and waste batnishower water and pipework which feeds the water from the tank to the toilet cistern to be used to flush the toilet.
2. The Freeflush Tank as claimed above including pipework fitted from the roof of a property feeding the rainwater from the guttering to the tank and also feeding waste bath/shower water to the tank.
3. The Freeflush Tank as claimed above including an overflow pipe to take away any excess water to the existing drainage system.
4. The Freeflush Tank as claimed above including a filter inside the tank to prevent any objects in the water passing through to the toilet cistern.
5. The Freefiush Tank as claimed above including pipework to feed the water from the tank to the toilet cistern, including a junction with the pipe and the existing mains water pipe close to the toilet cistern, a tap switch is fitted at this junction to enable the user to switch from using mains water to water from the Freeflush Tank and back again.
ó. The Freefiush Tank as claimed above with the tank fitted at ground level will include an electric pump fitted to the pipework adjacent to the tank to enable the water to be pumped to the toilet cistern, where the tank is fitted at high level gravity will be used to feed the water through the pipes.
7. S Freefiush Tank as claimed in any proceeding claim which is made from plastics material, metal material or concrete.
8. S Freeflush Tank substantially as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings Figure 1 and Figure 2.
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Cited By (11)

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GB2320942A (en) * 1997-12-20 1998-07-08 Philip John Bagley Waste water recovery system for buildings
GB2328471A (en) * 1997-07-05 1999-02-24 Alan Sanderson Water supply assembly
GB2329213A (en) * 1997-09-12 1999-03-17 Dennis Peter Graham Domestic water recycling tank
GB2369854A (en) * 2000-10-03 2002-06-12 Malcolm Jamieson Wearing Rainwater collection apparatus`
GB2428447A (en) * 2005-07-19 2007-01-31 John Cocker Water saving system
GB2436851A (en) * 2006-04-08 2007-10-10 John Mccaig Water recycling system
GB2437527A (en) * 2006-04-24 2007-10-31 Ian Shephard Rainwater augmented domestic low-pressure water supply
GB2440742A (en) * 2006-08-10 2008-02-13 Alan Gibson Water recycling system
GB2448496A (en) * 2007-04-17 2008-10-22 Albert Terence Harwood Water recycling system
ES2308902A1 (en) * 2006-10-02 2008-12-01 Emilio Checa Santana System of water utilization in bathrooms and similar (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
GB2453393A (en) * 2007-10-05 2009-04-08 Lisa Collins Toilet flush assembly

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GB293224A (en) * 1927-08-27 1928-07-05 Moses James Adams Improvements in roof rain water collectors
GB2236138A (en) * 1989-09-25 1991-03-27 Patrick Joseph Mckenna Water collection, storage and disposal system
GB2249121A (en) * 1990-10-25 1992-04-29 Richard John Hampden Lucy Water supply system
GB2253235A (en) * 1990-12-20 1992-09-02 Nigel Peter Osborne Toilet water supply system
GB2269199A (en) * 1992-05-02 1994-02-02 Joseph Leslie Heaton Water supply system
GB2269417A (en) * 1992-08-07 1994-02-09 Francis Barlow Augmented domestic water system
GB2271372A (en) * 1992-10-06 1994-04-13 Alan Charles Sales Waste water process recovery system
GB2283048A (en) * 1993-10-20 1995-04-26 Joseph Allan Water supply system
GB2286849A (en) * 1994-02-19 1995-08-30 Stephen Langford Water saving system

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB293224A (en) * 1927-08-27 1928-07-05 Moses James Adams Improvements in roof rain water collectors
GB2236138A (en) * 1989-09-25 1991-03-27 Patrick Joseph Mckenna Water collection, storage and disposal system
GB2249121A (en) * 1990-10-25 1992-04-29 Richard John Hampden Lucy Water supply system
GB2253235A (en) * 1990-12-20 1992-09-02 Nigel Peter Osborne Toilet water supply system
GB2269199A (en) * 1992-05-02 1994-02-02 Joseph Leslie Heaton Water supply system
GB2269417A (en) * 1992-08-07 1994-02-09 Francis Barlow Augmented domestic water system
GB2271372A (en) * 1992-10-06 1994-04-13 Alan Charles Sales Waste water process recovery system
GB2283048A (en) * 1993-10-20 1995-04-26 Joseph Allan Water supply system
GB2286849A (en) * 1994-02-19 1995-08-30 Stephen Langford Water saving system

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2328471A (en) * 1997-07-05 1999-02-24 Alan Sanderson Water supply assembly
GB2329213A (en) * 1997-09-12 1999-03-17 Dennis Peter Graham Domestic water recycling tank
GB2320942A (en) * 1997-12-20 1998-07-08 Philip John Bagley Waste water recovery system for buildings
GB2369854A (en) * 2000-10-03 2002-06-12 Malcolm Jamieson Wearing Rainwater collection apparatus`
GB2428447A (en) * 2005-07-19 2007-01-31 John Cocker Water saving system
GB2436851A (en) * 2006-04-08 2007-10-10 John Mccaig Water recycling system
GB2437527A (en) * 2006-04-24 2007-10-31 Ian Shephard Rainwater augmented domestic low-pressure water supply
GB2437625A (en) * 2006-04-24 2007-10-31 Ian Shephard Rainwater augmented domestic low-pressure water supply
GB2437625B (en) * 2006-04-24 2011-02-23 Ian Shephard Rainwater augumented domestic low-pressure water supply
GB2440742A (en) * 2006-08-10 2008-02-13 Alan Gibson Water recycling system
ES2308902A1 (en) * 2006-10-02 2008-12-01 Emilio Checa Santana System of water utilization in bathrooms and similar (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
GB2448496A (en) * 2007-04-17 2008-10-22 Albert Terence Harwood Water recycling system
GB2453393A (en) * 2007-10-05 2009-04-08 Lisa Collins Toilet flush assembly

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