MY125567A - Improvements in and relating to floor traps - Google Patents

Abstract

A CONCENTRIC ''S'' -TYPE FLOOR TRAP INCLUDES A FIRST PORTION COMPRISING A FIRST PIPE SECTION (1) WHICH IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, A SECOND PORTION COMPRISING AN ANNULAR PORTION (5) OF EXTERNAL DIAMETER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO BE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE FIRST PIPE SECTION (1) AND WHICH CARRIES ON ONE FACE A SECOND PIPE SECTION (6) WHICH IS OPEN AT BOTH ENDS AND ON THE OTHER FACE AT LEAST ONE THIRD PIPE SECTION (10) WHICH IS AT LEAST PARTIALLY OPEN AT BOTH ENDS, SAID SECOND AND THIRD PIPE SECTIONS (6, 10) ENCLOSING BUT NOT NECESSARILY BEING CO-EXTENSIVE WITH, THE CENTRAL APERTURE (7) OF THE ANNULAR PORTION, SAID ANNULAR PORTION (5) BEING CAPABLE OF BEING INSERTED INTO SAID FIRST PIPE SECTION (1) AND FIXED THEREIN IN FLUID TIGHT MANNER AND A THIRD PORTION COOPERATING WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS TO PREVENT LIQUID ENTERING THE TRAP FROM PASSING DIRECTLY THROUGH SAID SECOND PIPE SECTION (6) AND COMPRISING A COVER MEMBER (13) AND A SKIRT MEMBER (12), WHEREBY IN USE THE FIRST PORTION CAN BE MOUNTED IN THE FLOOR, THE SECOND PORTION BE FIXED INSIDE SAID FIRST PORTION WITH ITS SECOND PIPE SECTION (6) UPPERMOST AND THE THIRD PORTION BE POSITIONED SO THAT ITS COVER MEMBER (13) COVERS BUT IS SPACED FROM THE OPEN UPPER END OF THE SECOND PIPE SECTION (6) AND THE SKIRT (12) EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY BELOW SAID UPPER END TO DEFINE AN "S"-SHAPED FLOW CHANNEL THROUGH THE TRAP.THE INVENTION ALSO INCLUDES THE SECOND PORTION OF THE TRAP AND A METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE TRAP IN A FLOOR.(FIG 2)