Patent · US Expired

Standpipe adapter for sink drains of varied diameter

US4077430A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 4, 1976
Grant dateMar 7, 1978
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Expiry dateJun 4, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86381
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An adapter for sink drains of varied diameter, with a double seal positioning a standpipe perpendicularly with respect to the sink bottom, there being an upper seal supportably stopped upon the sink bottom or drain flange, and there being a lower seal depressibly engaged within the drain diameter, and characterized by a base of soft rubber-like material smaller in diameter than the drain and integral with upper and lower seals that have flexible fluid tight engagement with the sink and drain while permitting lateral deflections of the standpipe.

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