Dual p-trap and valve air conditioner discharge water saver system
View Patent ↗A gravity-assisted water saving system, and method of use, utilized for collecting condensate from an air conditioning system, sanitizing it, and then diverting it for constructive use. It has a chamber with an inclined bottom surface, a removable basket for containing tablets used for sanitizing swimming pool water or bleach tablets used for laundry sanitizing purposes, a double P-trap assembly on its water inlet side that prevents sanitizing vapors from entering the air conditioning system to which it is connected, a removable cap sealing its top opening to prevent escape of sanitizing vapors into the atmosphere, and an optional mounting bracket for enhanced stabilization against a stationary object. Inflow tubing connected to the chamber permits ready attachment of the present invention to an air conditioning condensate discharge pipe, while a discharge tube in an inferior position transports reclaimed water to its location of subsequent use.
1. A sanitizing system for air conditioning condensate from an air conditioning system that collects, treats and diverts the condensate for constructive applications, said system comprising:
a source of sanitizing vapor to release vapors to sanitize condensate containing algae and disease causing elements;
a basket to house the source of sanitizing vapor having a bottom surface with at least one aperture formed therethrough dimensioned to retain the source of sanitizing vapor in said basket;
a hollow chamber to house said basket and the source of sanitizing vapor, said hollow chamber including a side wall having an inlet opening and a discharge opening formed therethrough;
condensate discharge tubing coupled to the air conditioning system;
a fluid flow control operatively coupled between said condensate discharge tubing and said inlet opening such that air conditioning condensate is fed from the source of condensate through said air conditioning condensate discharge tube, said fluid flow control and said inlet opening to the interior of said housing;
said fluid flow control adapted to prevent the sanitizing vapors from back flowing to the air conditioning system from which the condensate was derived whereby the condensate is sanitized by the vapors as the condensate moves through said hollow chamber to said discharge opening.
2. The sanitizing system of claim 1 wherein said bottom surface comprises an inclined bottom surface.
3. The sanitizing system of claim 1 wherein said fluid flow control comprises a p-trap.
4. The sanitizing system of claim 1 wherein said bottom surface comprises an inclined bottom surface and said fluid flow control comprises a p-trap.
5. A sanitizing system for air conditioning condensate from an air conditioning system that collects, treats and diverts the condensate for constructive applications, said system comprising:
a source of sanitizing vapor to release vapors to sanitize condensate containing algae and disease causing elements;
a hollow chamber having a bottom surface with at least one aperture formed therethrough to house the source of sanitizing vapor, said hollow chamber including a side wall having an inlet opening and a discharge opening formed therethrough;
condensate discharge tubing coupled to the air conditioning system;
a fluid flow control operatively coupled between said condensate discharge tubing and said inlet opening such that air conditioning condensate is fed from the source of condensate through said air conditioning condensate discharge tube, said fluid flow control and said inlet opening to the interior of said housing;
said fluid flow control adapted to prevent the sanitizing vapors from back flowing to the air conditioning system from which the condensate was derived whereby the condensate is sanitized by the vapors as the condensate moves through said hollow chamber to said discharge is opening.
6. The sanitizing system of claim 5 wherein said bottom surface comprises an inclined bottom surface.
7. The sanitizing system of claim 5 wherein said fluid flow control comprises a p-trap.
8. The sanitizing system of claim 5 wherein said bottom surface comprises an inclined bottom surface and said fluid flow control comprises a p-trap.