Method and Apparatus Utilizing Irrigation Drippers for Minimizing Water from Being Wasted in Toilets

Abstract

Various methods and apparatus are described utilizing irrigation drippers ( 30 ) for minimizing water from being wasted in toilets. One of several embodiments (FIG. 1 ) is shown with a toilet tank ( 70 ) and an irrigation dripper ( 30 ) bisecting a toilet bowl fill tube ( 20 ). Contemplating a pressure-compensating dripper ( 30 ) provides a sufficiently accurate and engineered means for controlling and metering water economically. Dripper flow-rates are selected to deliver relatively consistent amounts of water under varying pressure conditions, in order to sufficiently minimize: the over-filling of water into the toilet bowl ( 80 ), the water being wasted into the sewer ( 90 ), and the wasting of consumer dollars.

1 . A method for minimizing water from being wasted within a toilet. 
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said toilet consists of having components, comprising:
 a) providing a toilet bowl wherein having a first means for conveying said water, a second means for holding waste, a third means for discharging said waste into a sewer, a fourth means for holding up to a maximum amount of said water, and a fifth means for discharging said water that is in excess of said maximum amount into said sewer,   b) providing a toilet tank, comprising:
 a. providing a toilet fill valve wherein having a first means for conveying said water, and a second means for adding flushing and refilling water, 
 b. providing a flapper valve wherein having a first means for conveying said water, and a second means for discharging said flushing water into said toilet bowl, 
 c. providing an overflow tube wherein having a first means for conveying said water, a second means for attaching to said flapper valve, and a third means for discharging said refilling water into said toilet bowl, 
 d. providing an angle adapter wherein having a first means for conveying said water, a second means for attaching to said overflow tube, and a third means for discharging said refilling water into said overflow tube, 
 e. providing a toilet bowl fill tube wherein having a first means for joining said toilet fill valve to said angle adapter and second means for conveying said refilling water between said toilet fill valve and said angle adapter, 
   wherein said toilet fill valve, said toilet bowl fill tube, said angle adapter, said overflow tube, said flapper valve and said toilet bowl are connected contiguously, thereby having means for being a contiguous assembly,   wherein said toilet fill valve having a first means for conveying said water, having a second means for adding said refilling water, and a third means for being in a contiguous connection to said toilet bowl, thereby having additional means for being in communication with said toilet bowl and being able to discharge said refilling water into said toilet bowl, and   wherein said water being wasted within said toilet is said refilling water which is in excess of said maximum amount of said water within said toilet bowl and is discharged as said waste into said sewer.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein said method for minimizing said water from being wasted, comprising:
 a) providing a toilet bowl fill tube wherein having means for being part of said contiguous connection for conveying and discharging said refilling water from said toilet fill valve to and into, respectively, said toilet bowl,   b) having means for sufficiently bisecting said toilet bowl fill tube and thereby creating a bisected contiguous assembly,   c) providing a valve or other such device wherein having a first means for conveying, a second means for sufficiently controlling and a third means for sufficiently metering said water,   d) having means for joining each end of the bisected toilet bowl fill tube to each side of said valve or other such device, thereby creating a modified contiguous assembly, and   wherein said valve being part of said modified contiguous assembly having means for conveying, controlling and metering said water, thereby said modified contiguous assembly also having means for conveying, controlling and metering said water that is being conveyed and discharged from said toilet fill valve to and into, respectively, said toilet bowl.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein said valve, comprising:
 a) providing an irrigation valve, such as a dripper, emitter and the like, wherein by design having sufficiently accurate means for conveying, controlling and metering fluids, such as water and the like, so to effectively minimize water usage, and   wherein said irrigation valve being part of said modified contiguous assembly, thereby also having sufficiently accurate means for conveying, controlling, and metering said refilling water between said toilet fill valve and said toilet bowl, whereby also having means for sufficiently minimizing said refilling water from being wasted in said toilet.