Abstract: A toilet tank with a sediment removal assembly comprises a flexible tube connected to the upper discharge spout of the intake standpipe in the toilet tank cavity, and a configured length of copper tubing connected to the flexible tube for water to flow therethrough when the float valve is open to flow water into the tank during a flushing operation. The copper tubing has a longitudinal section which extends downwardly and vertically from its connection to the flexible tube, an integrally joined first lateral or horizontal section curved or bent to lie on the bottom wall of the tank adjacent to the rear wall, and an integrally joined second lateral or horizontal section curved or bent to extend substantially normal to the first lateral section and lie on the bottom wall of the tank adjacent to the then facing end wall of the tank.

Abstract: A data communications system and method are provided, for example, in a facsimile machine to establish a data link with a gateway over a local loop. The data link is established employing pulse code modulation with prioritization in the upstream direction. Alternatively, a modulation type may be employed that is equivalent to pulse code modulation that provides similar or higher speed data communication. By using pulse code modulation in the upstream direction, the resulting facsimile transmission in accomplished with much greater speed.