Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Tedei

Thomas C. Tedei has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4815492
    Abstract: A flood control system for use with a building sewer line connected from a building to a city sewer line to prevent back flow of sewage in the line into the building during a flood which includes an underground tank installed in an in-line position with respect to the city sewer line and with at least a portion of the tank lying in a plane below the building sewer line. The city sewer line is cement encased at its point of juncture with the building sewer line beneath the building. The tank has a fluid pump mounted therein and connected by an overhead standpipe for pumping waste fluids from the bottom of the tank back into an inner sewer line for discharge exteriorally to a city sewer line. The tank further has a manually operable gate valve mounted therein. The gate valve is operably connected at one side to the city sewer line and connected at another side with the building sewer line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Today Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas C. Tedei
  • Patent number: 4110850
    Abstract: A flush valve assembly for a toilet tank including a valve body having a plurality of valve controlled inlets, bracket means for connecting the valve body to an overflow pipe in a toilet tank, said valve body being adjustable in said bracket means and said flush valve assembly being easily brought into sealed relationship with the drain valve connected to the drain pipe leading from the toilet tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Inventor: Thomas C. Tedei