Plumbing trap system

Abstract

A plumbing system, for draining waste material from each of a first draining device and a second draining device into a discharge pipe, includes a first trap in communication with open air and adapted to receive the waste material draining from the first draining device. The plumbing system further includes a fluid conduit providing fluid communication between the second draining device and the discharge pipe and adapted to drain waste material from the second draining device into the discharge pipe. The fluid conduit has a dimension smaller than a dimension of the discharge pipe. The waste material draining into the first trap drains from the first trap into the discharge pipe.

1 . A plumbing system, comprising: 
 a first draining device and a second draining device;    a first trap in communication with the first draining device through a first drain pipe;    a discharge pipe in communication with the first trap; and    a second drain pipe in communication with the second draining device and in communication with the discharge pipe; and    wherein the first draining device is adapted to drain waste material through the first drain pipe, then through the first trap into the discharge pipe, and the second draining device is adapted to drain waste material through the second drain pipe into the discharge pipe, and wherein a dimension of the second drain pipe is smaller than a dimension of the discharge pipe.    
   
   
       2 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first draining device is an open-air draining device.  
   
   
       3 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the second draining device includes a pump for pumping the waste material into the second drain pipe.  
   
   
       4 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the second draining device is a household appliance or a fluid-disposing machine.  
   
   
       5 . The plumbing system according to  claim 4 , wherein the household appliance is a dishwasher or a washing machine.  
   
   
       6 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein an interior surface of the first drain pipe, the second drain pipe, the first trap, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       7 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein an interior surface of the first drain pipe, the second drain pipe, the first trap, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a friction-reducing coating.  
   
   
       8 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein an exterior surface of the first drain pipe, the second drain pipe, the first trap, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       9 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein an exterior surface of the first drain pipe, the second drain pipe, the first trap, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       10 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the second drain pipe is connected to the discharge pipe in a manner so that waste water draining from the first trap into the discharge pipe is prevented from flowing into the second drain pipe.  
   
   
       11 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first trap and the first drain pipe and/or the first trap and the discharge pipe are formed from a one-piece of pipe.  
   
   
       12 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the first trap is a sanitary trap.  
   
   
       13 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , further comprising a second trap in communication with the second draining device and in communication with the discharge pipe through the second drain pipe.  
   
   
       14 . The plumbing system according to  claim 13 , wherein the second trap is a sanitary trap.  
   
   
       15 . The plumbing system according to  claim 13 , wherein an interior surface of the second trap is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       16 . The plumbing system according to  claim 13 , wherein an interior surface of the second trap is provided with a friction-reducing coating.  
   
   
       17 . The plumbing system according to  claim 13 , wherein an exterior surface of the second trap is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       18 . The plumbing system according to  claim 13 , wherein an exterior surface of the second trap is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       19 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the second trap and the second drain pipe are formed from a one-piece of pipe.  
   
   
       20 . The plumbing system according to  claim 1 , wherein the second drain pipe is adapted to be inserted through an inlet in the first drain pipe or through an inlet in the first trap to reach the discharge pipe through the first trap.  
   
   
       21 . The plumbing system according to  claim 20 , wherein the dimension of the second drain pipe is smaller than an internal dimension of the first trap.  
   
   
       22 . A plumbing system for draining waste material from each of a first draining device and a second draining device into a discharge pipe, the plumbing system comprising: 
 a first trap in communication with open air and adapted to receive the waste material draining from the first draining device; and    a fluid conduit providing fluid communication between the second draining device and the discharge pipe and adapted to drain waste material from the second draining device into the discharge pipe, the fluid conduit having a dimension smaller than a dimension of the discharge pipe,    wherein the waste material draining into the first trap drains from the first trap into the discharge pipe.    
   
   
       23 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein the first draining device is an open-air draining device.  
   
   
       24 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein the second draining device includes a pump for pumping the waste material into the fluid conduit.  
   
   
       25 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein the second draining device is a household appliance or a fluid-disposing machine.  
   
   
       26 . The plumbing system according to  claim 25 , wherein the household appliance is a dishwasher or a washing machine.  
   
   
       27 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein an interior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       28 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein an interior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a friction-reducing coating.  
   
   
       29 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein an exterior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       30 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein an exterior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       31 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , further comprising a first drain pipe in communication with the first draining device and the first trap, wherein the first trap and the first drain pipe and/or the first trap and the discharge pipe are formed from a one-piece of pipe.  
   
   
       32 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein the first trap is a sanitary trap.  
   
   
       33 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , further comprising a second trap adapted to receive the waste material draining from the second draining device.  
   
   
       34 . The plumbing system according to  claim 33 , wherein the second trap is a sanitary trap.  
   
   
       35 . The plumbing system according to  claim 33 , wherein an interior surface of the second trap is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       36 . The plumbing system according to  claim 33 , wherein an interior surface of the second trap is provided with a friction-reducing coating.  
   
   
       37 . The plumbing system according to  claim 33 , wherein an exterior surface of the second trap is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       38 . The plumbing system according to  claim 33 , wherein an exterior surface of the second trap is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       39 . The plumbing system according to  claim 33 , wherein the second trap and the fluid conduit are formed from a one-piece of pipe.  
   
   
       40 . The plumbing system according to  claim 22 , wherein the fluid conduit is adapted to be inserted through an inlet into the first trap to reach the discharge pipe after extending through the first trap.  
   
   
       41 . The plumbing system according to  claim 40 , wherein the dimension of the fluid conduit is smaller than an internal dimension of the first trap.  
   
   
       42 . A plumbing system for draining waste material from each of an open air first draining device and a noise originating draining device into a discharge pipe, the plumbing system comprising: 
 a first trap in communication with open air and adapted to receive the waste material draining from the first draining device; and    a fluid conduit providing fluid communication between the noise originating draining device and the discharge pipe, the fluid conduit being adapted to drain waste material from the noise originating draining device into the discharge pipe,    wherein the waste material draining into the first trap drains from the first trap into the discharge pipe,    wherein the first trap substantially prevents noise, originating from draining waste material from the noise originating draining device into the fluid conduit, from reaching the open air draining device.    
   
   
       43 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein the noise originating draining device is a household appliance or a fluid-disposing machine.  
   
   
       44 . The plumbing system according to  claim 43 , wherein the household appliance is a dishwasher or a washing machine.  
   
   
       45 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein an interior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       46 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein an interior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a friction-reducing coating.  
   
   
       47 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein an exterior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       48 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein an exterior surface of the first trap, the fluid conduit, or the discharge pipe, or a combination of two or more thereof, is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       49 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , further comprising a first drain pipe in communication with the open air draining device and the first trap, wherein the first trap and the first drain and/or the first trap and the discharge pipe are formed from a one-piece of pipe.  
   
   
       50 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein the first trap is a sanitary trap.  
   
   
       51 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , further comprising a second trap adapted to receive the waste material draining from the noise originating draining device.  
   
   
       52 . The plumbing system according to  claim 51 , wherein the second trap is a sanitary trap.  
   
   
       53 . The plumbing system according to  claim 51 , wherein an interior surface of the second trap is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       54 . The plumbing system according to  claim 51 , wherein an interior surface of the second trap is provided with a friction-reducing coating.  
   
   
       55 . The plumbing system according to  claim 51 , wherein an exterior surface of the second trap is provided with a noise barrier.  
   
   
       56 . The plumbing system according to  claim 51 , wherein an exterior surface of the second trap is provided with a sound absorbing material.  
   
   
       57 . The plumbing system according to  claim 51 , wherein the second trap and the fluid conduit are formed from a one-piece of pipe.  
   
   
       58 . The plumbing system according to  claim 42 , wherein the fluid conduit is adapted to be inserted through an inlet into the first trap to reach the discharge pipe after extending through the first trap.  
   
   
       59 . The plumbing system according to  claim 58 , wherein the dimension of the fluid conduit is smaller than an internal dimension of the first trap.