Claims
- 1. A waste disposal system for a boat having a deck and a waste holding tank therebelow comprising:
- a dual deck fitting adapted to be mounted in an aperture in the boat deck;
- said fitting being formed with first and second pairs of inlet and outlet ports;
- pump means for mounting in said boat;
- a first conduit having one end connected to the inlet port of said first pair and the other end adapted to be connected to said holding tank;
- a second conduit having one end connected to the inlet port of said second pair and the other end connected to the outlet of said pump means; and
- a third conduit having one end for flow communication with said tank and the other end connected to the inlet of said pump means.
- 2. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein:
- said deck fitting includes first and second plugs threaded into said outlet ports;
- a pivotable handle means on said first plug adapted to be raised from a normal horizontal position to a vertical position to facilitate threading and unthreading of said plug in its respective outlet port;
- a slot in one of said plugs; and
- a lug on the other plug engageable in said slot to facilitate threading and unthreading of said second plug in its respective outlet port.
- 3. A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein:
- said handle means comprises a pair of generally flat tabs mounted in a recess in the upper surface of said first plug in side-by-side relation; and
- means mounting said tabs for pivotable movement about generally horizontally extending axes parallel and adjacent to the juxtaposed sides of said tabs.
- 4. A system as set forth in claim 3 including:
- spring means urging said tabs to said normal horizontal position.
- 5. A system as set forth in claim 2 wherein:
- said lug is formed on the bottom of said first and said slot is formed in the upper surface of said second plug.
- 6. A system as set forth in claim 1 wherein:
- said deck fitting includes a plug threaded into each of said outlet ports; and
- one of said plugs being formed with tool means engageable with the other plug to facilitate threading and unthreading of said other plug in its respective outlet port.
- 7. A waste disposal system for a boat having a deck with a toilet therebelow comprising:
- a closed waste holding tank adapted to be positioned below said deck and adapted to be connected to said toilet;
- a pair of ports adapted to be mounted on the exterior of said boat;
- first means providing flow communication between said tank and one of said ports;
- second means providing flow communication between said tank and the other port;
- pump means in said first flow communication means for transferring sewage from said tank to said one port;
- plugs mounted in said ports for closing the same; and
- said ports embodying coupling means for connecting hoses thereto, when said plugs are removed therefrom, for conveying sewage overboard and to a dockside pump, respectively.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 315,410, filed Dec. 15, 1972, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,870,084,
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Divisions (1)
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