Today, I have two streams of thought that I feel are worthy of the keyboard key hunt effort. The first is an improvement of the lowly plunger. Now, my comments may be a bit graphic. So, those with a puritan bend that only wish to read what's good and proper - leave the room.
You know the problem, when you experience, an, ahem, log jamb. These can happen in the restroom from resting too much. Or maybe you have just heard about it, but, it can be a real pain. The typical plunger does not take the mess and push it down the toilet. It only moves the yuk up and down. Forcefully pumping up and down on the plunger handle will usually free the blockage and then allow gravity to take over and pull the whole kit and caboodle down the drain. But, sometimes this manic pumping does nothing. Because, you need to pump/ push the water down the drain with the offending matter. As I explained earlier, typical plungers only move this soup up and down. I have always felt there must be a way to build a better plunger. I think I have found it and I have posted some pictures below.
It is a simple device that only requires a check valve to be incorporated into the bell of the plunger. A check valve is a valve that allows the water to flow only one way. So, when you use this plunger, the check valve is held closed as you thrust it downward, upon the upward motion of the plunger the valve opens and pulls water in from the toilet bowl. Then, on the downward thrust, the plunger, with its check valve closed forces it down the drain. A very simple idea and very effective. It works slicker than snot on a doorknob.
Perhaps you are wondering why I am posting all these ideas on line? (there will be many more) Well you see, it's this way. I have over seventy of these ideas, prototypes and various inventions in my head and lying around the house and shop. I and some investors have spent thousands of dollars on invention development and we came damn close to hitting a home run. That's a tough road and the mentality of keeping these ideas in my head till all the legalities are satisfied does not seem to serve me well. I feel, if I throw a bunch of ideas out into the public domain and then some designs become successful and then are attributed to me, that will be better. Rather than letting the ideas rattle around in my head till they put me in the ground. However, I will keep a couple of the better ideas to myself till I can muster the team and resources to commercialize them. That's the plan.
You know the problem, when you experience, an, ahem, log jamb. These can happen in the restroom from resting too much. Or maybe you have just heard about it, but, it can be a real pain. The typical plunger does not take the mess and push it down the toilet. It only moves the yuk up and down. Forcefully pumping up and down on the plunger handle will usually free the blockage and then allow gravity to take over and pull the whole kit and caboodle down the drain. But, sometimes this manic pumping does nothing. Because, you need to pump/ push the water down the drain with the offending matter. As I explained earlier, typical plungers only move this soup up and down. I have always felt there must be a way to build a better plunger. I think I have found it and I have posted some pictures below.
It is a simple device that only requires a check valve to be incorporated into the bell of the plunger. A check valve is a valve that allows the water to flow only one way. So, when you use this plunger, the check valve is held closed as you thrust it downward, upon the upward motion of the plunger the valve opens and pulls water in from the toilet bowl. Then, on the downward thrust, the plunger, with its check valve closed forces it down the drain. A very simple idea and very effective. It works slicker than snot on a doorknob.
Perhaps you are wondering why I am posting all these ideas on line? (there will be many more) Well you see, it's this way. I have over seventy of these ideas, prototypes and various inventions in my head and lying around the house and shop. I and some investors have spent thousands of dollars on invention development and we came damn close to hitting a home run. That's a tough road and the mentality of keeping these ideas in my head till all the legalities are satisfied does not seem to serve me well. I feel, if I throw a bunch of ideas out into the public domain and then some designs become successful and then are attributed to me, that will be better. Rather than letting the ideas rattle around in my head till they put me in the ground. However, I will keep a couple of the better ideas to myself till I can muster the team and resources to commercialize them. That's the plan.
Shower Tiling Up-Date
Here are some shots of the en-suite shower in progress. The water proofing agent is the red coating on the cement board and thinset. This is time consuming work and fussy too. But, the bulk of it is done now. I should have the shower done by the weekend and its on to the rest of the bathroom. Once I am tiling the bathroom, things will move much quicker as I won't have as many tiles to cut. And, the tiles in the bathroom can be applied with a premixed mastic rather than mixing up only as much thinset as I can use in a couple of hours.