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===Inventing=== In 1991, Chartoff and fellow voice actor [[Michael Bell (actor)|Michael Bell]] conceived the Grayway Rotating Drain, a device that recycles shower and sink [[greywater]] to flush toilets in the home. In 1992 they collaborated with Ronald K. Ford who applied for, and in 1994 received a patent on the product .<ref>*{{US patent|5274861}}, "Gray water recycling system" (Jan. 4, 1994) </ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.graywayrotatingdrain.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805144936/http://www.graywayrotatingdrain.com/ |url-status=live |archive-date=5 August 2018 |title=GRAYWAY ROTATING DRAIN - Graywater Recycling Device |website=graywayrotatingdrain.com |via=archive.org |access-date=23 September 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com:80/graywaydrain2003/questions.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031118183540/http://members.aol.com/graywaydrain2003/questions.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2003|title=Grayway FAQ|publisher=AOL|access-date=23 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IO1HAAAAIBAJ&pg=5228,4455295&dq=melanie+chartoff&hl=en|title=Melanie Chartoff is also an inventor|newspaper=[[Record-Journal]]|date=1992-09-28|access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=&d=PTXT&s1=5,274,861.PN.|title=United States Patent: 5274861 - Gray water recycling system|author=|date=|website=uspto.gov|access-date=23 September 2018}}</ref>
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