Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toilet with overflow protection
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Application No.: US14384923Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US09834918B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Michael J. Veros , Kurt Judson Thomas , Robert W. Rodenbeck , Garry Robin Marty , Derek Allen Brown
- Applicant: Masco Corporation of Indiana
- Applicant Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
- Current Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Indianapolis
- Agency: Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2013/030952 WO 20130313
- International Announcement: WO2013/138483 WO 20130919
- Main IPC: E03D5/10
- IPC: E03D5/10 ; E03D1/00

Abstract:
A flush toilet includes a bowl, a tank coupled to the bowl, a flush valve positioned within the tank, and a flush device configured to initiate a flush cycle. The automatic toilet further comprises an electronic sensing assembly having a sensing member positioned on the bowl for detecting an overflow condition of the bowl, an overflow device operably coupled to the flush device, and a controller in electronic communication with the electronic sensing assembly and the overflow device for controlling the flush device in response to a condition of the toilet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150074893A1 TOILET WITH OVERFLOW PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2015-03-19
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