High Efficiency Toilet
    74.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20240401317A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-05

    申请号:US18612051

    申请日:2024-03-21

    Abstract: A high efficiency toilet configuration is provided, including a water tank. The tank includes a supply line, a mechanical valve controlling a flow of water from the line into the tank, and walls and a base. The tank includes a through-hole in the base channeling water out of the water tank and a tank outlet hole including a housing extending through the through-hole. The tank includes an outlet valve configured for selectively prohibiting water from flowing through the tank outlet hole and permitting water through the tank outlet hole during a flush event. The tank includes a water column vessel disposed around the outlet hole and configured for separating water in the water tank between water outside of the vessel and a channel of water contained over the outlet hole. The configuration includes a toilet base including a bowl and a plenum for channeling the water to the bowl.

    EFFICIENT FLUSH TOILET
    76.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240052619A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18230927

    申请日:2023-08-07

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    CPC classification number: E03D1/263 E03D5/08 E03D5/105 E03D5/092

    Abstract: A toilet flushing assembly includes at least a spiral trapway and a drive mechanism. The spiral trapway includes an upstream portion coupled to a toilet bowl, a curved portion, and a downstream portion coupled to a waste outlet. The drive mechanism is coupled to the spiral trapway and configured to rotate the spiral trapway from a first orientation to a second orientation. The first orientation evacuates contents from the toilet bowl and the second orientation advances the contents from the spiral trapway to the waste outlet.

    Flush toilet
    77.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11473283B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US17411436

    申请日:2021-08-25

    Applicant: TOTO LTD.

    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device. The tank device includes a water supply unit a storage tank, a pump, and a suction pipe. The water supply unit is configured to supply the flush water the storage tank while the pump is being driven. The storage tank includes a large tank section that includes a lowest bottom surface of the storage tank and that is a large-capacity side, and a small tank section that is a small-capacity side. The storage tank main body includes a water supply port on an upper surface of the storage tank. The water supply unit is configured to supply the flush water to the storage tank through the water supply port. The water supply port of the storage tank and an upstream-end opening of the suction pipe are both provided on a large tank section side.

    Flush assembly for toilet
    78.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11454012B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17336553

    申请日:2021-06-02

    Abstract: A flush assembly for a toilet with a tank can include a rigid siphon body with a siphon inlet, a siphon outlet, and a siphon passage. An outlet assembly can be coupled to the siphon outlet to provide a liquid flow path between the siphon outlet and a flush port of the tank. The rigid siphon body can be configured to float within the tank and to be submerged to establish a siphon-driven flow of liquid from the tank to the flush port to flush the toilet.

    TOILET BOWL HAVING INTEGRATED IMPLEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210401245A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17358560

    申请日:2021-06-25

    Abstract: The instant invention provides an improved toilet 10 that promotes ease and convenience of cleaning and promotes simplicity without clutter, by providing easy access to implements housed by the toilet. An example provides an access port 40 formed through a toilet wall, such as a cover 25 that allows passage of an implement, i.e., a toilet brush 55, stored within the toilet.

    Toilet coupling
    80.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10995482B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16252835

    申请日:2019-01-21

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A toilet that includes a tank; a bowl; a mounting bracket comprising a base and three mounting locations; a valve having a valve body extending through the tank and an opening in the mounting bracket; a valve nut coupled to the valve body with the base of the mounting bracket retained between the tank and the valve nut; a flexible gasket disposed around the valve nut between the mounting bracket and the bowl; and three fasteners disposed externally to the tank, wherein each fastener extends through one mounting location and a hole in the bowl to couple the mounting bracket to the bowl; where the three mounting locations are arranged to provide both a pitch adjustment and a roll adjustment of the tank relative to the bowl about respective first and second axes in response to adjustment of one or more of the three fasteners.

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