Wall hung toilet assembly with a sloped gasket
AssigneeWatts Regulator Co.
InventorsRoy Hetzler, Gary A. Hodge
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Abstract
A toilet system has a connector that defines a cylindrical aperture, with a threaded interior surface, around a central axis and that is configured for fixation to a support structure. A cylindrical waste pipe is elongated along the central axis and has a plurality of spaced ribs extending from an exterior surface. A ring-shaped gasket is positioned around the central axis and has a plurality of interior voids, each void corresponding to, and configured to, receive one of the spaced ribs. Further, the ring-shaped gasket has a threaded exterior surface, that slopes toward the central axis, and which is configured for engagement with the threaded interior surface of the connector.
Claims19
A toilet system, comprising:
- a connector configured for fixation to a support structure, the connector defining a cylindrical aperture around a central axis, the cylindrical aperture having a threaded interior surface;
- a cylindrical waste pipe elongated along the central axis and having a plurality of spaced ribs extending from an exterior surface;
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- a ring-shaped gasket positioned around the central axis and having:
- a plurality of interior voids each corresponding to, and configured to, receive one of the spaced ribs;
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- a threaded exterior surface configured for engagement with the threaded interior surface of the connector,
- wherein the threaded exterior surface is sloping toward the central axis.
A toilet system, comprising:
- a connector configured for fixation to a support structure, the connector including a flange defining a cylindrical aperture with a threaded interior surface around a central axis, the threaded interior surface sloping toward the central axis from a wide side of the flange to a narrow side of the flange;
- a cylindrical waste pipe elongated along the central axis and having a first open end configured to form a fluid connection with a toilet and a second open end, a plurality of spaced ribs extending from an exterior surface of the waste pipe adjacent to the second open end;
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- a ring-shaped gasket positioned around the central axis and having:
- a plurality of interior voids each corresponding to and configured to receive one of the spaced ribs, engagement between the spaced ribs and interior voids forcing the ring-shaped gasket to rotate around the central axis in response to rotation of the waste pipe around the central axis;
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- a threaded exterior surface configured for engagement with the threaded interior surface of the flange, the threaded exterior surface sloping toward the central axis from a wide end of the ring-shaped gasket to a narrow end of the ring-shaped gasket,
- wherein when the narrow end of the ring-shaped gasket is positioned within the wide side of the connector, rotation of the ring-shaped gasket around the central axis tightens a seal formed between the threaded interior surface of the aperture and the threaded exterior surface of the ring-shaped gasket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.