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US 10,895,069 B1Granted
Automatic flush toilet
AssigneeTien-Shou Tsai
InventorTien-Shou Tsai
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Abstract
An automatic flush toilet includes a toilet stool with a toilet bowl, a water tank unit, a first discharge member, a second discharge member, a pipe unit, a flush valve, a manual actuating unit, an electric switching valve, and a sensor control unit. The electric switching valve is controlled by the sensor control unit to permit water discharged from the first discharge member to flush the toilet bowl. The flush valve is controlled by the manual actuating unit to permit water discharged from the second discharge member to flush the toilet bowl.
Claims15
An automatic flush toilet, comprising:
- a toilet stool defining therein a toilet bowl;
- a water tank unit defining therein a water storage space;
- a first discharge member mounted to said water tank unit, and defining a first discharge port downstream of said water storage space;
- a second discharge member mounted to said water tank unit, and defining a second discharge port downstream of said water storage space;
- a pipe unit including
- a flow-out pipe disposed upstream of said toilet bowl,
- a first flow-in pipe disposed downstream of said first discharge port,
- a first connection pipe disposed downstream of said first flow-in pipe and upstream of said flow-out pipe, and
- a second flow-in pipe disposed downstream of said second discharge port and upstream of said flow-out pipe;
- a flush valve which is disposed upstream of said second flow-in pipe, and which is switchable between a closed position, where fluid communication between said second flow-in pipe and said water storage space is blocked, and an open position, where said second flow-in pipe and said water storage space are fluidly communicated with each other;
- a manual actuating unit which is coupled to said flush valve for actuating movement of said flush valve from the closed position to the open position;
- an electric switching valve which is connected in series between said first flow-in pipe and said first connection pipe, and which is switchable between a blocked state, where fluid communication between said first flow-in pipe and said first connection pipe is blocked, and a communicated state, where said first flow-in pipe and said first connection pipe are fluidly communicated with each other;
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- a sensor control unit disposed for controlling switching of said electric switching valve between the blocked state and the communicated state.
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