Flush assembly for toilet
AssigneePeter M. Parker
InventorPeter Mario Parker
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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.
Claims20
A flush assembly for a toilet with a tank that includes a flush port and a flush handle, the flush assembly comprising:
- a siphon body with a siphon inlet, a siphon outlet, and a siphon passage;
- an outlet assembly coupled to the siphon outlet;
- a drain fitting coupled to the outlet assembly and configured to be coupled to the tank at the flush port, the drain fitting having a set of arms extending radially outward therefrom;
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- a flush cable movably secured to the set of arms, and coupled to the flush handle and the siphon body at opposing ends of the flush cable;
- the siphon body being configured:
- to float within the tank between flushing sequences;
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- during a flushing sequence, to be submerged by the flush handle, via the flush cable, to establish a siphon-driven flow of liquid from the tank to the flush port to flush the toilet via, successively, flow through the siphon inlet, the siphon passage, the siphon outlet, the outlet assembly, and the drain fitting.
A flush assembly for a toilet with a tank that includes a flush port and a flush handle, the flush assembly comprising:
- a siphon body with a siphon inlet, a siphon outlet, and a siphon passage;
- an outlet assembly coupled to the siphon outlet to direct flow from the siphon outlet to the flush port, the outlet assembly including an expandable bellows;
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- a siphon break assembly in fluid communication with the siphon inlet;
- the siphon body being configured:
- to float within the tank;
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- during a flushing sequence, to be submerged to establish a siphon-driven flow of liquid from the tank to the flush port to flush the toilet via, successively, flow through the siphon inlet, the siphon passage, the siphon outlet, and the outlet assembly;
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- the siphon break assembly being adjustable relative to the siphon inlet to modify a minimum water level within the tank during the flushing sequence.
A flush assembly for a toilet with a tank that includes a flush port and a flush handle, the flush assembly comprising:
- a siphon body with a siphon inlet, a siphon outlet, and a siphon passage;
- an outlet assembly coupled to the siphon outlet to direct flow from the siphon outlet to the flush port, the outlet assembly including an expandable bellows;
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- a refill port;
- the siphon body being configured:
- to float within the tank;
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- during a flushing sequence, to be submerged to establish a siphon-driven flow of liquid from the tank to the flush port to flush the toilet via, successively, flow through the siphon inlet, the siphon passage, the siphon outlet, the outlet assembly, and the drain fitting;
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- the refill port being configured to refill the tank after cessation of the siphon-driven flow, without directing a refill flow directly into an overflow tube of the tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.