Plumbing fixture with electro-chlorinating device
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsClayton C. Garrels, William Kalk, William C. Kuru
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Abstract
An electro-chlorinating device includes a housing and a pair of electrodes. The housing comprises a reservoir; an inlet port fluidly coupled to the reservoir; and a discharge device fluidly coupled to the reservoir. The discharge device is configured to be fluidly coupled to a plumbing product. The discharge device is configured to release a fluid from the reservoir into the plumbing product in response to a movement of water through the plumbing product. The pair of electrodes is coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed within the reservoir.
Claims21
An electro-chlorinating device, comprising:
- a housing, comprising:
- a reservoir;
- an inlet port fluidly coupled to the reservoir;
- a pair of electrodes coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed within the reservoir;
- and
- a discharge device fluidly coupled to the reservoir, the discharge device configured to be fluidly coupled to a flush tank, the discharge device configured to release a fluid surrounding the pair of electrodes into the flush tank toward a bottom of wall of the flush tank through a leg to a release port at an entrance to a flush valve of the flush tank in response to a movement of water through the flush valve of the flush tank, wherein the discharge device comprises at least one of a siphon or a venturi in response to the movement of water through the flush valve of the flush tank.
A system, comprising:
- a toilet comprising:
- a bowl;
- a flush tank that is fluidly coupled to the bowl;
- a flush valve;
- and
- an electro-chlorinating device, comprising:
- a housing coupled to the flush tank and disposed at least partially within the flush tank, the housing comprising:
- a reservoir spaced apart from the flush valve;
- an inlet port fluidly coupled to the reservoir;
- a pair of electrodes coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed within the reservoir;
- and
- a discharge device fluidly coupled to the reservoir and the flush tank, the discharge device configured to release a fluid surrounding the pair of electrodes into a bottom of the flush tank into a bottom of the flush tank through a leg to a release port at an entrance to the flush an entrance to the flush valve of the toilet in response to a movement of water through the flush valve of the toilet, wherein the discharge device comprises at least one of a siphon or a venturi in response to the movement of water through the flush valve of the flush tank.
A flush tank for a toilet, comprising:
- a housing coupled to the flush tank and disposed at least partially within the flush tank, the housing comprising:
- a reservoir;
- an inlet port fluidly coupled to the reservoir;
- a pair of electrodes coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed within the reservoir;
- and
- a discharge device fluidly coupled to the reservoir and the flush tank, the discharge device configured to release a fluid surrounding the pair of electrodes into a bottom of the flush tank through a leg to a release port at an entrance to a flush valve of the toilet in response to a movement of water through the flush valve of the toilet, wherein the discharge device comprises at least one of a siphon or a venturi in response to the movement of water through the flush valve of the flush tank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.