Primed jet toilet
AssigneeAS America, Inc.
InventorsDavid Grover, Daigo Ishiyama, Christophe Bucher, Tuan Le, James McHale
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AssigneeAS America, Inc.
InventorsDavid Grover, Daigo Ishiyama, Christophe Bucher, Tuan Le, James McHale
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A siphonic flush toilet system and method of priming the same having a toilet bowl assembly comprising at least one jet flush valve assembly and at least one rim valve; and bowl having a rim and a jet defining at least one jet channel. The bowl has a closed jet pathway to maintain the jet channel in a primed state with fluid from the jet flush valve assembly to prevent air from entering the closed jet pathway. Flush valves may have back-flow preventer mechanisms and/or at least partly flexible valve covers, including specific valve cover structures. Flush activation assemblies may have a flush activation bar connected to the pivot rod and/or an adjustable flush connector located between the pivot rod and the flush activation bar. A kit providing one or more flush activation elements is included. The kit elements may be usable with the toilet systems and methods described.
A valve assembly for a flush toilet, comprising
A multiple flush valve assembly comprising
A flush toilet comprising
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.