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US 12,435,502 B2Granted
Flush valve and toilet assembly
AssigneeAS America, Inc.
InventorRichard B. Sudol, Jr.
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Abstract
A toilet assembly, comprising a toilet tank to hold flush water; a flush valve assembly positioned in the toilet tank; a toilet bowl; and a trapway in flow communication with the toilet bowl; wherein the trapway comprises a sump trap, a first upstream weir, a lower trap, and a second downstream weir, and wherein the first upstream weir is positioned about 2.0 inches or more vertically above a highest point of a trapway inlet.
Claims17
A toilet assembly, comprising
- a toilet tank to hold flush water;
- a flush valve assembly positioned in the toilet tank;
- a toilet bowl;
- a trapway in flow communication with the toilet bowl;
- a container positioned in the toilet tank, and
- a conduit extending from an interior of the container to the trapway,
- wherein
- the container is in flow communication with the toilet tank, the container having an open lower end and a closed upper end,
- the trapway comprises a sump trap, a first upstream weir, a lower trap, and a second downstream weir, and
- the conduit is coupled to the trapway at a position between the sump trap and the lower trap, and provides flow communication between the container and the trapway,
- the first upstream weir is positioned 2.0 inches or more vertically above a highest point of a trapway inlet,
- the sump trap contains a toilet bowl water seal between flush cycles,
- the first upstream weir is positioned at a vertically higher point than the toilet bowl water seal,
- the toilet assembly comprises an air volume defined by an upper end of the container, the conduit, and a portion of the trapway between the sump trap and the lower trap between flush cycles, and
- the air volume is under a positive pressure above atmospheric pressure.
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