Toilet with overflow protection
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsMichael J. Veros, Kurt Judson Thomas, Robert W. Rodenbeck, Garry Robin Marty, Derek Allen Brown
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Abstract
A flush toilet includes a bowl, a tank coupled to the bowl, a flush valve positioned within the tank, and a flush device configured to initiate a flush cycle. The automatic toilet further comprises an electronic sensing assembly having a sensing member positioned on the bowl for detecting an overflow condition of the bowl, an overflow device operably coupled to the flush device, and a controller in electronic communication with the electronic sensing assembly and the overflow device for controlling the flush device in response to a condition of the toilet.
Claims11
A toilet comprising:
- a bowl;
- a tank positioned above the bowl;
- a flush valve assembly supported within the tank and in fluid communication with the bowl, the flush valve assembly comprising a flapper, a rigid support member coupled to the flapper, and a lever arm configured to directly engage the support member and move the flapper between an open position wherein water flows into the bowl from the tank and a closed position wherein water remains in the tank;
- and
- an electronic fill valve assembly, and the lever arm is operably coupled to the electronic fill valve assembly, and wherein the flush valve assembly further comprises a housing defining an aperture and an upper end of the rigid support member extends upwardly through the aperture in the housing, the upper end of the rigid support member being configured to allow a user to manually grasp the upper end of the rigid support member and thereby manually move the flapper from the closed position to the open position to flush the toilet.
A toilet comprising:
- a bowl;
- a tank positioned above the bowl;
- a flush valve assembly supported within the tank and in fluid communication with the bowl, the flush valve assembly comprising a flapper, a rigid support member coupled to the flapper, and a lever arm configured to cooperate with the support member and move the flapper between an open position wherein water flows into the bowl from the tank and a closed position wherein water remains in the tank;
- an electronic fill valve assembly, and the lever arm is operably coupled to the electronic fill valve assembly, and wherein the flush valve assembly further comprises a housing defining an aperture and an upper end of the rigid support member extends upwardly through the aperture in the housing, the upper end of the rigid support member being configured to allow a user to manually grasp the upper end of the rigid support member and thereby manually move the flapper from the closed position to the open position to flush the toilet;
- wherein the support member extends approximately vertically within the tank;
- wherein the support member defines a rigid post;
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- wherein the post is configured to move in an upward direction to manually flush the toilet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.