Composite flush valve
AssigneeAS America, Inc.
InventorsEric B. Soberano, Karl Torres, Walter Pitsch, Xiaojing Ye
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Abstract
A flush valve assembly, comprising an inlet configured to receive inlet source water; an outlet configured to deliver flush water to a sanitaryware fixture; a housing; and a waterway insert configured to be positioned within the housing, wherein the housing comprises a first side opening configured to align with the flush valve assembly inlet, the housing comprises a bottom opening configured to align with the flush valve assembly outlet, the waterway insert comprises a first side opening configured to align with the housing first side opening, and the waterway insert comprises a bottom opening configured to align with the housing bottom opening.
Claims20
A flush valve assembly, comprising
- an inlet configured to receive inlet source water;
- an outlet configured to deliver flush water to a sanitaryware fixture;
- a housing;
- and
- a waterway insert configured to be positioned within the housing,
- wherein
- the housing comprises a first side opening configured to align with the flush valve assembly inlet,
- the housing comprises a bottom opening configured to align with the flush valve assembly outlet,
- the waterway insert comprises a first side opening configured to align with the housing first side opening,
- the waterway insert comprises a bottom opening configured to align with the housing bottom opening, and
- the waterway insert comprises a vertical rib configured to protect a piston or diaphragm valve assembly from a force of the inlet source water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.