System and method for automatically varying a volume of a liquid held by a toilet receptacle
AssigneeGeberit Technik AG
InventorWade C. Patterson
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Abstract
A toilet system comprises a liquid receptacle and a control element. The control element configured to automatically control an amount of liquid input to the liquid receptacle for each of a plurality of flushes of the liquid receptacle such that an amount of the liquid residing in the liquid receptacle between flushes is substantially varied thereby impeding formation of a chemical deposit ring on an inner surface of the liquid receptacle.
Claims25
A toilet system, the system comprising:
- a liquid receptacle;
- and
- an element configured to vary the volume of liquid in the receptacle based upon a flow rate of the liquid into the receptacle.
A liquid volume control method for a toilet system, the method comprising the steps of:
- permitting a flow of liquid from a valve to a liquid receptacle during different flushes of the toilet system;
- determining a flow rate of the liquid through the valve;
- and
- automatically varying, based upon the flow rate of the liquid, the volume of liquid permitted to flow through the valve to the liquid receptacle for the different flushes.
A toilet system, the system comprising:
- an inlet valve for selectively permitting a liquid to flow through the inlet valve and to a liquid receptacle of the toilet system;
- and
- logic configured to substantially vary the volume of the liquid flowing through the inlet valve per each activation of the inlet valve.
A method for varying liquid volumes within a liquid receptacle for consecutive flushes, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a value indicative of a desired refill volume value for a current flush of the liquid receptacle, the desired refill volume varying from a value indicative of a previous refill volume;
- determining a value indicative of an open valve time based upon the calculated value indicative of the desired refill volume;
- and
- activating an inlet valve based the value indicative of the open valve time.
A toilet system, comprising:
- a liquid receptacle;
- and
- a control element configured to automatically control an amount of liquid input to the liquid receptacle for each of a plurality of flushes of the liquid receptacle such that an amount of the liquid residing in the liquid receptacle between flushes is substantially varied thereby impeding formation of a chemical deposit ring on an inner surface of the liquid receptacle.
A method for use in a toilet system, comprising the steps of:
- initiating a plurality of flushes of a liquid receptacle within the toilet system;
- causing liquid to flow into and out of the liquid receptacle for each of the flushes;
- and
- substantially varying an amount of the liquid that flows into the liquid receptacle for each of the flushes thereby impeding formation of a chemical deposit ring on an inner surface of the liquid receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.