Jet Powered Toilet Flushing System
AssigneeFluidmaster, Inc.
InventorsMatt Vargas, Tom Stout, Anurupa Rao
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Abstract
A jet powered toilet flushing system, including: a toilet bowl; a reservoir; a fluid conduit between the reservoir and the toilet bowl; a jet inside the reservoir, the jet having a nozzle directed toward an entrance of the fluid conduit; a fill valve that supplies water to the jet; and a flow diverter in the reservoir, the flow diverter positioned to divert water flow: (a) from the jet nozzle into the entrance of the fluid conduit when the reservoir is full, or (b) from the jet nozzle away from the entrance of the fluid conduit and into the reservoir when the reservoir is empty.
Claims20
A jet powered toilet flushing system, comprising:
- a toilet bowl;
- a reservoir;
- a fluid conduit between the reservoir and the toilet bowl;
- a jet inside the reservoir, the jet having a nozzle directed toward an entrance of the fluid conduit;
- a fill valve that supplies water to the jet;
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- a flow diverter in the reservoir, the flow diverter positioned to divert water flow:
- (a) from the jet nozzle into the entrance of the fluid conduit when the reservoir is full, or
- (b) from the jet nozzle away from the entrance of the fluid conduit and into the reservoir when the reservoir is empty.
A toilet, comprising:
- a toilet bowl;
- a water reservoir containing a predetermined volume of water;
- a U-shaped fluid conduit providing a path for fluid flow between the water reservoir and the toilet bowl, the U-shaped fluid conduit having an entrance disposed beneath the surface of the predetermined volume of water;
- a jet mounted inside the water reservoir and connected to the flush port, the jet having a nozzle directed toward the entrance of the U-shaped fluid conduit;
- a flush valve regulating fluid flow into the jet;
- a float fill valve regulating fluid flow into the water reservoir, the float fill valve having a float buoyed at the surface of the first predetermined volume of water;
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- a flush actuator coupled to the flush valve, wherein when the flush actuator is activated, the flush valve is opened and pressurized water flows into the jet, out of the nozzle, into the U-shaped fluid conduit and into the toilet bowl, the flow of the pressurized water into the toilet bowl creating a siphon which pulls at least a portion of the predetermined volume of water into the toilet bowl.
A jet powered toilet flushing system, comprising:
- a toilet bowl;
- a reservoir;
- a fluid conduit between the reservoir and the toilet bowl;
- a jet inside the reservoir, the jet having a nozzle directed toward an entrance of the fluid conduit;
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- a fill valve that supplies water to the jet, wherein the fill valve comprises a fill valve float, and wherein the fill valve supplies water to the jet when the fill valve float is lowered in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.