Toilet pan body and its method for manufacturing
AssigneePhoenix Product Development Limited
InventorGarry Moore
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Abstract
A ceramic toilet pan 12 has a raised rear portion 18 to which a hinge tube 28 may be accurately located and fixed in position for example by adhesive using a jig 22 despite variations in pan body size due to ceramic firing, a water pump 82 and air pump 102 being provided for flushing the toilet pan 10 when a seat 58 and lid 56 are in a closed position, the seat and lid being rotationally mounted to the pan 12 by a horizontal hinge pin 180 located in the hinge tube 28, a latch member 194 being provided for latching the lid 56 and seat 58 closed, a cistern having an overflow weir 320.
Claims37
A toilet system comprising a cistern body comprising a cistern chamber:
- the cistern chamber comprising a water reservoir;
- the water reservoir being in fluid communication with a water pump, the water pump being arranged to be operable to pump water under pressure out of a water outlet from the cistern body;
- a toilet pan body having a water trap;
- a lid for the toilet pan body and a sealing arrangement for providing a sealed chamber below the lid and above a bowl of the toilet pan when the lid is positioned in a closed orientation thereof;
- and an air pump for providing pressure to the sealed chamber on top of the water trap when the lid is closed for pushing down on the water trap to evacuate the contents of the toilet pan body.
A toilet system as claimed in which includes a one-way valve located in an outlet path downstream of the water pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.