Flush mechanism for toilets
AssigneePeter M. Parker
InventorPeter M. Parker
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Abstract
A flush mechanism for a toilet with a tank can include a float basket with a drainage port and at least one peripheral wall. A flexible conduit can be secured to the float basket to provide a liquid flow path from the drainage port to a flush port of the tank. The drainage port can be disposed eccentrically within the float basket, a top profile of the at least one peripheral wall can be inclined, or a rotatable collar can be provided to control flow of water into the drainage port.
Claims20
A flush mechanism for a toilet with a tank that includes a flush port, the flush mechanism comprising:
- a float basket with at least one peripheral wall that at least partly defines an interior reservoir of the float basket, and with a drainage port configured to drain the interior reservoir, the float basket being configured to float on water within the tank;
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- a flexible conduit secured to the float basket to provide a liquid flow path between the drainage port and the flush port, such that water flooding from the tank into the interior reservoir and through the drainage port flows along the liquid flow path to exit the tank;
- a top profile of the at least one peripheral wall being inclined.
A flush mechanism for a toilet with a tank that includes a flush port, the flush mechanism comprising:
- a float basket with at least one peripheral wall that at least partly defines an interior reservoir of the float basket, and with a drainage port configured to drain the interior reservoir, the float basket being configured to float on water within the tank;
- a flexible conduit secured to the float basket to provide a liquid flow path between the drainage port and the flush port, such that water flooding from the tank into the interior reservoir flows along the liquid flow path to exit the tank;
- the drainage port being disposed eccentrically within the float basket;
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- the at least one peripheral wall including a first side wall with a first inclined top profile and a second side wall, opposite the first side wall, with a second inclined top profile.
A flush mechanism for a toilet with a tank that includes a flush port, the flush mechanism comprising:
- a float basket with at least one peripheral wall, a drainage port configured to drain the float basket, and a rim that surrounds the drainage port and includes one or more rim openings, the float basket being configured to float on water within the tank;
- a flexible conduit secured to the float basket to provide a liquid flow path between the drainage port and the flush port, such that water flooding from the tank into the float basket flows along the liquid flow path to exit the tank;
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- a collar with one or more collar openings;
- the collar being configured to be secured around the rim, and to rotate relative to the rim, to control alignment of the one or more collar openings with the one or more rim openings to control a flow rate of water through the drainage port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.