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US 2024/0240443 A1Published application
Flushing assembly, water supply assembly, lower position water suction assembly, water tank, check valve for use in a toilet, and method, device, and storage medium for controlling toilet water consumption
AssigneeShanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.
InventorsJunfeng Sun, Yunqing Zang, Minggao Xu
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Abstract
A check valve includes a lower sealing element; an upper sealing element including a flexible part configured to seal the lower sealing element; and a supporting element including a plurality of hollow parts. The supporting element is configured to be mounted in the lower sealing element and mounted at a side where clean water flows into the lower sealing element.
Claims20
A check valve, comprising:
- a lower sealing element;
- an upper sealing element comprising a flexible part configured to seal the lower sealing element;
- and
- a supporting element comprising a plurality of hollow parts, and the supporting element configured to be mounted in the lower sealing element and mounted at a side where clean water flows into the lower sealing element.
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A toilet, comprising:
- a vacuum breaker;
- a check valve configured to be mounted downstream from the vacuum breaker, the check valve comprising:
- a lower sealing element;
- an upper sealing element comprising a flexible part configured to seal the lower sealing element;
- and
- a supporting element comprising a plurality of hollow parts, and the supporting element configured to be mounted in the lower sealing element and mounted at a side where clean water flows into the lower sealing element.
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A method for supplying clean water to a tank of a toilet by using a check valve, the method comprising:
- deforming, by clean water flowing in a first direction, a flexible part of an upper sealing element of the check valve to unseal a lower sealing element so as to allow the clean water to pass through the lower sealing element;
- delivering, by the check valve, the clean water passing through the lower sealing element to the tank;
- and
- pressing, by contaminated water flowing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, the flexible part towards the lower sealing element to seal the lower sealing element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.