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US 2025/0171994 A1Published application
Plumbing fixture siphon flow actuator
AssigneeAS America, Inc.
InventorRobert M. Jensen
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Abstract
A plumbing fixture system includes a plumbing fixture bowl and a plumbing fixture tank coupled to the plumbing fixture bowl. The plumbing fixture tank is configured to house liquid. The plumbing fixture system further includes a siphon flush valve assembly disposed in the plumbing fixture tank and an electric actuator configured to induce, via the siphon flush valve assembly, a siphon flow of a portion of the liquid from the plumbing fixture tank into the plumbing fixture bowl.
Claims20
A plumbing fixture system comprising:
- a plumbing fixture bowl;
- a plumbing fixture tank coupled to the plumbing fixture bowl, wherein the plumbing fixture tank is configured to house liquid;
- a siphon flush valve assembly disposed in the plumbing fixture tank;
- and
- an electric actuator configured to induce, via the siphon flush valve assembly, a siphon flow of a portion of the liquid from the plumbing fixture tank into the plumbing fixture bowl.
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A siphon flush valve assembly comprising:
- a core structure comprising a first distal end and a second distal end, wherein the first distal end forms a weir, and wherein the second distal end forms a siphon flush valve outlet;
- a head structure surrounding the first distal end of the core structure, wherein a lower portion of the head structure forms a siphon flush valve inlet;
- and
- one or more fan blades configured to induce a siphon flow of surrounding liquid through the siphon flush valve inlet, over the weir, and out the siphon flush valve outlet.
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A control system comprising:
- a user interface configured to receive user input associated with flushing a plumbing fixture;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive the user input;
- and
- responsive to the user input, actuate an electric actuator to induce a siphon flow of liquid via a siphon flush valve assembly from a plumbing fixture tank of the plumbing fixture to a plumbing fixture bowl of the plumbing fixture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.