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US 2026/0028810 A1Published application
Flushing device and toilet bowl
AssigneeFortune Brands Innovations (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
InventorsTongguo YANG, Haijiang YI, Hui RAO
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AssigneeFortune Brands Innovations (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
InventorsTongguo YANG, Haijiang YI, Hui RAO
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The present disclosure discloses a flushing device and a toilet bowl. The flushing device comprises a flushing valve with a driving component and a pressing component with a first button, a first rocker and a pull rope, wherein the driving component is serves as a first flushing switch, and may be a hand-operated switch, and the valve body can be opened by means of the driving component for water flushing; the pressing component serves as a second flushing switch, and may be a foot-operated switch. By moving the first button, the first rocker is driven to rotate, thereby the pull rope is pulled to open the valve body for water flushing. The driving component can meet the demand of a user who wants to flush by hand, while the pressing component can meet the demand of a user who wants to flush by foot.
A flushing device, comprising:
The flushing device of 1, wherein the first button comprises a button body and an abutting block arranged at an end of the button body that faces the first rocker.
The flushing device of 1, wherein the pressing assembly further comprises a first elastic member and/or a second elastic member, wherein the first elastic member is connected to or abuts against the first housing and the first button, the first button can be reset under the elastic force of the first elastic member, the second elastic member is connected to the first rocker and abuts against or is connected to the first housing, and the first rocker can be reset under the elastic force of the second elastic member.
The flushing device of 1, wherein a first cavity is formed in the first housing, the first rocker is located in the first cavity, a mounting hole in communication with the first cavity is formed in the first housing, and the pull rope is inserted through the mounting hole;
The flushing device of 4, wherein the pressing assembly comprises a pulling component and a mounting fitting, wherein the pulling component comprises the pull rope and a bushing fitted around the pull rope, the pull rope can be moved with respect to the bushing, and the mounting fitting is fitted around a part of the bushing for fixing the bushing to the first housing.
The flushing device of 5, wherein the mounting fitting comprises a nut and a C-shaped ferrule, wherein the nut is fitted around a part of the bushing, the pull rope can be moved with respect to the bushing, and the mounting fitting is connected to an inner wall of the mounting hole and fixes the bushing to the first housing;
The flushing device of 7, wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction.
The flushing device of 8, wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope.
The flushing device of 10, wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction.
The flushing device of 11, wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope.
The flushing device of 13, wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction.
The flushing device of 14, wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope.
The flushing device of 16, wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction.
The flushing device of 17, wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.