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US 3,945,055 AGranted
Toilet flushing reservoir system
AssigneeArnold E. Hollars
InventorBennie L. Hollars
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Abstract
A toilet flushing reservoir system is provided which includes a reservoir comprising upper and lower headers and individual longitudinally extending pipes between the headers: one of the pipes has a flow restrictor therein. The top header is provided with a water inlet and a vent, controlled by a float valve. A discharge valve in the lower head is opened by a hydraulic motor, under the control of a manual flushing control valve. The headers are of synthetic resin and are substantially identical.
Claims9
In a toilet flushing reservoir system for use with a toilet bowl and a water inlet conduit,
- a water reservoir including an upper tank-like header, a lower tank-like header, and a plurality of parallel, hollow, tubular members extending between said headers and providing fluid communication between the tank-like headers,
- said upper header comprising inlet means for connecting said upper header to said water inlet conduit, a vent for connection to atmosphere, and a float valve for controlling said vent,
- said lower header comprising outlet means for connection to said inlet toilet bowl, and a second outlet,
- control valve means for said outlet means, and
- manually operable means connected with said second outlet for opening the outlet control valve means.
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