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US 3,995,327 AGranted
Water saving toilet arrangement
OwnerJohn Richard Hendrickinventor
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Abstract
An improved toilet which is a combination of a self-flushing system and an Econo-system, wherein re-cycled water from wash basins, or drinking fountains are used to supplement use of fresh water for flushing; the toilet including a lever operated by the toilet seat to activate a self flush piston having a manually adjustable regulator thereabove, and the toilet including an inner and outer tank with float valve means to control the intake of fresh water in accordance to the quantity of re-cycled water stored in the system at time of a flushing action.
Claims13
A toilet comprising a toilet bowl;
- a water supply tank assembly disposed on said bowl;
- self-flushing piston means disposed on said tank assembly for mixing fresh and recycled water, said self flushing means comprising a stationary outer cylinder, a stationary inner cylinder disposed within said outer cylinder, each of said cylinders having a port at its bottom end, upper and low outer tubes disposed in said inner cylinder, said lower outer tube projecting through said ports, the lower end of said lower outer tube having a clunch means for closing said outer cylinder port, and a vertically slidable plate means for securing said tubes together;
- a toilet seat disposed on said bowl;
- and a lever means coupled to said seat and said plate for actuating said piston means.
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