Flush toilet accessory
OwnerClarence F. Phripp, Norman R. Prestoninventors
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Abstract
This invention provides an attachment for use with a flush toilet mechanism with the usual stopper and a cylindrical float member horizontally disposed, both being fixed with respect to each other and being swingable about a horizontal axis parallel with the cylinder axis. The attachment effects a saving of water used in flushing, and includes an upwardly open receptacle pivotally mounted with respect to a frame element, the latter being attached to the flush toilet mechanism such that the vertical location of the frame element with respect to the flush toilet mechanism can be selectively adjusted.
Claims9
For use with a flush toilet mechanism having a valve member adapted to open and close a flush tank water outlet, and a cylindrical float member disposed with its axis horizontal, the valve member and the float member being fixed with respect to each other and being swingable about a horizontal axis parallel with the cylinder axis and spaced from both said members, the cylindrical float member being supported by a plate member parallel with the cylinder axis and having edges spaced inward from the ends of the cylindrical float member,
- an attachment for effecting a saving of water used in flushing, the attachment comprising:
- upwardly open receptacle means pivotally mounted on a frame element and adapted to be selectively set at a plurality of different orientations with respect to the frame element,
- and means for attaching the frame element to the flush toilet mechanism such that the vertical location of the frame element with respect to the flush toilet mechanism can be selectively adjusted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.