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US 4,283,802 AGranted
Toilet tanks with built-in water supply valve
AssigneeNacional de Ceramica, S.A.
InventorAndres A. Y. Icaran
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Abstract
A toilet tank has water supply and overflow ducts which are integrally formed with the base and walls of the tank. The water supply duct is connected to a water inlet at one end to supply water to the tank and has an inlet valve at its other end to control the supply of water to the tank. The overflow duct is open at its top to receive overflow water in the tank and is coupled to the toilet basin to pour the overflow water into the toilet basin.
Claims10
A toilet tank comprising
- a tank having unitary walls and base;
- an inlet duct formed as a unitary portion of one of said tank walls, said inlet duct having an inlet valve at an upper end thereof and means for coupling said inlet duct to a water supply at a lower end thereof, said inlet valve having a valve seat formed as a unitary portion of said upper end of said inlet duct with a bore therethrough which communicates with the inside of said inlet duct;
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- an overflow duct formed as a unitary portion of one of said tank walls;
- said overflow duct having an open mouth at an upper end thereof at a predetermined position in said tank and means for connecting said overflow duct to a toilet basin at a lower end thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.