Bowl fill for a tank valve
OwnerBruce A. Antunezinventor
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Abstract
A tank valve for refilling a toilet tank and simultaneously supplying water to a toilet bowl has a riser, a valve mounted to the riser, a valving chamber in the body of the valve, and a downwardly directed outlet port from the valving chamber. A cuff surrounds the riser. It has a bottom with an aperture to pass the riser, and a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom with an upper edge spaced from the body through which water from the outlet port into the cuff flows into the toilet tank. A fill port through the cuff leads by way of a hose to supply water to refill the toilet tank bowl.
Claims5
In combination with a tank valve for refilling a toilet tank and simultaneously supplying water to a toilet bowl, said tank valve having a riser, a valve mounted to said riser said valve having a body, a valving chamber in the body, an inlet valve entering said valving chamber from the riser, and a downwardly directed outlet port from said valving chamber, the improvement comprising:
- a cuff surrounding said riser, said cuff having a bottom with an aperture to pass the riser, and a peripheral sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom with an upper edge spaced by a gap from the body through which water discharged form the outlet port into said cuff flows into the toilet tank, a fill port through said cuff for connection to a hose through which water from the cuff flows to the toilet bowl simultaneously with flow through the gap to the toilet tank, said sidewall selectively being so proportioned and arranged that the flow through the gap and through the fill port are suitably proportioned for both purposes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.