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US 5,685,025 AGranted
Flush control system of a ballfloat toilet
OwnerTsung-Ming Cheninventor
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The ballfloat toilet flush control system includes a master flush handle, a discharge valve controlled by the master flush handle, a float slidably mounted to a float holder, an air tube connected between an air chamber of the discharge valve and an air passage on the float holder, an auxiliary flush handle, and an air passage control device controlled by the auxiliary flush handle. The auxiliary flush handle has an axle spaced from the bottom end of a control member of the passage control device, and moved upwards to force the control member of the air passage control device into engagement with a retaining groove on the supporting frame of the float holder when the auxiliary flush handle is depressed. A locating shell is fixedly mounted inside the water tank to hold the float holder, having a sleeve sleeved onto the shaft of the float to guide its movement and a stop block to limit the upright movement of the upright hollow shaft of the float; the upright hollow shaft of the float is vertically adjustably fixed to the float by a tightening up screw so that the elevation of the upright hollow shaft can be adjusted by loosening the tightening up screw.
A flush control system for use in a ballfloat toilet having a water tank with a valve seat and an overflow tube for controlling an amount of water suddenly flushed out of said water tank through said valve seat, said flush control system including a master flush handle adapted to be externally arranged on said water tank, a link coupled to said master flush handle, a discharge valve adapted to be mounted to said valve seat having an air chamber therein connected to said link by a lift wire and controlled by said master flush handle to open and close said valve seat, an auxiliary flush handle received in a hole on said master flush handle hand having an axle extended into said water tank, a float holder adapted to be mounted on said overflow tube, an air passage control device pivoted to said float holder and connected to said auxiliary flush handle, a float slidably mounted to said float holder, and an air tube having a first end connected to said discharge valve and communicating with said air chamber and an opposite end connected to said float holder, said float holder comprising a supporting frame having an air passage connected to said air tube, a hooked portion at a bottom side, said air passage control device comprised of a first control member and a second control member pivoted to said float holder, said first control member having an upper portion opening and stopping said air passage, and a bottom portion disposed against said float, said second control member comprising a bottom hook raised from a bottom end thereof and releasably hooked on said hooked portion of said supporting frame, and a projecting rod, said float comprising a float chamber, an upright hollow shaft having a bottom end connected to said float chamber and a top end, and a push rod raised from the top end of said upright hollow shaft, the top end of said upright hollow shaft being disposed against the bottom portion of said first control member, said push rod having a top end disposed adjacent to the projecting rod of said second control member, wherein:
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