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US 6,317,899 B1Granted
Dual flush toilet
AssigneeNiagara Conservation Corp.
InventorKirk S. Brewer
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Abstract
A dual flush water conservation toilet includes separate fill tanks in a toilet tank which pivot to deposit water into a plenum chamber in the toilet tank. The fill tanks are selectively pivoted to deposit different quantities of water for flushing.
Claims10
A dual flush water conservation toilet comprising:
- a tank operably connected to a toilet bowl to direct water from said tank to said bowl to flush the toilet;
- a first fill tank pivotally mounted in said tank to hold a first quantity of water for flushing a toilet;
- a second fill tank pivotally mounted in said tank to hold a second quantity of water for flushing a toilet;
- an actuation lever operably associated with said first fill tank to pivot said first fill tank from a first position wherein said first quantity of water is retained in said first fill tank to a second position wherein said first quantity of water is deposited in said tank;
- an actuation lever operably associated with said second fill tank to pivot said second fill tank from a first position wherein said second quantity of water is retained in said second fill tank to a second position wherein said second quantity of water is deposited in said tank;
- said first and second fill tanks being pivotally connected with each other and linked so that when said first fill tank is pivoted from its said first position to its said second position said second fill tank remains in its said first position and wherein when said second fill tank is pivoted from its said first position to its said second position, said first fill tank is also pivoted from its first position to its second position so that the contents of both said first and second fill tanks are deposited in said tank.
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