Flushing apparatus and method thereof
OwnerJean-Pierre Dautaisinventor
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Abstract
The flushing apparatus comprises a reservoir for storing liquid, the reservoir having an outlet end movable between a raised position where liquid accumulates in the reservoir, and a down position where liquid stored in the reservoir is flushed out; a counterweight for producing an effect of urging the outlet end of reservoir toward the raised position; a reservoir ballast for cancelling the effect of the counterweight when the liquid stored therein reaches a predetermined amount; a channel for channelling a liquid into an inlet of the ballast when the outlet end of the reservoir is in the raised position; and a means for preventing an overflow of the outlet end of the reservoir. There is also provided a method for flushing liquid.
Claims20
A flushing apparatus comprising:
- a reservoir for storing liquid, the reservoir having an outlet end movable between a raised position where liquid accumulates in the reservoir, and a down position where liquid stored in the reservoir is flushed out;
- a counterweight for producing an effect of urging the outlet end of reservoir toward the raised position;
- a reservoir ballast interdependent with the outlet end of the reservoir and moving with the same, the ballast having an inlet for introducing liquid therein when the outlet end of the reservoir is in the raised position, and an outlet for flushing liquid out when the outlet end of the reservoir is in the down position, the ballast cancelling the effect of the counterweight when the liquid stored therein reaches a predetermined amount;
- a channel for channelling a liquid into the inlet of the ballast when the outlet end of the reservoir is in the raised position;
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- a means for preventing an overflow of the outlet end of the reservoir.
A method for flushing a predetermined amount of liquid, comprising steps of:
- storing liquid in a reservoir having an outlet end movable between a raised position where liquid accumulates in the reservoir, and a down position where liquid stored in the reservoir is flushed out;
- urging the outlet end of reservoir toward the raised position by means of a counterweight;
- urging the outlet end of the reservoir by means of a reservoir ballast when said ballast contains liquid, the reservoir ballast being interdependent with the outlet end of the reservoir and moving with the same;
- channelling a liquid into an inlet of the ballast when the outlet end of the reservoir is in the raised position;
- cancelling the effect of the counterweight when the liquid stored in the ballast reaches a predetermined amount to move the outlet end of the reservoir from the raised position to the down position and thereby flushing liquid out of the reservoir and out of the ballast;
- moving the outlet end of the reservoir back to the raised position by the effect of the counterweight when the predetermined amount of liquid has been flushed;
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- preventing an overflow of the reservoir when the outlet end is in the raised position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.