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US 7,376,985 B2Granted
Moving siphon pipe driving device in a flushing pot
OwnerJong-Chil Weninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a toilet. More particularly, the present invention is directed to an apparatus for operating a variable siphon tube of a toilet, wherein operating reliability of the variable siphon tube can be primarily improved as well as a deodorizing structure can be provided and a rear part of the toilet can also be slimmed.
Claims3
An apparatus for operating a variable siphon tube for use in a gravity tank toilet including a toilet bowl and a water tank, comprising:
- a pressing tube in the form of a bellows tube, the pressing tube being installed at a rear side of the bowl and communicated in fluid with a water supply passage;
- a tightening ring consisting of two semicircular rings combined with each other for tightly coupling the top of the pressing tube with a connection neck of the water supply passage, said tightening ring including first hooks provided at both sides thereof;
- a bracket coupled with a bottom surface of the pressing tube, said bracket including second hooks provided at both sides thereof and fitting holes formed at a lower end portion of the second hooks;
- return springs, each of which being connected to the first hook by one end thereof and the second hook by the opposite end;
- a variable siphon tube including an inlet formed at one end, an outlet formed at the opposite end and a bend formed at a mid portion thereof, said inlet having a first bellows tube connected to a discharge port of the bowl, said outlet having a second bellows tube connected to a toilet waste discharge tube, said bend being formed with hinge shafts at both lateral sides thereof, said hinge shafts being fitted into the fitting holes, respectively;
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- a connection tube for connecting the pressing tube and the variable siphon tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.