Water saver fill valve and assembly
OwnerDavid Nichols-Roy, Dennis D. Woods +1inventors
InventorsDavid Nichols-Roy, Dennis D. Woods, Alberto C. Torres
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OwnerDavid Nichols-Roy, Dennis D. Woods +1inventors
InventorsDavid Nichols-Roy, Dennis D. Woods, Alberto C. Torres
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An improved fill valve has a pivot valve body that is pivotally suspended immediately below a float housing and is movable between two positions. In a first position, the pivot valve body blocks the flow of water from the float housing. In a second position, the pivot body allows the flow of water from the float housing. The pivot valve body has two top compartments, each separated from the other by a wall. The first compartment retains an amount of water in it. The second compartment functions as a water flow restriction apparatus and includes an upwardly-extending member for sealing off a check valve that is disposed within the bottom of the float housing. The fill valve also includes structural elements that allow the water to trickle into the float housing at a very slow rate. The fill valve can be re-set for normal toilet tank operation.
An improved fill valve for a water storage tank, said fill valve comprising a riser assembly, a valve housing mounted on an upper end of the riser assembly, a pilot valve mounted in the valve housing, a float housing connected to the valve housing and a combination float arm and float, the float arm being pivotally connected to the valve housing and having a first end for opening and closing a pilot orifice in the valve housing and a second end connected to the float, the float being located in the float housing, the float housing having an inlet opening for allowing water to spill into the float housing so that the float rises rapidly upwardly and the first end of the arm fully seals off the pilot orifice, an opening in a bottom wall of the float housing and a check valve mounted in the opening for permitting water to drain from the float housing only after a water level of a storage tank in which the fill valve is mounted is below a bottom of the float housing, the improvement comprising
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