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US 8,756,721 B1Granted
Toilet with built-in plunger
OwnerRyan Deweyinventor
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Abstract
An improvement on a conventional toilet having a built-in plunger has a tank portion that contains a housing having a plunger apparatus and a bowl portion having a bowl, an outlet drain and one or a plurality of channels for transporting plunged water from the plunger apparatus in the tank to one or a plurality of locations in the outlet drain in order to clear a clog.
Claims9
A toilet with a built-in plunger comprising
- a bowl portion having a bowl and an outlet drain;
- a tank portion for receiving a volume of water from an inlet tube and holding said volume of water in an elevated position relative to the bowl, said tank portion having a flush valve in fluid communication with the bowl, whereby opening the flush valve causes the volume of water to rapidly enter the bowl;
- said tank portion further having a valve tower vertically disposed over a valve tower drain, the valve tower drain being in fluid communication with the outlet drain;
- a housing disposed within the valve tower, the housing having an opening on a bottom surface;
- a plunger apparatus slidably disposed within the housing and a check valve disposed on the housing opening, said plunger apparatus being selectively vertically lockable;
- a valve disposed on the inlet tube for directing water from the inlet tube to a plunger water line, said plunger water line connected to the valve at a first end and to the housing in a location between the plunger apparatus and the bottom surface of the housing at a second end;
- whereby the plunger apparatus may be actuated by a user to force water into the outlet drain to clear a clog.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.