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US 9,476,191 B2Granted
Flush toilet apparatus
AssigneeToto Ltd.
InventorsHidekazu Kitaura, Ryoko Ishimaru, Tomohiro Iwabata, Yoshiki Ota, Takashi Yoshioka
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Abstract
A flush toilet apparatus includes a tank and a jet pump unit. The tank includes: a first tank portion; and a second tank portion formed so as to extend part of a bottom wall of the first tank portion downward. The jet pump unit includes a throat pipe provided with a suction port that is an inlet of water, and at least the part of the second tank portion is formed at a position overlapping with the suction port when viewed from the top.
Claims7
A flush toilet apparatus that discharges waste to a drain pipe by wash water, the flush toilet apparatus comprising:
- a toilet body comprising a bowl portion that receives waste, wherein a water conduit for guiding water supplied as wash water to the bowl portion is formed inside;
- a tank storing water inside and arranged to be able to supply the water to an inlet of the water conduit;
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- a jet pump unit arranged inside of the tank,
- the jet pump unit comprising:
- a throat pipe, wherein one end is connected to the inlet of the water conduit, a suction port is formed on the other end, a central axis of the throat pipe is arranged to be substantially along a left-right direction of the tank when viewed from the top, and the suction port is arranged to be positioned at a lower part near one of left and right end portions inside of tank;
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- a nozzle that injects high-speed water toward the inside of the throat pipe from the suction port to induce a jet pump action, wherein
- the tank is installed at a part on a backward side of an upper surface of the toilet body and comprises:
- a first tank portion;
- and a second tank portion formed so as to extend part of a bottom wall of the first tank portion downward,
- at least part of the second tank portion is formed at a position overlapping with the suction port when viewed from the top, and
- a bottom wall of the second tank portion does not overlap with the toilet body when viewed from the top and is arranged at a position on a lateral side of the toilet body and on a lower side of the upper surface of the toilet body.
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