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Document | Title | Date |
20080235860 | Toilet bowl flushing water tank device - The present invention provides a toilet bowl flushing water tank device which can prevent the easy increase of a supply quantity of flushing water to a toilet bowl exceeding a predetermined quantity. The present invention provides a toilet bowl flushing water tank device which includes: a flushing water tank for storing flushing water to be supplied to a toilet bowl and forming a discharge outlet which communicates with the toilet bowl in a bottom portion thereof; a discharge valve for opening/closing the discharge outlet; a manipulation portion for performing a pull-up operation of the discharge valves a connection member for connecting the manipulation portion and the discharge valve; and a float mounted on the connection member in a state that the connection member is allowed to pass through the float and generating buoyancy for maintaining a valve-open state of the discharge valve in a state that the float is immersed in the flushing water, wherein the connection member includes an upper engaging portion and a lower engaging portion for restricting a movable range of the float on the connection member, and at least the lower engaging portion includes a lower irreversible engaging jig having physical irreversibility which prevents the removal of the lower engaging portion from the connection member unless the lower irreversible engaging jig is broken. | 10-02-2008 |
20080256696 | Sample Collection Device - A novel device for the collection of stool and/or urine samples is arranged for use in a toilet having a rim and a bowl. The device has a sample collection platform arranged to receive the sample and an end wall extending from the sample collection platform at an angle to the sample collection platform, and the end wall includes attachment means for attaching the device to the bowl of the toilet. | 10-23-2008 |
20080276361 | Toilet with reduced water usage - A toilet is disclosed which has multiple branches of rim flow. The branches each enter the rim at an angle, and then flow varied distances around the rim. The flow preferably has a main path at about the five o'clock/seven o'clock position, a secondary large flow at about the one o'clock/eleven o'clock position. | 11-13-2008 |
20080276362 | Mechanically sealable rapid opening stagger-flush residential toilet - A frustum-shaped toilet bowl ( | 11-13-2008 |
20090019629 | TOILET APPARATUS PROVIDING A USER WITH A PHYSIOLOGICALLY NATURAL POSITION DURING BOWEL MOVEMENT - A toilet bowl apparatus for positioning a user in a position that most closely approximates the physiologically natural position during bowel movement is disclosed. The toilet apparatus comprises a toilet bowl having a front end and a rear end, and a rim around the toilet bowl opening. The rim is curved and includes a raised portion proximate the front end of the toilet bowl. The apparatus further comprises a footstep positioned proximate to the toilet bowl. The footstep at least in part surrounds the toilet bowl and has a top surface including a foot placement area adapted to support the feet of a user while the user sits on the toilet bowl. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, one portion of the foot placement area is on one side of the toilet bowl while a second portion of the foot placement area is on the opposed side of the toilet bowl. The apparatus further comprises a water reservoir connected to the toilet bowl. The physiologically natural position created by the apparatus of the present invention facilitates the user's act of bowel movement and effectuates various therapeutic and prophylactic processes in the user's body. | 01-22-2009 |
20090019630 | CERAMIC SANITARY FIXTURE - A ceramic sanitary fixture, in particular a ceramic toilet bowl ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090025131 | TOILET SEAT DEVICE AND TOILET SEAT APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided are a toilet seat device saving energy and accurately stabilizing the temperature of a seating section at a predetermined level in a short time, and a toilet apparatus having the same. A control section adjusts the temperature of a toilet seat section to 18° C. when a heating function is turned on, and during a standby period D | 01-29-2009 |
20090025132 | HOUSING FOR PROTECTING AND MASKING A TOILET BOWL AND A TOILET BOWL PROVIDED THEREWITH - The invention relates in particular to a housing for protecting and masking a toilet bowl whose top part is provided with a peripheral inwardly folded edge which delimits with the bowl a water distribution channel and which is characterised in that it consists of a body ( | 01-29-2009 |
20090038065 | Odorless and Overflow-less Toilet System - The technology described herein provides an odorless and overflow-less toilet system. The technology provides for the removal of odor at its source and aids in overflow protection. The technology provides a toilet system having a second chamber running in fluid communication with a first chamber and a second exit port to allow for the continuation of the second chamber flow to a trap assembly. The trap assembly is configured to separate exhaust odors and overflows. The trap assembly prevents sewage gasses from escaping back through the toilet. The trap assembly allows overflows to be routed back to a sewage out line. The trap assembly provides for the flow of odors from the toilet with an inline exhaust fan. The inline exhaust fan pulls odors from the toilet through the second chamber and exit port of the toilet through the trap assembly and then through the inline exhaust fan to exit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090126095 | Versatile Multihole Watersaving Closestool - The present invention discloses a versatile multihole watersaving closestool, which concerns sanitary used in daily life. The inner bowl of the closestool is formed as an askew funnel, and the drain port is uplifted. At the backend of the drain port, a multihole connector is connected. A rear drain port, to which a rear-discharging connecting pipe is connected, is provided at the other end of the connector. A vertical discharging opening, to which a vertical connecting pipe is connected, is provided at the bottom of the connector. The afterbody of the integral board is designed to upswell to be a male tab, and is perforated to form a connected space for the connection of the vertical connecting pipe of the multihole connector and the vertical sewer pipe. The present product can be transformed between rear-discharging style and vertical discharging style according to the actual demand, which varies as the different placement of the sewer pipe, moreover the position of the connecting pipe can be adjusted freely. Sewer pipes different in the distance to wall and in the style of rear-discharging or vertical discharging can be conjugated to the same closestool. | 05-21-2009 |
20090144889 | Pressurized trap water saver toilet - A toilet that applies pressured air between an upper trap ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090199332 | Toilets with Improved Trapways - A toilet has a trapway extending between a bowl opening and a toilet outlet opening. A heel links and provides a bend between a down leg and an out leg of the trapway. The heel has a cross-sectional profile having a major dimension and a minor dimension. The major dimension increases as the down leg transitions into the heel and reduces as the heel transitions into the out leg. This heel configuration in the trapway forms a siphon during a flushing action of the toilet. | 08-13-2009 |
20090205119 | TOILET - A toilet, including: a bowl member having a contraction portion, which is narrowed from a top to a bottom thereof. There is a water passing rim provided at the top rim of the contraction portion. A receiving portion is provided below the contraction portion. The receiving portion connects with a discharging pipe. A water tank places at one side of the bowl member. The water tank has an exit. A divided pipe places under the tank and connects with the exit. The divided pipe has a first exit and a second exit. A down tunnel connects with the second exit of the divided pipe in one end and with the receiving portion in the other end. The end of the down tunnel that connects with the receiving portion points to the discharging pipe and forms a jet water delivery port. The down tunnel has a downward section. A water rim duct connects with the first exit of the divided pipe in one end and the water passing rim in the other end. An air ductule, the down end of the air ductule connects with the downward section of the down tunnel and the up end of the air ductule connects with the water passing rim. | 08-20-2009 |
20090241249 | TOILET BOWL - A toilet bowl, which utilizes less water per cycle and is more resistant to vertical force, comprising a toilet bowl with a pit; a siphon deriving from the pit and connected to the sewer; a system for flushing the inner wall of the toilet bowl; a supply water piping formed in the toilet bowl body; a support base; and an upper, rear discharge box. | 10-01-2009 |
20090293187 | FLUSHING WATER GUIDING ARRANGEMENT FOR A TOILET BOWL - The invention relates to a flushing water guiding arrangement ( | 12-03-2009 |
20090320199 | CONTAINMENT APPARATUS FOR TOILETS - A spray system, which reduces contamination caused by toilet flushing, is activated during a flush cycle to contain waste matter and prevent escape thereof from the bowl. The system is mounted above the level of water in a toilet and includes an aperture that creates a spray and is fluid communication with the flush valve of the toilet. Accordingly, each time the flush valve is activated, a portion of the water provided to the toilet is directed to the aperture to create a spray to minimize escaping effluent. | 12-31-2009 |
20100017949 | Toilet apparatus - A toilet apparatus includes a bowl cleaning unit for mixing a detergent that removes dirt on the inner walls of the bowl with cleaning water which is to be flushed into the bowl. The detergent is stored in a detergent tank which is provided inside a housing forming the outer shell of the toilet apparatus, and is supplied to the water supply channel of the cleaning water from the detergent tank through a detergent supply unit. The detergent tank is accommodated in an internal space of the housing and is concealed inside the housing behind a detachable cover which constitutes a portion of the outer walls of the housing. | 01-28-2010 |
20100024115 | WALL INSTALLED TOILET - Disclosed are toilets suitable to be installed partially behind a bathroom wall. In some embodiments a siphon leg of the toilet trapway extends sideways between lateral studs of the wall. Thus, an elongated trapway can be accommodated without needing to position the siphon leg in the bathroom or behind the wall studs. In other embodiments the tank for the toilet is also positioned between studs of the room wall. | 02-04-2010 |
20100146693 | FLUSH TOILET EQUIPMENT - Flush toilet equipment comprises a bowl, a flush mechanism that supplies flush water to the bowl through a flush water passage, and a minute bubble generator. The minute bubble generator generates minute bubbles. The bubbles are 0.1-1000 μm in bubble diameter and mixed with the flush water. In this construction, since the minute bubbles are fully diffused into the flush water, various effects such as improvement of toilet flush effect, etc. can be further enhanced. | 06-17-2010 |
20100154107 | Low Flush Toilet with Bowl Venting - A sanitary toilet employs a soft flat tube at the outlet neck at the outlet of the toilet bowl. This soft flat tube extends through the drain opening into the sanitary drain to permit passage of waste into the sanitary sewer drain. A water inlet pipe produce a water spray or jet into the bowl, and a valve limits the flow of water to about 0.3 to 1.0 liters per use. The toilet has a vent inlet within the toilet bowl beneath the seat, a blower that induces a flow of air into the vent inlet, and an exhaust conduit from the blower that discharges to a vented space outside the bathroom. The unit may be formed of a micrite material. | 06-24-2010 |
20100175176 | WC BOWL AND MOUNTING BASE - A WC bowl and a mounting base, the WC bowl comprising a frame portion ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100186158 | FLUSH TOILET BOWL - A flush toilet bowl includes: a bowl portion including a pooling portion in communication with a drain conduit; a rim surface provided above the bowl portion; and a first slit opening configured to spout flush water supplied through a first conduit toward the bowl portion and to spout the supplied flush water in a generally tangential direction of the rim surface, thereby generating a swirling flow flowing forward near a boundary between the rim surface and the bowl portion. A slit opening shape in a cross section generally perpendicular to a flow direction of water flow spouted from the first slit opening is horizontally flattened. There is provided a flush toilet bowl capable of minimizing the overhang of the rim portion. | 07-29-2010 |
20100242162 | Toilet Stool Using Cyclone Type Sewage Purifier - The present invention provides a toilet using a cyclone-type sewage purifier, which can discharge excrement using a small amount of water and can sanitarily treat the discharged excrement using waste water, thus increasing the efficiency with which the waste water is recycled. The toilet includes a toilet bowl having a depression; a refuse pipe passing through the toilet bowl and connected to the depression, thus guiding the discharge of excrement from the depression; a refuse bowl seated in the depression and temporarily holding the excrement, and discharging the excrement into the refuse pipe when it is rotated; a rotating device for rotating the refuse bowl; and a cyclone-type sewage purifier for executing purification treatment using a vortex generated by descent of the excrement and waste water discharged from the refuse pipe and a waste water pipe. | 09-30-2010 |
20100251472 | TRANSFER SEAT - A transfer seat to be used in conjunction with a toilet improves access to sanitary facilities by the disabled. The transfer seat may be used as one element of a modular system for improving bathroom fixtures designed for use by the handicapped. This modular system includes a transfer seat to be used in conjunction with a toilet; a hand rail assembly designed for use with the transfer seat; and a shower distribution system designed for use with the hand rail assembly. The components of this modular system may be used separately or together. | 10-07-2010 |
20100313351 | PLUMBING FIXTURE PROTECTOR - A toilet bowl protector for protecting a finish of a toilet bowl, the toilet bowl including a bowl portion and a siphon tube disposed at a bottom of the bowl portion, the toilet bowl protector comprising a bowl shaped portion and an extension portion extending from the bowl shaped portion. | 12-16-2010 |
20110004991 | Flush toilet with a urine funnel - A flush toilet with an additional urine funnel comprises a bowl, a urine funnel, a toilet seat and a delivery tube. A concave portion is provided at frontal side of the bowl sized for receiving said urine funnel. Said toilet seat is coupled to the bowl pivotally and covers the urine funnel. The delivery tube is connecting with the urine funnel and said urine funnel can be ascended to a predetermined height as the toilet seat is lifted. | 01-13-2011 |
20110072569 | Toilet for handicapped and normal people - This disclosure relates to a toilet bowl and seat which is user-friendly to individuals who are physically (or possibly mentally) disabled and especially wheelchair-bound people or even normal people with bad knees. The toilet seat and bowl shape is turned through 180 degrees relative to a conventional front-to-rear tapered seat and bowl shape in order to facilitate the ability to easily slide onto the toilet from the transportation device and easily slide backwards onto the same after use. A handle is also provided at the cistern front/rear of the toilet seat for support while standing up or sitting down during/after use and which is removable or fixed. Flushing also is easier because the tank is in front of the user and the flush handle may be provided on either side to suit the user. | 03-31-2011 |
20110094023 | FLUSH TOILET WITH IMPROVED FLOW PATTERN - A flush toilet includes a bowl assembly defining a bowl. The bowl assembly has a discharge outlet at a lower end and a ledge circumferentially extending about a substantial portion of the bowl. The bowl has a rear surface that is generally flat and vertical. The rear surface transitions to the ledge as the bowl continues clockwise and counter clockwise from the rear surface. A horizontal dimension of the ledge increases as the ledge continues from the rear surface to a front of the bowl. An angle of the ledge increases as the ledge continues from the rear surface to the front. A maximum slope of the ledge is located proximate the front. A nozzle is mounted to the bowl assembly for pressurizing a source of flush water and delivering the source of flush water to the bowl for rinsing and flushing of the bowl. The nozzle is positioned at a rear portion of the bowl and produces a first flow of water in a first circumferential direction about the bowl and a second flow of water in a second circumferential direction about the bowl. The second circumferential direction is opposite to the first circumferential direction. The ledge cascades the first and second flows of flush water down the bowl as the first and second flows of water move in the first and second circumferential directions, respectively. | 04-28-2011 |
20110099704 | Flush Water Unit for a Toilet Bowl - The invention relates to a flush water unit for a toilet bowl that has several outlet openings ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110131717 | LAVATORY PAN - Lavatory pans ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110173743 | Kits, Assemblies and Methods for No-Tools Toilet Installation - Kits and methods for installing a toilet bowl or assembly without tools are described. The methods and assembly work with an existing flange or can include a standard closet flange configured to receive a flange bolt. The kits and assemblies include a flange bolt wherein the bolt head is configured so as to fit through an opening in a flange so that the bolt head contacts the lower surface of the flange and the end portion of the bolt stem extends upwardly; and a bolt locking knob, wherein the interior surface of the knob is configured so that when the end of the bolt stem is placed within the knob, it contacts the bolt stem in locking engagement and the knob can be hand tightened. The bolts size is coordinated with the size of the locking knobs to eliminate the use of tools on installation. | 07-21-2011 |
20110179563 | SITTING AND SQUATTING WATER CLOSET AND SEAT WITH CISTERN BELOW - A water closet (WC) or toilet bowl usable in either in the: 1) sitting, 2) front facing squatting, or 3) rear facing squatting postures. The WC consists of an elongated receptacle ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110231989 | Mechanical trap toilet with staggered flush carry - A toilet has a frustum-shaped bowl ( | 09-29-2011 |
20110314597 | FLUSHING ARRANGEMENT FOR FLUSHING A TOILET BOWL, WATER CLOSET HAVING SUCH A FLUSHING ARRANGEMENT AND TOILET BOWL - The flushing arrangement has a flush tank ( | 12-29-2011 |
20120011646 | TOILET SEAT HINGE ASSEMBLY - A toilet seat hinge assembly is provided that includes: a hinge configured for attachment to a toilet seat, a fastener including an expandable head; and a cap formed integrally with the hinge. The cap includes an engaging element extending from the first surface of the cap. The engaging element is configured to engage and expand the head of the fastener in order to releasably connect the toilet seat hinge assembly to a toilet bowl when the cap is in a first position relative to the base portion. A toilet seat assembly including the toilet seat hinge assembly is also provided. | 01-19-2012 |
20120060272 | SANITARY TOILET SEAT AND BOWL - A sanitary toilet seat has a pivot point for raising and lowering the toilet seat, which pivot point is located on a plane above a horizontal plane upon which the seat may rest when in a lowered position on the toilet bowl. In addition, a toilet bowl may have a steep inside bowl angle to reduce splash effects. | 03-15-2012 |
20120144571 | TOILET WATER TANK REFILLING SYSTEM - The toilet water tank refilling system includes an inlet pipe adapted for installation within the toilet water tank and adapted for connection to a water supply, a valve connected to the pipe, a float operably connected to the valve to open the valve when the water level falls below a predetermined level and to close the valve when the water level in the tank reaches the predetermined level, and a valve outlet discharging water from the water supply into the tank when the valve is open. The system does not have a valve outlet discharging water from the water supply through the overflow tube directly into the toilet bowl. The only paths for discharging water from the water supply to the toilet bowl in the toilet water tank refilling system are through the tank's flush valve when the toilet is flushed and through the overflow tube when the water level in the tank exceeds the predetermined level. | 06-14-2012 |
20120144572 | Toilet Fixture with Directional Jet Flow - A flush toilet is disclosed. The flush toilet includes a bowl having a waste receiving surface, a drainage channel having an inlet connected to a bottom portion of the bowl for discharging waste, and a throat adjacent the waste receiving surface and aligned with the drainage channel The flush toilet also includes a first water cleansing jet for supplying cleansing water onto the waste receiving surface. The first water cleansing jet is disposed within the throat. The flush toilet also includes a second water cleansing jet for supplying cleansing water onto the waste receiving surface. The second water cleansing jet is also disposed within the throat, with the second water cleansing jet being offset from the first water cleansing jet. | 06-14-2012 |
20120192342 | TOILET WITH REDUCED WATER USAGE - A toilet, comprising a bowl, a rim provided at an upper portion of the bowl, a rim channel disposed in the rim, a rear extension that extends from the rim, and a water distribution structure provided in the rear extension and configured to receive water from a water supply. The rim channel includes a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening located between the first and second openings, the openings being configured to communicate water to the bowl. The water distribution structure having at least two exit channels configured to communicate water to at least two different locations of the rim channel. | 08-02-2012 |
20120198609 | BELLOWS-LIKE FOLDABLE TOILET BOWL - A toilet bowl provides maximum flexibility in installation and use. Substantially, the bellows-like closing and opening (foldability) of the bowl allows the mounting in very restricted settings, even if the bowl preferably has a standard size. The use of simple, manual or automatic systems in order to pass from open to closed positions, and vice versa, allows an easy use that does not nullify the advantages in terms of bulk. The advantages are also increased by the possibility to use a suction pump, since in such a manner not only will there be the benefits regarding bulk but also those due to the possibility of using a minimal quantity of water during discharge; of course, it is still possible to equip the pump with the normal “siphon” discharge system. The bowl is perfectly watertight, since between the strips of the “bellows”, there are suitable, perfectly cleanable gaskets with self-cleaning function. | 08-09-2012 |
20120210505 | RIMLESS TOILET WITH FLUSH WATER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS - A toilet comprising a rimless toilet bowl and a water distribution apparatus arranged in use to communicate water in substantially horizontally opposing directions. | 08-23-2012 |
20120240323 | TOILET STOOL USING CYCLONE TYPE SEWAGE PURIFIER - The present invention provides a toilet using a cyclone-type sewage purifier, which can discharge excrement using a small amount of water and can sanitarily treat the discharged excrement using waste water, thus increasing the efficiency with which the waste water is recycled. The toilet includes a toilet bowl having a depression; a refuse pipe passing through the toilet bowl and connected to the depression, thus guiding the discharge of excrement from the depression; a refuse bowl seated in the depression and temporarily holding the excrement, and discharging the excrement into the refuse pipe when it is rotated; a rotating device for rotating the refuse bowl; and a cyclone-type sewage purifier for executing purification treatment using a vortex generated by descent of the excrement and waste water discharged from the refuse pipe and a waste water pipe. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246817 | Mechanical Trap Toilet and Staggered Drain Line Carry - A toilet to reduce water consumption for waste disposal. One embodiment uses a toilet which has a frustum-shaped bowl, which can be substantially hermetically sealed by a saucer-shaped valve, wherein the bowl contains no water. In one embodiment, a user can depress one button to automatically open the saucer vertically down and rinse and flush urine into an adjoining drain line with about 250 ml (0.25 gallons) of water. In one embodiment, a user can depress a button to automatically release a staggered flush capable of causing solid human waste, test plastic balls, or equivalents to carry further in an adjoining drain line. | 10-04-2012 |
20120284910 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet having a reservoir tank for storing therein flush water; a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim section; a drainage passage for expelling waste therethrough by means of siphon action; a rim water spouting port provided in the rim section at a position corresponding to a lateral region of the bowl portion; a jet water spouting port for spouting flush water toward an inlet of the drainage passage; a rim water guide passage for guiding flush water to the rim water spouting port; a jet water guide passage for guiding flush water to the jet water spouting port; and a flow dividing chamber for dividing and distributing flush water to the rim water guide passage and the jet water guide passage, wherein the flow dividing chamber, the rim water guide passage and the rim water spouting port are formed approximately along the same straight line. | 11-15-2012 |
20120284911 | DRAINAGE CHANNEL OF FLUSH TOILET - Disclosed is a flush toilet drainage channel capable of good flushing. The flush toilet drainage channel includes an ascending channel ( | 11-15-2012 |
20130000028 | TOILET FOR THE DISABLED - The toilet for the disabled has a toilet bowl and toilet seat configured to face the toilet tank, thereby enabling disabled and physically debilitated persons to move forward to sit on the toilet seat. The toilet has a pedestal on which the tank is mounted, and an inverted U-shaped support member having legs attached to opposite sides of the pedestal. The support member includes a crossbar handle above the level of the tank that a disabled person may grasp for assistance in moving forward onto the toilet seat and rearward off the toilet seat. The handle may have a resilient grip. The toilet may have two independently flush handle mounted on opposite sides of the tank for operation by right-handed or left-handed users. | 01-03-2013 |
20130047328 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet for discharging waste using flush water supplied from a flush water supply source is disclosed. The flush toilet comprises a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion and a shelf portion; a water discharge path for discharging waste; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the water spouting portion; wherein the bowl portion includes a front region and a rear region, and the rim portion of the bowl portion is such that the curvature radius in the front region is equal to or smaller than the curvature radius of the rear region, and wherein the water spouting portion is formed on either the left or right side in the front region of the rim portion and spouts the flush water toward the front of the rim portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130047329 | FLUSH TOILET - A toilet including a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim portion formed on the top edge portion thereof so that inner circumferential surface thereof rises essentially vertically, and a shelf portion formed between the rim portion and the waste receiving surface; a water spouting portion for spouting flush water onto the shelf portion of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow; and a water conduit for supplying the flush water to the spouting portion. The water spouting portion is formed in the front region of the bowl portion, and a part of the inner circumferential surface of the rim portion is formed in an inward-facing overhanging shape; and the water spouting portion is covered by the overhanging part of the rim portion such that a user cannot observe the water spouting portion when viewing from diagonally forward and above the bowl portion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130067652 | WATER-CONSERVING TOILET - A water-conserving toilet and method of manufacture includes an upper portion jointed to a lower portion. The upper portion includes an upper and lower opening with a smooth, shallow, sweeping transition therebetween. A first flowpath enters the upper portion for allowing water to wash the upper portion. The lower portion includes a base with sidewalls extending upward to an upper opening, with the sidewalls defining a concave, steeply-sided flushing cavity. A second flowpath enters the lower portion for evacuating the pushing waste out of the flushing cavity and into a waste outlet. In an embodiment the distance between the front and back of the upper portion upper opening is approximately 3 times the distance between the front and back of the upper portion lower opening. In another embodiment the sidewalls extend from the base at an angle between about approximately 45 degrees and approximately 90 degrees. | 03-21-2013 |
20130205487 | TOILET DEVICE - According to an aspect of the present invention, a toilet device includes: a washing unit washing a surface of a bowl in a toilet bowl; a water supplying unit supplying washing water to the washing unit; a silicic acid polymerization inhibiting unit adding inhibitor for silicic acid polymerization to the washing water left on the surface of the bowl after the washing of the bowl, the inhibitor inhibiting polymerization of silicic acid component in the washing water left on the surface of the bowl; and a control portion executing a control starting an operation of the silicic acid polymerization inhibiting unit before the surface of the bowl is evaporated. | 08-15-2013 |
20130205488 | TOILET INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mounting assembly comprising a support member having a leg and a foot configured to be coupled to the trap; a clamping member including a bore and a distal end pivotally coupled to the leg of the support member; and an adjusting member extending through an opening in a wall of the pedestal, through an opening in the leg of the support member, and into the bore of the clamping member; wherein adjustment of the adjusting member pivots the clamping member relative to the support member to change a pitch of the adjusting member such that the adjusting member imparts a load into both the support member and the wall of the pedestal. | 08-15-2013 |
20130276221 | TOILET AND SUPPORT BARS FOR THE DISABLED - The toilet and support bars for the disabled has a toilet bowl and toilet seat configured to face the toilet tank, thereby enabling disabled and physically debilitated persons to move forward to sit on the toilet seat. The toilet has a pedestal on which the tank is mounted, and an inverted U-shaped support bar having legs supported by the building structure, to provide stability for the disabled person to use the toilet. The support bar includes a crossbar handle above the level of the tank that a disabled person may grasp for assistance in moving forward onto the toilet seat and rearward off the toilet seat. The handle may have a resilient grip. The support bar may also include stabilizers for maintaining the support bar in a rigid and fixed position so that the user is assured to find the necessary support. | 10-24-2013 |
20130340156 | Toilet Assemblies Having a Moveable Trapway and Methods of Installing Same - Toilets, kits and methods for installing toilets using a moveable trapway are described in the disclosure. The moveable trapway comprises a conduit body having an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a passage. The conduit body has an upper inlet portion defining an inlet opening configured to receive fluid from a bowl outlet, such as the end of a partial trapway of the toilet, and an outlet portion defining an outlet opening for fluid to exit to a sewage drain pipe. The passage extends from the inlet opening in the upper inlet portion to the outlet opening in the outlet portion. The trapway also includes a connector configured to attach the inlet portion of the conduit body so as to be in fluid communication to the bowl outlet, for example to a partial trapway of the toilet. The conduit body of the moveable trapway is configured to be rotatably positioned during installation of the toilet such that the outlet portion is capable of being displaced along or away from a longitudinal midline of the toilet. | 12-26-2013 |
20140059757 | TOILET APPARATUS - According to an aspect of the invention, a toilet apparatus includes a toilet, a bowl configured to receive solid waste being formed in the toilet, the bowl being hydrophilic; a spray unit configured to spray at least one selected from water and hypochlorous acid water onto a surface of the bowl; a detection unit configured to detect a state of use of the toilet; and a control unit configured to spray at least one selected from the water and the hypochlorous acid water from the spray unit before the use and to spray the hypochlorous acid water from the spray unit after the use. The cleanliness of the bowl surface of a toilet can be maintained by suppressing the affixation of solid waste and the propagation of bacteria caused by oil. | 03-06-2014 |
20140130246 | Spiral Guiding Drain Structure - A spiral guiding drain structure is disposed on a toilet and includes a hidden segment and an open segment connecting with the hidden segment. The hidden segment passes through the toilet and has an inlet end leaving away from the open segment. The open segment is defined on an inner wall of the toilet and spirally surrounds the inner wall downward, a length of the open segment is at least 3/4 circumference of the inner wall of the toilet, and the toilet includes a fence portion extending outwardly from a bottom rim of the open segment adjacent to an opening, and a height of the fence portion changes when an extending distance of the open segment from the hidden segment increases so that water flows out of the open segment, thus flushing the inner wall of the toilet. | 05-15-2014 |
20140189947 | DAMPER LOCKING MECHANISM FOR TOILET SEAT - A toilet includes a seat, a bowl and a damper locking mechanism that allows the seat to rotate relative to the bowl with an influenced inertia. The damper locking mechanism includes a hinge base having a biasing member and an interior surface that defines a bore and a damper having an exterior surface that engages the interior surface. When the damper is disposed in the bore, the biasing member imparts a radial force to bias the damper into the hinge base and remove a looseness between the seat and the bowl. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201895 | BUMPERLESS TOILET LID - A lid for a toilet including a bottom surface that faces a top surface of a seat for the toilet when the seat is in a lowered position proximate to a bowl of the toilet. The bottom surface of the lid has a sweeping profile that extends along at least a portion of the bottom surface of the lid and is configured to engage the top surface of the seat. A uniform gap between the seat and lid is defined by the sweeping profile of the lid and the material thickness of the lid when both the lid and the seat are in a lowered position. | 07-24-2014 |
20140215705 | FLUSH TOILET BOWL - A flush toilet bowl capable of satisfactorily cleaning a toilet during a power failure is provided. The flush toilet bowl includes: a toilet bowl main body ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140250578 | TOILET WITH LIGHTED SEAT HINGE - Various disclosed systems relate to fixtures, such as toilets, that include a lighting mechanism for illuminating portions of the fixture. One embodiment relates to a toilet. The seat assembly of the toilet includes a hinge assembly having a hinge housing and a lighting mechanism. The lighting mechanism is at least partially encapsulated by the hinge housing. The lighting mechanism including a first light source and a power source. The seat assembly further includes a lid pivotally connected to the hinge assembly. The seat assembly includes a ring pivotally connected to the hinge assembly. The lighting mechanism is configured to direct light at the tank and to direct light into the bowl such that light is reflected off of the tank and off of an interior of the bowl. | 09-11-2014 |
20140259350 | ANTI-SIPHONIC TOILET - A wash-down toilet including a bowl, a passageway, and a trapway. The bowl includes a sump. The passageway includes an inlet in fluid communication with the sump, an outlet provided at a height above the inlet, and a weir. The trapway includes an inlet, an outlet, and a vent, with the inlet of the trapway being in fluid communication with the outlet of the passageway and the outlet being in fluid communication with a soil pipe. The vent is configured to introduce a supply of air into the trapway during a flush cycle to prevent siphoning. | 09-18-2014 |
20150020301 | TOILET PAN BODY AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A ceramic toilet pan having a raised rear portion to which a hinge tube may be accurately located and fixed in position for example by adhesive using a jig despite variations in pan body size due to ceramic firing, a water pump and air pump being provided for flushing the toilet pan when a seat and lid are in a closed position. The seat and lid are rotationally mounted to the pan by a horizontal hinge pin located in the hinge tube and a latch member is provided for latching the lid and seat closed. A cistern is also provided having an overflow weir. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026876 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet which is capable of completing flushing of a bowl portion at or before termination of a siphon action, thereby improving toilet flushing performance in a situation where flushing is performed while generating a siphon action by using a reduced amount of flush water. The flush toilet is configured such that, after a first rim water spouting portion starts to spout flush water therefrom, a jet water spouting portion and a second rim water spouting portion start to spout flush water therefrom, in this order. | 01-29-2015 |
20150082531 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet which includes: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface, a rim and a recess; a first rim spout portion which spouts flush water toward a front end of the bowl portion so as to form a swirl flow; and a second rim spout portion which spouts flush water so as to form a swirl flow having a same flow direction as that of the swirl flow formable by the first rim spout portion. The bowl portion is configured to allow flush water spouted from the first rim spout portion to form a major stream which flows from the front end of the bowl portion into the recess, and allow flush water spouted from the second rim spout portion to flow into the recess from a lateral side of the bowl portion and then merge with the major stream M. | 03-26-2015 |
20150107010 | Toilet Bowl Having An Inclined Surface - A novel toilet bowl having an inclined surface being an angle between 30 degrees and 70 degrees in relation to the floor is capable of supporting a user as they lean against the toilet as opposed to sitting on the toilet. The inclined surface has a substantially central opening having a perimeter sufficient in size to receive human derived waste. The toilet bowl pitched at an inclined angle has a seat. The seat can receive a plurality of barriers, whereby a user tears away each layer to expose a new sanitary layer for a user to lean against. A toilet seat attachment has an inclined angle for use with an existing standard toilet. The toilet seat has an inclined surface for use with a toilet having a horizontal toilet bowl surface in relation to the floor. A user can be secured to the toilet seat with a seat belt. | 04-23-2015 |
20150107011 | Wall-Hung Toilet With Improved Load-Bearing Capacity - A wall hung toilet is described which has a toilet body having a toilet body inlet, a back plate having at least a first and a second lower fastener opening therethrough, a toilet body outlet, a bowl and a base. The bowl has an interior surface defining a interior area for receiving fluid, an inlet for introducing fluid to the interior area of the bowl and a bowl outlet. A trapway for passing fluid from the bowl outlet to the toilet body outlet is also included. The base of the toilet body extends from a front bowl portion of the base to a rear portion of the base that contacts the back plate, and the base is configured so as to distribute load bearing forces when applied to the bowl in use towards each of a first area around the first fastener opening and a second area around the second fastener area. | 04-23-2015 |
20150322658 | COMBINED TOILET DEVICE - A combined toilet device comprises a platform for supporting a user in a squatting defecation position. The platform is mountable over a toilet bowl wherein the opening in the platform is aligned with the opening in the toilet bowl. The device includes a urinal pan to prevent dispersion of the urine. The frame of the urinal pan is formed by a pipe arc having long and short parts which are continued one into other and are in different planes with 90 grade between them. The urinal pan walls are comprised of flexible material framed with the pipe arc. Pipe arc serves for converting of the urinal pan into functional or nonfunctional position. The urinal pan is covered in a nonfunctional position by a cover which is formed from two leafs attached pivotally to the platform at either side of the pan. In a functional position the leafs of the cover fix the urinal pan at any desirable point. | 11-12-2015 |
20160017585 | SMART TOILET SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A plumbing fixture includes a basin, a plumbing system configured to supply water to the basin, a processing circuit having a digital media interface, and a housing containing the plumbing system and the processing circuit. The housing includes a rear face having a section extending therefrom. The section extending from the housing includes a first face parallel to the rear face and a second face connecting the first face to the rear face. The second face includes ports allowing access to the digital media interface. | 01-21-2016 |
20160024774 | ANTI-OVERFLOW TOILET WITH DETACHABLE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DRAIN TUBES - A toilet configuration is disclosed. The toilet includes a toilet fixture, a detachable primary drain, and a detachable secondary drain. The primary and secondary drains can be assembled together or formed unitarily. The fixture includes a toilet bowl, a primary drain interface at a bottom of the bowl configured to permit liquid to flow from the toilet bowl into a detachable primary drain, and a secondary drain hole. The detachable primary drain fluidly is connected to the primary drain interface and is configured to be fluidly connected to a sewer pipe to discharge the liquid directly into the sewer pipe. A detachable secondary drain fluidly is connected to the secondary drain hole and is configured to be fluidly connected to the sewer pipe to discharge backed up fluid from the toilet fixture directly into the sewer pipe. | 01-28-2016 |
20160076237 | TOILET INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mounting assembly comprising a support member having a leg and a foot configured to be coupled to the trap; a clamping member including a bore and a distal end pivotally coupled to the leg of the support member; and an adjusting member extending through an opening in a wall of the pedestal, through an opening in the leg of the support member, and into the bore of the clamping member; wherein adjustment of the adjusting member pivots the clamping member relative to the support member to change a pitch of the adjusting member such that the adjusting member imparts a load into both the support member and the wall of the pedestal. | 03-17-2016 |
20160083949 | WATER - SAVING TOILET - In a toilet comprising a toilet bowl, the water-saving system comprises a first emitter for emitting a first beam having a first wavelength comprised between 300 and 495 nm. A second emitter for emitting a second beam has a second wavelength comprised between 590 and 900 nm, at least one detector for receiving the first and second beams. The first emitter, second emitter and detector(s) are installed on the toilet such that the first beam and second beam pass through the water contained in the toilet bowl before being received by the detector(s). A controller receives and processes data from the detector(s), and the data representing the waste level in the toilet bowl. A flush volume actuator is actuated by the controller for flushing a variable volume of water as a function of the data, so as to minimize the volume of water. | 03-24-2016 |
20160138255 | FLUSH TOILET - A flush toilet having a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion wherein the rim portion includes a rim top inside corner portion, and a rim top outside corner portion, and in at least part of the entire perimeter of the rim portion, the rounding of the rim top inside corner portion is formed to be larger than the rounding of the rim top outside corner portion. This rim profile enables the rim portion top surface, the rim top inside corner portion, and the inside wall can be efficiently cleaned. | 05-19-2016 |