Flush toilet apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10174489-B2
Application number	US-201615280547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2016
Priority date	Sep 30, 2015
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A flush toilet apparatus for discharging waste by a jet pump action is disclosed. The flush toilet apparatus has an overflow portion configured to overflow a portion of flush water flowing from a throat pipe into a water conduit into a reservoir tank so that when the flow rate of water flowing inside the throat pipe exceeds a predetermined specified flow rate, the flow rate of water supplied from the water conduit to a bowl portion is reduced to less than a predetermined specified flow rate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet for discharging waste with flush water supplied by a jet pump action, comprising:
a toilet main body having a bowl and a water conduit for conducting the flush water to the bowl;
a reservoir tank configured to hold the flush water supplied to the water conduit;
a jet pump unit disposed inside the reservoir tank; and
a valve configured to supply the flush water with a predetermined flow rate to the jet pump unit;
wherein the jet pump unit comprises:
a throat pipe having a suction port, submerged in the flush water and formed on an upstream side thereof so as to suction the flush water in the reservoir tank, and a downstream end for allowing the flush water therein to flow out; and
a jet nozzle configured to jet the flush water into the throat pipe and suction the flush water in the reservoir tank into the throat pipe through the suction port of the throat pipe by the jet pump action so that the flow rate of the flush water in the throat pipe is increased more than the flow rate of the flush water jetted from the jet nozzle;
wherein the flush toilet further comprises:
a discharge port formed between the throat pipe and the water conduit, and disposed at a height at or above a full water level of the reservoir tank;
an overflow conduit configured to overflow a portion of the flush water, which is supplied from the throat pipe to the water conduit, into the reservoir tank so that when the flow rate of the flush water in the throat pipe exceeds a predetermined specified flow rate, the flow rate of the flush water supplied from the water conduit to the bowl portion is reduced to less than the predetermined specified flow rate;
wherein the overflow conduit comprises a flow path opening, whose lowest portion is disposed at a height of the discharge port.

2. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the overflow conduit is configured not to allow the flush water supplied from the throat pipe to the water conduit to overflow from the flow path opening into the reservoir tank, when the flow rate of the flush water inside the throat pipe does not exceed the predetermined specified flow rate.

3. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the flow path opening of the overflow conduit is formed in a part of the discharge port.

4. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the flow path opening of the overflow conduit is formed on the throat pipe.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Ishimaru Ryoko
• Harashima Tatsunari
• Kitaura Hidekazu

Classifications

• E03D3/00

  Flushing devices operated by pressure of the water supply system {flushing valves not connected to the water-supply main, also if air is blown in the water seal for a quick flushing} · CPC title

• E03D11/08

  Bowls with means producing a flushing water swirl · CPC title

• E03D5/01 Primary

  using flushing pumps · CPC title

• E03D1/087 Primary

  by pump, valve, or the like, in the short leg of the siphon or a vacuum pump in the long leg of the siphon · CPC title

• E03D1/32

  Arrangement of inlet valves (devices for reducing noise E03D9/14 {; noise-reducing means E03D11/00}) · CPC title