Discharge valve device, reservoir tank device, and flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10184237-B2
Application number	US-201615374441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2016
Priority date	Dec 14, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

In a discharge valve device, a protuberance penetrates a vertical channel with a raised portion engaging a channel. Thus when an attempt is made to rotate a cylindrical body in the circumferential direction with a raised portion engaging a channel, contact between the protuberance right side surface and the vertical channel restricts rotational movement of the cylindrical body in the circumferential direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A discharge valve device attached to a reservoir tank for storing flush water, the discharge valve device being configured to open and close a discharge port disposed on a bottom surface of the reservoir tank, the discharge valve device comprising:
a valve body configured to move up and down so as to open and close the discharge port;
a float including an outer cylinder mounted to the valve body, the float and the outer cylinder being configured to drop in tandem with a lowering of a water level inside the reservoir tank; and
a drop start variable timing mechanism attached to the float, the drop start variable timing mechanism being configured to vary a timing at which the valve body starts to drop;
wherein the drop start variable timing mechanism includes:
a reservoir configured in the outer cylinder of the float so as to open upward, the reservoir having a sidewall over an entire circumference on an outer circumference side of the reservoir so that flush water can be stored up to a top end of the sidewall, the sidewall of the reservoir being slidably attached to the outer cylinder of the float;
an adjustment portion configured to adjust a height position of the top end of the sidewall relative to a bottom surface of the reservoir so as to adjust a flush water amount stored in the reservoir of the float and vary the timing at which the valve body starts to drop according to the flush water amount stored in the reservoir; and
wherein the adjustment portion includes:
a support device configured to position the height position of the top end of the sidewall relative to the bottom surface of the reservoir; and
a lock device configured to prevent the support device from being released to position the height position of the top end of the sidewall relative to the bottom surface of the reservoir.

2. The discharge valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the drop start variable timing mechanism includes:
a cylindrical body configured to be inserted from above into an inside of the outer cylinder of the float, the cylindrical body being affixed to the inside of the outer cylinder;
wherein the support device includes:
multiple channels at differing height positions, the multiple channels being disposed on a side surface of the outer cylinder; and
a raised portion configured to project from a side surface of the cylindrical body outwardly, the raised portion being configured to engage one channel of the multiple channels when the cylindrical body is rotated in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical body; and
wherein the lock device prevents the cylindrical body from rotating in the circumferential direction when the raised portion engages in the channel.

3. The discharge valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the lock device includes:
a vertical channel disposed on the side surface of the outer cylinder; and
a protuberance protruding from the side surface of the cylindrical body, the protuberance being configured to be inserted into the vertical channel when the raised portion engaged in the channel; and
wherein a bottom surface of the protuberance is configured to be sloped upward toward an outside of the protuberance.

4. A reservoir tank device comprising the discharge valve device according to claim 1 .

5. A flush toilet comprising the reservoir tank device according to claim 4 .

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Tanimoto Hideki
• Hatama Kenji

Classifications

• E03D1/35

  Flushing valves having buoyancy · CPC title

• E03D1/33 Primary

  Adaptations or arrangements of floats (actuating-floats in general F16K33/00) · CPC title

• E03D1/142

  in cisterns with flushing valves · CPC title