Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10294644-B2
Application number	US-201715594770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2017
Priority date	Nov 25, 2014
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

Afforded are: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit 36 , and a rim part; and a functional component mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part. The upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part. The functional component is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and, on a bottom surface of the stuck-out part, the functional component is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet, comprising: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit formed along a circumferential direction on an upper inner peripheral part of the toilet bowl part, and a rim part provided extending outward from an upper edge part of the toilet bowl part; and a casing mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part; wherein the casing houses internal devices; wherein the upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part; and the casing is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and on a bottom surface of its stuck-out part, the casing is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.

2. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the rim conduit is formed.

3. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein: the toilet body includes a water passage for passing flush water supplied from a flush water supply device, and a water discharge port through which flush water that has flowed through the water passage is discharged into the toilet bowl part; and on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the water passage is formed.

4. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part, an extension surface extending downward in front of the conduit forming surface is formed.

5. The flush toilet of claim 4 , wherein the upper surface of the rim conduit on the toilet bowl part, and the conduit forming surface are provided such as to be flush with each other.

6. The flush toilet of claim 4 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the rim conduit is formed.

7. The flush toilet of claim 4 , wherein: the toilet body includes a water passage for passing flush water supplied from a flush water supply device, and a water discharge port through which flush water that has flowed through the water passage is discharged into the toilet bowl part; and on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the water passage is formed.

8. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the rim conduit on the toilet bowl part, and the conduit forming surface are provided such as to be flush with each other.

9. The flush toilet of claim 8 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the rim conduit is formed.

10. The flush toilet of claim 8 , wherein: the toilet body includes a water passage for passing flush water supplied from a flush water supply device, and a water discharge port through which flush water that has flowed through the water passage is discharged into the toilet bowl part; and on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the water passage is formed.

Assignees

• Lixil Corp

Inventors

• Saeki Akiya
• Watanabe Hiroaki
• Inoue Yukihiro
• Higashino Tooru
• Takeda Masato
• Oohira Akiya
• Ichiyanagi Takeya
• Kondo Yasuhiro
• Inoue Hironao
• Hata Tetsuo

Classifications

• E03D11/08

  Bowls with means producing a flushing water swirl · CPC title

• E03D11/04

  Bowls of flat shape with only slightly inclined bottom {; Squat-type closets} · CPC title

• E03D11/02

  Water-closet bowls (auxiliary chambers with connections to flushing water for bowl-cleaning utensils E03D9/06; modified for using upwardly-directed sprays E03D9/08; seats or covers A47K13/00 ){; Bowls with a double odour seal optionally with provisions for a good siphonic action; siphons as part of the bowl (parts or details of bowls E03D11/13)} · CPC title

• E03D9/04

  Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices (ventilating rooms in general F24F) · CPC title

• E03D9/052

  using incorporated fans · CPC title