Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11486123-B2
Application number	US-202117411135-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 25, 2021
Priority date	Aug 28, 2020
Publication date	Nov 1, 2022
Grant date	Nov 1, 2022

Abstract

A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device. The tank device includes a storage tank, and a water supply unit configured to supply flush water to the storage tank. The storage tank includes a first upper surface including a water passage port through which the flush water supplied from the water supply unit flows into the storage tank, a second upper surface that is lower than the first upper surface, and a third upper surface that is provided between the first upper surface and the second upper surface and that is lower than the second upper surface. The storage tank further includes an air vent unit that is provided at the second upper surface and that is configured to purge air from the storage tank.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet for discharging waste with flush water, the flush toilet comprising:
a toilet main body including a bowl configured to receive waste, and a discharge trap configured to discharge the waste in the bowl; and
a tank device configured to supply flush water to the toilet main body,
wherein the tank device includes a storage tank provided behind the toilet main body and above a floor surface, the storage tank being configured to store the flush water to be supplied to the toilet main body,
the tank device further includes a water supply unit configured to supply the flush water to the storage tank,
the storage tank includes a first upper surface, a second upper surface, and a third upper surface, the first upper surface including a water passage port through which the flush water supplied from the water supply unit flows into the storage tank, the second upper surface being lower than the first upper surface, and the third upper surface being provided between the first upper surface and the second upper surface and being lower than the second upper surface, and
the storage tank further includes an air vent unit provided at the second upper surface, the air vent unit being configured to purge air from the storage tank.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the storage tank has an asymmetrical shape in a left-right direction so as to include a large tank section and a small tank section, the large tank section being disposed on a large-capacity side of the storage tank when the storage tank is divided into two at a center in the left-right direction, and the small tank section being disposed on a small-capacity side of the storage tank when the storage tank is divided into two at the center in the left-right direction, and
the first upper surface is located on an upper surface of the large tank section, and the second upper surface is located on an upper surface of the small tank section.

3. A flush toilet for discharging waste with flush water, the flush toilet comprising:
a toilet main body including a bowl configured to receive waste, and a discharge trap configured to discharge the waste in the bowl; and
a tank device configured to supply flush water to the toilet main body,
wherein the tank device includes a storage tank provided behind the toilet main body and above a floor surface, the storage tank being configured to store the flush water to be supplied to the toilet main body,
the tank device further includes a water supply unit configured to supply the flush water to the storage tank,
the storage tank includes a first upper surface and a second upper surface, the first upper surface including a water passage port through which the flush water supplied from the water supply unit flows into the storage tank, and the second upper surface being lower than the first upper surface, and
the storage tank further includes an air vent unit provided at the second upper surface, the air vent unit being configured to purge air from the storage tank.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 3 , wherein the storage tank has an asymmetrical shape in a left-right direction so as to include a large tank section and a small tank section, the large tank section being disposed on a large-capacity side of the storage tank when the storage tank is divided into two at a center in the left-right direction, and the small tank section being disposed on a small-capacity side of the storage tank when the storage tank is divided into two at the center in the left-right direction, and
the first upper surface is located on an upper surface of the large tank section, and the second upper surface is located on an upper surface of the small tank section.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Tone Yusuke
• Kashirajima Shu

Classifications

• E03D5/01

  using flushing pumps · CPC title

• E03D1/012

  Details of shape of cisterns, e.g. for connecting to wall, for supporting or connecting flushing-device actuators {(mounting frames with incorporated cisterns E03D11/146)} · CPC title

• E03D9/14

  Noise-reducing means combined with flushing valves (noise-absorbing means in pipe systems F16L55/00 {; if not in combination with flushing valves E03D11/00; noise-reducing means in valves in general F16K47/00}) · CPC title

• E03D1/26 Primary

  Bowl with flushing cistern mounted on the rearwardly extending end of the bowl (shape or material of the cistern E03D1/01; constructional features of the bowl E03D11/02 - E03D11/12) · CPC title

• E03D1/28 Primary

  Bowl integral with the flushing cistern · CPC title