Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9303395-B2
Application number	US-201414226423-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2014
Priority date	Jul 25, 2013
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet using flush water to flush a toilet main unit, comprising:
a reservoir tank storing therein flush water to be supplied to the toilet main unit, the reservoir tank being formed with a discharge port for discharging flush water therethrough;
a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste-receiving surface, and a rim defining an inner peripheral surface of the bowl portion located along an upper edge of the bowl portion;
a drainage passage having an inlet connected to a lower region of the bowl portion to expel waste therethrough by a siphon action;
a first rim water spouting portion provided at a position lying in the rim and corresponding to a lateral region of the bowl portion, to spout flush water therefrom toward a forward side of the toilet main unit in such a manner as to allow the flush water to flush the bowl portion while swirlingly flowing along the inner peripheral surface of the rim;
a second rim water spouting portion provided at a position lying in the rim and corresponding to a rear region of the bowl portion, to spout flush water therefrom in such a manner as to allow the flush water to flush the bowl portion while swirlingly flowing along the inner peripheral surface of the rim in a same swirling direction as that of flush water spouted from the first rim water spouting portion;
a jet water spouting portion for spouting flush water therefrom toward an inlet of the drainage passage;
a flow dividing chamber for dividing flush water flowing therein from the discharge port of the reservoir tank;
a first rim water guiding passage for guiding flush water from the flow dividing chamber to the first rim water spouting portion;
a jet water guiding passage for guiding flush water from the flow dividing chamber to the jet water spouting portion; and
a second rim water guiding passage for guiding flush water from the flow dividing chamber to the second rim water spouting portion,
wherein the flush toilet is configured such that, after the first rim water spouting portion starts to spout flush water therefrom, the jet water spouting portion and the second rim water spouting portion start to spout flush water therefrom, in this order.

2. The flush toilet according to claim 1 , wherein the flow dividing chamber is formed with: a first rim water guiding passage-feeding port for allowing flush water to flow into the first rim water guiding passage therethrough; a jet water guiding passage-feeding port for allowing flush water to flow into the jet water guiding passage therethrough; and a second rim water guiding passage-feeding port for allowing flush water to flow into the second rim water guiding passage therethrough, and wherein the first rim water guiding passage-feeding port, the jet water guiding passage-feeding port and the second rim water guiding passage-feeding port are arranged in this order from an upstream side of the flow dividing chamber.

3. The flush toilet according to claim 2 , wherein the first rim water guiding passage-feeding port of the flow dividing chamber is disposed in adjacent relation to the discharge port of the reservoir tank.

4. The flush toilet according to claim 3 , wherein each of the jet water guiding passage-feeding port and the second rim water guiding passage-feeding port is disposed at a position away from the discharge port by a distance greater than a distance from the discharge port to the first rim water guiding passage-feeding port, and wherein the second rim water guiding passage-feeding port is disposed in adjacent relation to the jet water guiding passage-feeding port.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Shirakawa Shigehisa
• Chen Jing

Classifications

• E03D2201/30

  Water injection in siphon for enhancing flushing · CPC title

• E03D2201/40

  Devices for distribution of flush water inside the bowl · CPC title

• E03D11/08 Primary

  Bowls with means producing a flushing water swirl · CPC title