Flush toilet apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9476191-B2
Application number	US-201414228052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2014
Priority date	Mar 27, 2013
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

A flush toilet apparatus includes a tank and a jet pump unit. The tank includes: a first tank portion; and a second tank portion formed so as to extend part of a bottom wall of the first tank portion downward. The jet pump unit includes a throat pipe provided with a suction port that is an inlet of water, and at least the part of the second tank portion is formed at a position overlapping with the suction port when viewed from the top.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet apparatus that discharges waste to a drain pipe by wash water, the flush toilet apparatus comprising:
a toilet body comprising a bowl portion that receives waste, wherein a water conduit for guiding water supplied as wash water to the bowl portion is formed inside;
a tank storing water inside and arranged to be able to supply the water to an inlet of the water conduit; and
a jet pump unit arranged inside of the tank,
the jet pump unit comprising:
a throat pipe, wherein one end is connected to the inlet of the water conduit, a suction port is formed on the other end, a central axis of the throat pipe is arranged to be substantially along a left-right direction of the tank when viewed from the top, and the suction port is arranged to be positioned at a lower part near one of left and right end portions inside of tank; and
a nozzle that injects high-speed water toward the inside of the throat pipe from the suction port to induce a jet pump action, wherein
the tank is installed at a part on a backward side of an upper surface of the toilet body and comprises: a first tank portion; and a second tank portion formed so as to extend part of a bottom wall of the first tank portion downward,
at least part of the second tank portion is formed at a position overlapping with the suction port when viewed from the top, and
a bottom wall of the second tank portion does not overlap with the toilet body when viewed from the top and is arranged at a position on a lateral side of the toilet body and on a lower side of the upper surface of the toilet body.

2. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
to set a center of gravity of entire water stored in the tank to a position closer to a side with the suction port in the left-right direction of the tank,
the second tank portion is formed so that a capacity of the side with the suction port is greater than a capacity of a side without the suction port.

3. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the tank is installed on the upper surface of the toilet body through an elastic member.

4. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
an entire edge of the suction port is formed along a horizontal surface.

5. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a water supply pipe that is a pipe for supplying water to be injected from the nozzle is arranged inside of the tank, extending upward from a bottom wall of the tank, and
the water supply pipe is arranged at a part on an opposite side of the side with the suction port in the left-right direction of the toilet body.

6. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
inside of the tank,
an open/close valve for switching open/close of a channel for supplying water to the nozzle and a float connected to the open/close valve are arranged, and
the float is arranged at a part on the opposite side of the side with the suction port in the left-right direction of the toilet body inside of the tank.

7. The flush toilet apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
a small tank for enabling to change an amount of water, of the stored water, to be supplied to the inlet of the water conduit is arranged inside of the tank, and
the small tank is arranged at a position closer to the opposite side of the side with the suction port in the left-right direction of the toilet body inside of the tank.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Kitaura Hidekazu
• Ishimaru Ryoko
• Iwabata Tomohiro
• Ota Yoshiki
• Yoshioka Takashi

Classifications

• E03D1/263 Primary

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