Flush toilet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9518384-B2
Application number	US-201514634153-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2015
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Dec 13, 2016

Abstract

A flush toilet includes: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface, a rim and a recess; a rim spout portion configured to spout flush water to form a swirl flow which swirlingly flows along the inner peripheral surface; a drainage conduit having an inlet connecting with the recess to discharge waste therethrough, wherein the waste-receiving surface of the bowl portion is composed of a left waste-receiving sub-surface and a right waste-receiving sub-surface defined, respectively, on both sided of a center line with respect to a lateral direction of the bowl portion, the left waste-receiving sub-surface and the right waste-receiving sub-surface are formed, respectively, in different shapes in a front region of the bowl portion so as to allow flush water spouted from the rim spout portion to form a major stream which flows from a front end of the bowl portion into the recess.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A flush toilet capable of flushing a toilet main unit with flush water supplied from a flush water source to thereby discharge waste, comprising:
a bowl portion having a bowl-shaped waste-receiving surface, a rim located along an upper edge thereof, and a recess formed below the waste-receiving surface, the recess having a bottom located below a pooled water level, and a peripheral wall connecting between the bottom and a lower edge of the waste-receiving surface;
a rim spout portion configured to spout flush water along an inner peripheral surface of the rim exposed to an internal space of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow which swirlingly flows along the inner peripheral surface; and
a drainage conduit having an inlet connecting with the recess to discharge waste therethrough,
wherein the waste-receiving surface of the bowl portion is composed of a left waste-receiving sub-surface and a right waste-receiving sub-surface defined, respectively, on both sided of a center line with respect to a lateral direction of the bowl portion, the left waste-receiving sub-surface and the right waste-receiving sub-surface being formed, respectively, in different shapes in a front region of the bowl portion so as to allow flush water spouted from the rim spout portion to form a major stream which flows from a front end of the bowl portion into the recess.

2. The flush toilet as defined in claim 1 , wherein one of the left waste-receiving sub-surface and the right waste-receiving sub-surface of the waste-receiving surface is a first waste-receiving sub-surface defined on one of the sides which is provided with the rim spout portion, and a remaining one of the left waste-receiving sub-surface and the right waste-receiving sub-surface of the waste-receiving surface is a second waste-receiving sub-surface on the other side devoid of the rim spout portion, and wherein the second waste-receiving sub-surface is formed at a height position lower than the first waste-receiving sub-surface.

3. The flush toilet as defined in claim 2 , wherein each of the first waste-receiving sub-surface and the second waste-receiving sub-surface is joined to the recess, and wherein the first waste-receiving sub-surface and the second waste-receiving sub-surface are formed such that a curvature radius of a joining area between the second waste-receiving sub-surface and the recess becomes greater than a curvature radius of a joining area between the first waste-receiving sub-surface and the recess.

4. The flush toilet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the waste-receiving surface is formed to, along a line approximately equally distant from the rim in an intermediate region of the waste-receiving surface in its longitudinal direction, extend toward the front end of the bowl portion while gradually inclining downwardly.

5. The flush toilet as defined in claim 1 , wherein the rim spout portion comprises:
a first rim spout portion located on one of laterally opposite sides of the bowl portion, and configured to spout flush water toward the front end of the bowl portion to form a swirl flow which swirlingly flows along the inner peripheral surface of the rim; and
a second rim spout portion located on the other side of the bowl portion, and configured to spout flush water to form a swirl flow having a same flow direction as that of the swirl flow formable by the first rim spout portion.

6. The flush toilet as defined in claim 5 , wherein the first rim spout portion and the second rim spout portion are configured to allow flush water spouted from the second rim spout portion to flow into the recess from a lateral side of the bowl portion and then merge with a major stream formed by the first rim spout portion, from a transverse direction of the recess at a position on a lower side of the major stream.

7. The flush toilet as defined in claim 6 , wherein the waste-receiving surface of the bowl portion has a rear region including a rear waste-receiving sub-surface located adjacent to and on a downstream side of the second rim spout portion and formed in a shelf shape, the rear waste-receiving sub-surface being configured to, when flush water spouted from the second rim spout portion flows thereon, guide the flush water to a front region of the recess.

Assignees

• Toto Ltd

Inventors

• Kashirajima Shu
• Hirakawa Tomohiro
• Kitamura Masaki
• Shinohara Yuki
• Shimokawa Yuki

Classifications

• E03D11/08 Primary

  Bowls with means producing a flushing water swirl · CPC title

• E03D11/02 Primary

  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