PRIMED SIPHONIC FLUSH TOILET - AS IP HOLDCO LLC

Title:

PRIMED SIPHONIC FLUSH TOILET

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/078461

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

A siphonic flush toilet system and method of priming the same having a toilet bowl assembly comprising at least one jet flush valve assembly and at least one rim valve; and bowl having a rim and a jet defining at least one jet channel, the at least one jet channel having an inlet port and a jet outlet port configured for discharging fluid to a sump area, wherein the sump area is in fluid communication with a trapway. The bowl has a closed jet pathway including the jet channel and extending from the jet flush valve assembly outlet to the jet channel outlet port to maintain the jet channel in a primed state with fluid from the jet flush valve assembly so as to assist in preventing air from entering the closed jet pathway. Flush valves are also disclosed having back-flow preventer mechanisms and/or at least partly flexible valve covers for use with the toilet systems and methods herein.

Inventors:

MCHALE JAMES (US)
BUCHER CHRISTOPHE (US)
GROVER DAVID (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2013/069961

Publication Date:

July 17, 2014

Filing Date:

November 13, 2013

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

AS IP HOLDCO LLC (US)

International Classes:

E03D1/00; E03D1/14; E03D1/30

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