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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120066826 | Gravity drained, waste management mechanizm My invention for replacing the flush toilet and water closet, utilizes a slipjoint water trap that is a distinct and separate moving part of the toilet bowl. First the pathway of the trap is re-configured as in drawing #3. Then the slipjoint water trap is connect... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20110113543 | Plumbing Fixture with Flush Valve Actuator and Methods of Calibrating Same Plumbing fixtures with a valve actuator for automatically controlling pivoting of a flush valve, and methods of calibrating movement of the flush valve, are disclosed. The motor of the valve actuator may be positioned between the bowl of the fixture and a leg of a trapw... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110113542 | TOILET FLUSHING ASSEMBLY AND SEQUENCE A toilet has an electronic flush assembly operable in either a short or long flush sequence selectable by a user. The long flush sequence includes a pre-rinse cycle and a rinse cycle in which the a supply valve and a flush valve are both opened and closed twice, once ea... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110094024 | SEALING MEMBER FOR A FLUSH TOILET A flush toilet includes a base and a bowl assembly defining a bowl. The bowl assembly is mounted to the base and defines a discharge opening at a lower end of the bowl. A waste ball valve assembly is mounted to the flush toilet for selectively opening and closing the di... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20100319117 | TOILET FLUSHING WITHOUT USING A TOILET TANK A toilet bowl system comprising an electric spigot, an electric valve, and a control unit for controlling said electric spigot and said electric valve, and for operatively synchronizing said electric spigot with said electric valve.... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100287692 | WATER CONSERVING TOILET Disclosed is a toilet (1) comprising a toilet bowl (2), a passage which extends from the base of the toilet bowl to a drain outlet (30), and a gate (100), the gate having an open position which allows water within the toilet bowl to flow out ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100229295 | DRAIN HOSE AND TOILET SYSTEM USING THE SAME A water control tubular portion is fixed to the forward end of a discharge hose body. The water control tubular portion is a tubular body or an inverted funnel-like (trumpet-like) tubular body and has water control sections inside it. The water control sections are arra... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20080244819 | SELF-PLUNGING TOILET AND METHOD OF CLEARING A TOILET The present toilet relates to devices for removing clogs from drains and hand operated toilet plungers. More particularly the present invention concerns a toilet which when clogged can clear the clog automatically. With one push of a valve or turning a valve, clogs are ... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080072372 | Toilet bowl discharge valve assembly Disclosed are trap valve assemblies for controlling flow from a toilet bowl to a trap way. In one form there is a cartridge unit positionable immediately below a toilet bowl discharge outlet. It has a pivotable gate in a form of a spherical segment. The gate has an ecce... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20070130678 | Urine-feces separation unit and lavatory bowl A lavatory bowl that can separate urine and feces and improve sealing performance of the feces container, and is applicable to the urinary use appropriately. The lavatory bowl (1) has a urine container (20) and a feces container (30). It is characte... | 06/14/2007 |
| 20060075546 | Electro-mechanical flush mechanism A toilet for a recreational vehicle, boat or the like is provided, which includes an electro-mechanical flush mechanism. The flush mechanism includes an actuating mechanism for activating either a flush cycle or an add water cycle. The flush mechanism further includes a... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20050155143 | Water-saving flush toilet This present invention relates to a water-saving flush toilet, comprising a bowl having a seat and a sewage discharge port, a siphon pipe is omitted at the rear of a sewage discharge pipe of the bowl. A discharge seal valve is arranged at the sewage discharge port, the ... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050015872 | Toilet and method of operation A toilet and toilet system suitable for a boat, recreational vehicle, bus or the like is operated via a microprocessor controller to effect a convenient and efficient operation. The toilet includes a base assembly having an electrically-operated flush valve that opens a... | 01/27/2005 |
