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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8095997 | Modular cartridge based liquid dispenser system for toilets and bidets A modular cartridge based liquid dispensing system for automatically dispensing a metered amount of liquid(s) into a toilet water tank and/or bowl. This unique programmable system mounts onto a standard water tank, and is shaped to match the tank so that it blends w... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8037551 | Programmable automatic flushometer Methods for communicating with an automatic flush valve device. The automatic flush device having a variety of operational modes which can be selected from to control the operation of the device. The communication from the automatic flush device providing a user wit... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7921480 | Passive sensors and control algorithms for faucets and bathroom flushers An optical system includes one or several passive optical detectors sensitive to ambient (room) light for controlling, for example, the operation of automatic faucets or automatic bathroom flushers. The passive optical sensors provide signals to flow controllers, in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7797769 | Sanitary, user activated, water saving, motion sensing flushing method and device A flushing system with a sensing module, having at least one sensor and a controller circuit having a sensor detection and trigger sub-circuit operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, and a flushing mechanism operatively coupled to the motion sensing module. | 09/21/2010 |
| 7437778 | Automatic bathroom flushers An automatic bathroom flusher includes a body having an inlet in communication with a supply line and an outlet in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outlet upon sealing action of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7325781 | Automatic bathroom flushers with modular design A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320146 | Sensor plate for electronic flushometer An manual activation mechanism for an electronic flushometer system. A manual activation or override plate has a sensor switch directly coupled thereto and is hingedly connected to a sensor bracket. When a user presses the manual activation or override plate, the se... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7225478 | Electronic toilet and flushing system A functional electronic toilet and flushing system capable of controlling the amount of flushing water according to the sensed occupancy time compared with predefined normal time durations for urination and bowel movement, in order to use an optimum amount of flushi... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188485 | Device for conditioning air by means of spraying at least one liquid product A device is provided for conditioning air by controllably delivering liquid products in a room, a mall, a hospital, a factory, a cinema, an office, a theatre or any similar building, facility. The device includes at least a motor driven electromechanical liquid spra... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188822 | Enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the ou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7156363 | Bathroom flushers with novel sensors and controllers A bathroom flusher (10) includes a body having an inlet (12) in communication with a supply line and an outlet (16) in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outl... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140050 | Automatic flushing actuator for tank style toilet An automatic flushing actuator that mounts to an overflow pipe in a tank style toilet includes a proximity sensor, a housing enclosing a motor mount and gear assembly, and a rotatably mounted lever on top of the housing. A clamp is adapted to be affixed to the side ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7127749 | Infrared sensor flushing control method and plumbing fixture flushing system An infrared sensor flushing control method and the plumbing fixture flushing system. The realization of flushing with two different jets is achieved by using the infrared sensor and MCU to control the electromagnetic-controlled valves. The MCU preinstalled with thre... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7069941 | Electronic faucets for long-term operation An electronic faucet (10) mounted on a countertop (12) includes a housing, at least one fluid inlet line (24a, 24b) extending into the housing, a fluid outlet (46) from the housing, a solenoid (142, 143) for op... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063103 | System for converting manually-operated flush valves Disclosed is a method and system for converting or retrofitting manually-operated flush valves. A conversion system for converting an installed manually-operated flush valve includes a power module, a control module, and a driver module mechanically coupled to a man... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7047574 | System and method for automatically varying a volume of a liquid held by a toilet receptacle A toilet system comprises a liquid receptacle and a control element. The control element configured to automatically control an amount of liquid input to the liquid receptacle for each of a plurality of flushes of the liquid receptacle such that an amount of the liq... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7032256 | Tank toilet with autoflusher An arrangement for flushing a toilet of the type that comprises a toilet bowl and a toilet tank. In one embodiment, the arrangement comprises a handle assembly comprising a manually actuatable handle that provides a flush signal to the flush valve flapper lifting as... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028347 | Digital electronic volume/flow control sensor toilet A digital electronic volume/flow control sensor toilet includes a bowl, a water storage tank interconnected with the bowl, and a digital electronic volume/flow control sensor flushing mechanism. The flushing mechanism has components including a volume sensor, a shut... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000627 | Toilet safety valve An apparatus and method for ensuring that the flow of water to a toilet tank is shut off. The first preferred embodiment of the invention combines a conventional float mechanism to shut off the flow of water to a toilet tank when full, with a timer mechanism to shut... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6948697 | Apparatus and method for controlling fluid flow An actuator base, bobbin, and pole piece form a pocket for an armature that a flexible membrane encloses to form an armature chamber filled with an incompressible fluid. The membrane protects the armature from exposure to corrosive fluids flowing in a conduit. Condu... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948194 | Stool flushing device An object of the present invention is to provide a toilet cleaning device which is capable of cleaning a toilet stool by supplying cleaning water in an appropriate quantity corresponding to the state of usage by a user, which is provided with a self-diagnosis functi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938280 | Lavatory with sensor A lavatory (1), in particular a toilet or urinal, with sensor-controlled flushing is proposed, which eliminates the need to exchange a battery, or at least ensures a considerably longer service life. This object is achieved by providing a solar cell (22, 2... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6934976 | Toilet flusher with novel valves and controls A tank-type flusher includes an intake valve, i.e., a fill valve, a diaphragm-operated flush valve, and a pressure control mechanism. The intake valve is connected to an external water source and is constructed to close water flow to a water storage tank at about a ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6880180 | Sanitary washing toilet seat device A sanitary washing toilet device which includes a toilet seat, a toilet seat cover, and a case fixed to a rear top periphery portion of a toilet bowl. The case rotatably connected with the toilet seat and the toilet seat cover. The sanitary washing toilet device fur... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877170 | Toilet control system A toilet water measuring and flow control system, including leak and overflow detection and prevention elements. The system has inlet and outlet flow sensors operably connected to inlet and outlet control valves and to water level sensors to measure and control wate... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6691979 | Adaptive object-sensing system for automatic flusher An automatic flusher employs an infrared-light-type object sensor to provide an output on the basis of which a control circuit decides whether to flush a toilet. After each pulse of transmitted radiation, the control circuit pushes a new entry onto stack ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6618864 | Automatic flushing and seat raising arrangements for toilets Automatic flushing, lid raising and seat raising arrangements for toilets include a tank top having optical sensors integral therewith so that standard flush tanks and tops may be used with only the tops being slightly altered to accommodate the optical s... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6560790 | Flush control A high flow valve assembly and a low flow valve assembly are in parallel flow relation between an inlet and an outlet of a flush controller. The valve assemblies are opened by solenoid operated pilot valves under the control of a microprocessor based flus... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6336233 | Plumbing control system and method for prisons and push button therefor A controlled plumbing fixture includes a plumbing fixture having an electromechanical valve for regulating the flow of water. A control assembly is operably associated with the valve for controlling operation thereof. A self-calibrating push button is ope... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6263519 | Automatic tank-type flusher Pressure from the input water line (26) holds a toilet's flush-valve member (12) in its seat so as to prevent water in the toilet tank (16) from flowing through flush ports (18) and a flush conduit (22) into the toilet bowl or urinal. To release water thr... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6226807 | System and method for a reduced water consumption vacuum toilet A system and method for reducing water consumption in a vacuum toilet on an aircraft. The system and method includes a weight sensing device that is mounted to an aircraft toilet and is responsive to weight applied to the bowl of the toilet. The weight se... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6219857 | Sensor device for use with a flush valve A sensor device includes a mounting frame having open front and rear ends, and right and left inner side walls opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction and extending between the front and rear ends so as to define a passage. The mounting frame i... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6202227 | Automatic toilet flushing system An automatic toilet flushing system for use with toilets in either commercial or private dwellings and which comprises a replaceable water tank top or tank lid carrying the major components of the automatic toilet flushing system. In this case, the toilet... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6161814 | Infrared detector with beam path adjustment An electrical control system for operating a toilet flushing device includes an electric operator, a source of power for the operator and a detection system for detecting the presence of a user of a toilet device and upon detection thereof connecting the ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6067673 | Bathroom fixture using radar detector having leaky transmission line to control fluid flow Methods and devices for controlling the flow of fluid in fixtures, such as bathroom, restroom, or kitchen fixtures, using a radar detector with a leaky transmission line and fixtures using such methods and devices are provided. A bathroom fixture, in acco... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5956779 | Hydraulic drive urinal flushing system A hydraulic drive urinal flushing system includes a hydraulic cylinder having a piston reciprocated therein and a piston rod upwardly extended from the piston, a weight sensor mounted on the piston rod outside the hydraulic cylinder, and a valve connected... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5950983 | Infrared detector with beam path adjustment An electrical control system for operating a toilet flushing device includes an electric operator, a source of power for the operator and a detection system for detecting the presence of a user of a toilet device and upon detection thereof connecting the ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5901384 | Toilet assembly having automatic flushing system A toilet assembly having an automatic flushing system comprising a toilet bowl having a toilet cover, the toilet cover containing a window disposed therein, a water holding tank operatively associated with the toilet bowl, the holding tank containing stru... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5855027 | Automatic bathroom door and toilet flushing system A new automatic bathroom door and toilet flushing system for automatically raising the door and flushing the toilet when a user is finished. The system includes a housing secured to a ceiling between a pair of walls. The housing has an opening in a lower ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5802627 | Fluid operated tilting bowl toilet A toilet including a frame defining a chamber, a toilet bowl disposed within the chamber between an upper and a lower chamber region, and a tilting bowl in the lower chamber region of the frame. The toilet bowl has a lower discharge opening in communicati... | 09/08/1998 |
