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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7975324 | Pressurized dual flush system A dual flush volume pressurized flush device. A pressurized tank includes a tray for controllably retaining water during a flush event. The tray retains a certain volume of water when a reduced flush is activated, such that the entire volume of the tank is not flush... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7921481 | Toilet bowl flush device A toilet bowl flush device where the quantity of water to be discharged can be accurately quantified is provided where a cistern can be reduced in size. The toilet bowl flush device for discharging flush water in a cistern has a water discharge pipe for toilet bowl ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7360259 | Toilet system A toilet system includes a bowl having an inner space partitioned by a divider into a front and a rear guide way, which are connected to a front and a rear waste pipe, respectively, and the divider defining a front and a rear slope; a vacuum sucker connected at an u... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7219375 | Toilet flushing arrangement A flushing arrangement (30) including an opened topped housing (32) surrounding the flush valve (12). An opening (40) is provided in a lower part of the housing (32) with a selectively openable gate (44). The arrangement ( | 05/22/2007 |
| 7200877 | Dual flush water saving toilet system A dual flush toilet system (120) with a water tank (122), a discharge opening (159), a flush valve (156), and a toilet bowl, is provided with a dual action flush lever (130) for actuating a full or a partial flush operation, an eng... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6775859 | Dual flush toilet A dual flush toilet includes a handle pivotally mounted to a tank. A water outlet fluidly coupled to the tank has an upper edge defining a primary opening. An overflow tube is fluidly coupled to the water outlet. The overflow tube has a break therein such that a fir... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6704945 | Dual inlet flush valve system for gravity operated toilets A flush valve system is constructed of a single housing having at least two inlets fluidly connecting a single outlet. Preferably, the system includes a flush handle assembly having at least two handles mechanically connected to and at least two linkages. Both linka... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6675397 | Reduces the amount of water flow in toilets An apparatus for use within toilet tanks is disclosed. The apparatus would be a modified flush system in which a user would be allowed to flush one of two different flush levers attached to the toilet after use. Each of the flush levers would allow a diff... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6658673 | Toilet valve assembly A modular outflow valve assembly for a toilet tank is disclosed. The modular outflow valve assembly includes a lower outflow tube section configured to be mounted to a toilet tank to pass water out of the toilet tank, wherein the lower outflow tube sectio... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6651263 | Toilet tank having a two-stage flushing device A toilet tank having a two-stage flushing device includes a housing, a first water outlet tube, a second water outlet tube, a first water relief valve, a second water relief valve, and a control unit. Thus, the toilet tank can provide a two-stage flushing... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6574803 | Dual volume toilet tank A system is for flushing material, including a tank for containing flushing fluid, and a tube for transporting flushing fluid from the tank, wherein the tube is located in the tank and includes a first opening located at a low volume level and a second op... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6571400 | Toilet bowl water flow adjustment system A toilet bowl water flow adjustment system for controlling the water volume utilized to flush an existing toilet. The toilet bowl water flow adjustment system includes a divider structure for separating a reservoir into a main portion and an auxiliary por... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6510563 | Flush valve adapter for converting a single flush valve system to a dual flush valve system An adapter for attachment to an existing single flush valve system to convert the single valve system to a dual flush valve system comprises a pair of tubular sections vertically offset from one another and connected by a hollow, enclosed channel. The upp... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6484327 | Toilet valve assembly A dual flush-volume outflow valve assembly for a toilet tank is provided. The outflow valve assembly comprises a base having an opening configured to pass water out of the toilet tank, a lower outflow tube section extending upwardly from the base, and an ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6332229 | Automated flap and cup cleaner water-saving toilet A gravity drop-toilet uses main water via electronically programmed valves to rinse separate areas of a bowl (71) in sequence via appropriately located and pointing jet orifices (136, 138,140) with about 70% less water than siphon toilets. Electronically ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6282731 | Multiple variable flush water storage tank toilet A multiple variable flush storage tank toilet has been developed as preferred state-of-the-art to improve the means of reducing the amount of water used in a water flush type toilet. The improved mechanism within the toilet storage tank relies on a partit... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6178567 | Multi-flush system and method The flush system for a toilet provides a discharge pipe upstanding within a flush tank of the toilet. The pipe has a bottom with a bottom opening through which water from the flush tank travels to the toilet bowl of the toilet. The bottom is connected to ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6173456 | Double-cistern water-conserving sanitary water tank A double-cistern water conservation sanitary water tank comprises two tanks: an external oval tank (9) for evacuating solid waste and an internal round tank (8) for flushing liquid waste mounted within and at a level above a bottom wall of the external ov... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6041452 | Water-saving toilet A toilet water tank is provided with a water discharging seat which is in turn provided in the top thereof with an upright tube, a high water discharging port and a low water discharging port. The high and the low water discharging ports are movably cover... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5903931 | Toilet with dual volume flush A double flush toilet assembly is provided including a toilet water basin defining an interior space and an open top. A bottom face of the basin has an exit for communicating with a toilet bowl. A dual flush tube has a first open end at a first elevation ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5887292 | Dual flush toilet system A flush control system, for releasing different amounts of water from the holding tank of a toilet into a discharge pipe, includes an auxiliary tank mounted in the toilet holding tank. The auxiliary tank has a volume which is less than the volume of the h... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5881399 | Dual flush assembly for water closets A dual flush mechanism equipped with a two independent flush valves which are each separately controlled by a separate spring loaded button. The flush valves are at different heights in the toilet tank such that actuation of the upper flush valve, by pres... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5873136 | Pop-up bowl valve for toilet with two flush modalities A two flush modality toilet composed of a bowl, a tank connected with the bowl wherein the tank is connected to a water supply, a conventional flush modality for flushing solid waste from the bowl, and a urinal flush modality for flushing liquid only wast... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5761749 | Structure of toilet bowl A toilet structure having lower and upper water tanks, the latter being fixed on the former, a lower outlet on the bottom of the lower water tank for supplying water from the lower tank to a whirling water feed outlet in an associated nightstool, and an u... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5754986 | Water-saving device of water tank for flush toilet A water-saving flush mechanism installed in the water tank of a flush toilet. In addition to providing an inlet control structure with an inlet pipe and a water level float ball, an outlet pipe is provided on an outlet seat. The outlet pipe is in communic... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5740561 | Water-saving structure of toilet bowl water tank A water-saving structure of toilet bowl water tank is disclosed. The toilet bowl water tank is disposed with a float ball valve for controlling the incoming of the water and a flush handle for controlling a water-outgoing valve. This handle is disposed wi... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5685026 | Structure of toilet bowl A toilet structure having lower and upper water tanks, the latter being fixed on the former, a lower outlet on the bottom of the lower water tank for supplying water from the lower tank to a whirling water feed outlet in an associated nightstool, an upper... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5678252 | Dual manifold flushing assembly In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an environmentally conscious manifold system for a flush tank that conserves water. The system has a flush tank, a box, a first manifold flushing assembly, a second manifold flushing assembly, ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5647067 | Apparatus for selectively flushing a toilet with either a full or partial tank of water The apparatus includes control mechanisms which are rotatably secured to the front of the toilet tank for operation and control by a user. The control mechanisms include a first short flush handle adapted for rotation about a horizontal axis and a second ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5469585 | Flushing device of toilet A toilet flushing device comprises a water tank provided therein with an inlet tube, a float arm, an overflow tube, a first outlet tube, and a second outlet tube which is shorter than the first outlet tube. The first and the second outlet tubes are provid... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5450634 | Incremental dual storage water flush toilet An incremental dual stage water-flush toilet has been developed to serve as a means of reducing to an absolute minimum the amount of water used in a water-flush type toilet. The toilet is comprised of a trapless toilet bowl with spring-loaded air valves o... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5381561 | Biflush valve system for conserving water especially for tank-type toilets A flush system for use in a toilet has a hollow body with an upper valve port and a lower valve port on which are seated an upper valve and a lower valve. The respective valves are attached to a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod. The connec... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5333332 | Dual flush system A selective volume flush apparatus (10) for use in a cistern contains two valves, a first valve (12) with an outlet opening into the discharge outlet of the cistern and an open end configured to sealingly engage a first valve seal (18). The valve seal (18... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5261129 | Dual volume flushing system for a flush tank A dual volume flushing system for flush tank comprises two flapper valves located adjacent to one another. An abutting tongue is provided between the two valves for preventing the lower valve to interfere with the action of the upper valve. A flush handle... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5175893 | Dual flush valve assembly An improved dual flush valve assembly adapted for connection with a toilet tank provides a partial or full flush of water. The assembly comprises two actuating lever arms and three chains depending from the levers for connection with two flap valves. The ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5121510 | Double valve water discharge unit for water casings or tanks A water optimizing system comprising a single or double water flush assembly and an activation mechanism for maximum and minimum water flush. The flush assembly of the system includes a threaded discharge pipe capable of being raised and lowered selective... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5111537 | Toilet apparatus A toilet apparatus for use in conserving water is provided. The toilet apparatus includes a toilet tank for water, a conventional fluid supply valve, a low volume discharge valve, and a high volume discharge valve. A first embodiment has a housing having ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5067180 | Method and apparatus for conserving water used in the disposal of human body waste A method and apparatus for reducing water consumption in a toilet or other apparatus for human body waste disposal. Water contained in a primary water tank (10) and a secondary water tank (15) is selectively discharged into waste container (5) by means of... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5042096 | Water-saving toilet flusher A toilet tank 13 is provided with a bottom flapper 5 in valved relationship to a tank outlet 6 attached at an angle from an overflow pipe 8 or directly above the tank outlet 6 at the bottom of the tank 13 and a top flapper 9 in valved relationship to the ... | 08/27/1991 |
