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Class 4/410 - Button type


Subclass of Class 4 - Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Definition: Subject matter having an element mounted on and extending
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 01/31/2012


NumberTitleIssue Date
8104104Dual flush button assembly
A dual flush button assembly includes a unitary button with a full flush surface and a partial flush surface. Pressing the partial flush surface moves the button linearly to active a partial flush. Pressing the full flush surface rotates the button to activate a ful...
01/31/2012
7966676Toilet bowl flushing water tank device
The present invention provides a toilet bowl flushing water tank device which can largely open a discharge valve element instantaneously and, at the same time, can ensure a relatively large space in the vicinity of a discharge valve device thus enhancing a discharge...
06/28/2011
7263728Dual actuation button assembly
A dual actuation button assembly (10) for a dual volume flush cistern. The assembly includes dual actuation button members (14, 16) which are both adapted for movement upon actuation in a common actuation direction. A single spring (18) is adapt...
09/04/2007
7100218Lifting lever for a cistern flush valve
A lifting lever (10) for a cistern flush valve. The lever includes a first end (14) adapted for operative engagement with the cistern flush valve, a second end (18) adapted for operative engagement with a flush actuation button (24) and a...
09/05/2006
7062801Two-staged toiled tank bowl control system
A two stage toilet tank bowl control system includes a tank ball selectively positioned on the valve seat in the water tank. The tank ball is linked to a lifting lever so as to raise the tank ball from the seat when the lifting lever is rotated in its flushing direc...
06/20/2006
7028347Digital 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
6785913Flushing mechanism for a dual flush cistern
A flushing mechanism for a dual flush cistern system comprises a float assembly (1) comprising a hollow valve stemn (2) carrying a sealing valve (3) for sealing the outlet opening of the cistern at or towards one end and being open at each end t...
09/07/2004
6691332Dual volume discharge outlet valve apparatus
A dual volume discharge apparatus for selectively discharging a full flush or a half flush of liquid from a reservoir, said discharge apparatus including: actuator means (1) selectively moveable from a closed position to either a full flush position or a ...
02/17/2004
6647559Flushing unit for a toilet
The present invention relates to a flushing unit for a toilet which allows water in a flushing tank to be discharged rapidly by means of the change of water pressure and working of a piston, so that only a small quantity of water is required to wash out t...
11/18/2003
6640351Toilet flushing apparatus
In combination, a cistern and flushing apparatus, the cistern having an outlet (7), and the apparatus comprising a valve (3, 5) for closing the outlet, the valve having a seat (5) and a sealing member (3) movable onto and off the seat, an actuating float ...
11/04/2003
6637041Toilet tank discharge device
The present invention is a toilet tank discharge device, which includes a single deposit with two perfectly dosed and measured water lots, which depend on the specific use, in order to first give a determined quantity and subsequently, only in those cases...
10/28/2003
6604249Advanced dual-flush valve
A flush valve is adapted to be mounted in the tank of a toilet and includes a selector assembly and a flush valve. The selector assembly is accessible from outside the toilet and provides for initiation of the flushing operation and an alternative choice ...
08/12/2003
6442772Advanced dual-flush valve
A flush valve is adapted to be mounted in the tank of a toilet and includes a selector assembly and a flush valve. The selector assembly is accessible from outside the toilet and provides for initiation of the flushing operation and an alternative choice ...
09/03/2002
6163897Self-adjusting control device for flushing system mechanism
A self-adjusting control device for a flushing system mechanism borne by a stirrup and provided with pivoting arms actuated by fingers borne by pull-handles for flushing the water, the water flush control being provided via rods acting on the head of the ...
12/26/2000
5933879Dual flush cistern button arrangement
Operating buttons (2, 3; 102, 103; and 202, 203) for a dual flush cistern or flush tank include different operating surface area of each button presented to the user and provide an indication as to which button provides the reduced flush and which button ...
08/10/1999
5933878Tank device for flushing toilet bowl
A tank device for flushing a toilet bowl includes a tank body in which flushing water is stored and in which a discharge opening is provided at the bottom. A discharge valve body is linked to the discharge opening at the bottom of the tank body. The disch...
08/10/1999
5603128Dual-flush control apparatus
A multiple volume flush control apparatus for controlling a flush valve in a bottom of a flush tank, comprises a flush valve having a ventable buoyancy air chamber, a vent control assembly having a venting chamber communicating with the air chamber, a fir...
02/18/1997
5502846Flush tank mechanism
The present invention discloses an operating mechanism for a cistern (1) or flush tank which is able to be used for a wide variety of cisterns, irrespective of their volume to depth profile. The preferred mechanism takes the form of a generally cup-shaped...
04/02/1996
5491848Two-stage flush device for a toilet tank
A two-stage flush device for a toilet tank, comprising a cylindrical bolt having a center hole and fixed in a hole of a side wall of a toilet tank and partly exposing out of the side wall, a rotatable button having a shaft portion fitting in the center ho...
02/20/1996
5291620Push button toilet flush mechanism
A device for regulating the discharge of water from a storage tank associated with a toilet bowl for flushing of the toilet bowl, with the operation of the device being through slight pressure on a push button on a rod extending through a front or end wal...
03/08/1994
5265282Actuating device on the drain valve of a flush tank
The actuating device has a vertically displaceable trigger (9) which is mounted on a hood-shaped housing part (6a) of the drain valve (3). A lever (2), whose horizontal axis of rotation (5) is mounted on a float housing (6b), is pivoted with the trigger (...
11/30/1993
5265283Flushing mechanism having a submersible float controlled by a push button
Flushing mechanism for providing both complete release of water from a tank, as well as partial removal of the water. The flushing mechanism is provided with an external tubular envelope, an evacuation orifice, an axially displaceable member, a lifting me...
11/30/1993
4947491Pump
A pump comprising a flexible member defining at least part of a variable volume pumping chamber, an inlet valve to permit of liquid to enter the chamber thereby and an outlet valve to permit of liquid to leave the chamber thereby, and an operating member ...
08/14/1990
4750221Linkage tiltable around a plurality of axes by a single push rod
A push button linkage in which a lever is tiltably actuable around a plurality of selectible axes as the consequence of an axial push on a single push rod. It finds its principal application as an actuator for a flush valve in a tank type commode or urina...
06/14/1988
4733416Push-button operating mechanism for a water closet
Disclosed is a push button apparatus for operating a flush valve or the like of a water closet, comprising button actuator means including a button and housing, said housing having a shank for passing through an opening in a water closet tank wall, the bu...
03/29/1988
4586692Flushometer valve integrable with a structure
A flushometer valve integrable with a structure to which it is mounted....
05/06/1986
4571753Toilet-tank discharge valve
The valve piece of a toilet-tank discharge valve is moved into its open position by the release activation of an associated activating mechanism. It usually remains in this position until the flushing process is complete and the drops back into the closed...
02/25/1986
4566140Selective flush cistern
A sanitary pan flush cistern which includes structure to permit full-flush or partial flush as required. The cistern is a conventional lidded container housing usual outlet valve on a valve-rod, a press-button in the lid to open the valve and a float-cont...
01/28/1986
4557000Toilet-tank discharge valve
A toilet-tank discharge valve has a main-valve body that can be lifted off of its face, by release-activating an auxiliary valve with an activating mechanism, as a consequence of negative water balance in an associated discharge compartment. A supplementa...
12/10/1985
4527296Selective-flush cistern
A sanitary pan flush cistern which includes structure to permit full-flush or partial flush as required. The cistern is a conventional lidded container housing usual outlet valve on a valve-rod, a press-button in the lid to open the valve and a float-cont...
07/09/1985
4433445Dual flush toilet mechanism
A half-flush mechanism for a commode. The half-flush mechansim allows user control of the amount of water used in flushing the commode. Activation of the mechanism entails pushing of a button located in an otherwise conventional flush handle. The mechanis...
02/28/1984
4371992Water feeder conservation tank
A water tank located above a conventional toilet tank so as to flow water downward into the toilet tank; the water tank including a drain pipe downward into the toilet tank, a hinged cover on top, and a mechanism to flow the water outward therefrom into t...
02/08/1983
4304014Variable volume flushing cistern
This invention relates to a variable volume flushing cistern and in particular it relates to a cistern of the type in which a selection can be made of the amount of water discharged during a flush....
12/08/1981
4219895Variable volume flushing cistern
A variable volume flushing cistern comprising a body with a division wall across it to form two compartments, the first containing a float and water inlet valve and communicating with a flushing valve on the base of the cistern, a second communicating thr...
09/02/1980
4185337Portable toilet with improved flush apparatus
A portable sanitation unit is disclosed of the type having two vertically stacked sections, the lower section being a holding tank and the upper section including a toilet bowl, a water tank for storage of water for flush purposes, and an improved pump ap...
01/29/1980
4141092Dual-flush, tank-actuating device
A dual-actuating flush device for selectively allowing a partial or a full quantity of water to be discharged from the toilet-water tank into the associated toilet bowl; wherein the tank includes independent partial and full flush valve mechanisms to prov...
02/27/1979
3968525Actuating means for water closet flush tank
A water closet flush valve actuator which constitutes a part of the cover for the flush tank and which blends into the surface contour of the cover so that in non-operative position the actuator appears as an integral part of the cover....
07/13/1976
 
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