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Flush toilet

Patent 6986172 Issued on January 17, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject March 27, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

1111746

1142092

1998861

3843978

Flush toilet Patent #: 6145138
Issued on: 11/14/2000
Inventor: Nakamura, et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 10239696 filed on 03/27/2001

US Classes:

4/425, Siphonic jet at trap4/421Siphon discharge

Examiners

Primary: Huson, Gregory L.
Assistant: Le, Huyen

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 3-90757 JP 04/01/1991
  • 5-230861 JP 09/01/1993
  • 6-299587 JP 10/01/1994
  • WO-98/16696 WO 04/01/1998

International Class

E03D 11/08

Abstract

A flush toilet comprises a toilet body having a bowl for storing wash water as water seal, first means for supplying the toilet body with pressurized wash water and second means for discharging the wash water substantially horizontally along the upper peripheral portion of the inner surface of the bowl to swirl it along the inner surface of the bowl.

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