Toilet assembly

Abstract

A toilet includes a toilet bowl assembly having a toilet bowl and a trapway extending from the bottom of the toilet bowl to a sewage line. The toilet bowl has a rim channel provided along an upper perimeter portion thereof. In this toilet, the flush water flows through the rim channel in a path which is asymmetric and unidirectional along the entire perimeter portion thereof. The rim channel includes a plurality of rim openings distributed evenly along the perimeter of the rim channel. Flush water passing through the plurality of rim openings pre-wets the entire perimeter of the toilet bowl. The rim channel further includes a pair of water discharge slots which directs water directly into the toilet bowl in two powerful streams. The flush valve allowing passage of water from the water tank to the toilet bowl assembly is in the form of a valve inlet having a radiused port to generate greater energy throughput of the flush water.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a toilet for the removal of human and other waste. The present invention further relates to a toilet which is resistant to clogging, increases flushing capacity, and delivers the flush water volume with greater energy.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0002] Toilets for removing waste products are well known. Typically, toilets incorporate three systems that work together to perform the flushing action. Those systems are (1) the bowl siphon, (2) the flush mechanism, and (3) the refill mechanism. Working in concert, these three systems allow for the flushing function of the toilet.[0003] Siphoning is used to transport fluid and waste from the higher elevation of the bowl to a lower elevation of the wastewater line. The flow channels in a toilet assembly are designed to begin siphoning when the water in the bowl rises above a certain level. The siphon tube itself is an upside down U-shaped tube that draws water from the toilet bowl to the wastewater line. ...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a toilet with various advantages such as avoiding clogging, having a flushing mechanism that can clean the bowl in a single flush, having a large trapway diameter, and creating a high energy jet. The toilet also includes a trapway with no reductions in cross sectional area, which prevents clogging. The toilet bowl assembly has a rim path flow path that is asymmetrical, which results in vigorous vortex action. The toilet is also designed to reduce hydraulic losses and provide a more efficient and effective flushing mechanism."

Problems solved by technology

In the past, toilet designs have attempted by various methods to comply with this reduced water requirement, but achieving superior flush performance has been difficult.

However, the hydraulic energy available is not enhanced by the typical rim wash employed in existing toilets as the water path flows in two opposite directions through the rim of the toilet thus reducing the available energy.

All of the tested designs shared some of the same problems, but in varying degrees.

First, several of the models had clogging problems.

In most of these toilets, this problem could be attributed to an undersized trapway.

Second, when there was a significant level of waste in the bowl, several of the designs were not capable of cleaning the bowl in a single flush.

Third, several of the toilets used a symmetrical sweeping flow path to deliver flow volume to the rim, which perhaps decreased the efficiency of the toilet.

Fourth, the flush-valve in several of the toilets was not capable of providing both a fast and high volume of water delivery from the tank.

Finally, many of the toilets produced a considerable amount of noise during flushing.

These tests confirmed the desirability of providing a toilet assembly which achieves a maximum trapway but does not alleviate the siphon effect.

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