Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Siphon activated valve
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Application No.: US15557737Application Date: 2016-03-14
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Publication No.: US10774512B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Tuan Le
- Applicant: FLUIDMASTER, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Juan Capistrano
- Assignee: FLUIDMASTER, INC.
- Current Assignee: FLUIDMASTER, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Juan Capistrano
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/022352 WO 20160314
- International Announcement: WO2016/145442 WO 20160915
- Main IPC: E03D1/32
- IPC: E03D1/32 ; F16K31/126 ; E03D3/06 ; E03D5/02 ; B67D7/48 ; F16K31/365 ; F16K21/20 ; F16K1/12 ; F16K11/085 ; E03D1/30 ; E03D5/094 ; F16K7/12 ; E03D1/20 ; E03C1/02

Abstract:
A fill valve system with a float nested in a container connected to the fill valve and a siphon device passing water out of the container into the toilet tank, with the siphon device having an air vent dimensioned such that: (i) tank refilling is delayed until after the flush valve closes; (ii) the fill valve is not turned on by small leaks in the tank; and (iii) the fill valve turns off when it encounters large leaks in the tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180066421A1 SIPHON ACTIVATED VALVE Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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