Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti-siphonic toilet
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Application No.: US14207166Application Date: 2014-03-12
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Publication No.: US09752311B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Robert S. Davis , Thomas M. Spankowski , Lachlan A. Stewart, III
- Applicant: Kohler Co.
- Applicant Address: US WI Kohler
- Assignee: KOHLER CO.
- Current Assignee: KOHLER CO.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Kohler
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: E03D11/02
- IPC: E03D11/02

Abstract:
A wash-down toilet including a bowl, a passageway, and a trapway. The bowl includes a sump. The passageway includes an inlet in fluid communication with the sump, an outlet provided at a height above the inlet, and a weir. The trapway includes an inlet, an outlet, and a vent, with the inlet of the trapway being in fluid communication with the outlet of the passageway and the outlet being in fluid communication with a soil pipe. The vent is configured to introduce a supply of air into the trapway during a flush cycle to prevent siphoning.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140259350A1 ANTI-SIPHONIC TOILET Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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