System and method for touchless actuation of a toilet

    公开(公告)号:US11208798B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16225853

    申请日:2018-12-19

    Applicant: KOHLER CO.

    Abstract: A trip lever assembly for a toilet includes a body and an infrared sensor. The body is configured to be mechanically coupled to a flush valve assembly of the toilet. The infrared sensor is coupled to the body, and is configured to be electrically coupled to the flush valve assembly. The body is configured to be manually actuated to control the flush valve assembly. The infrared sensor is a time-of-flight sensor configured to detect the distance of an object in a detection region of the infrared sensor to control the flush valve assembly.

    CLEAN TOILET AND ACCESSORIES
    13.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190368178A9

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-05

    申请号:US15994713

    申请日:2018-05-31

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A toilet that includes a bowl; a tank having a sidewall and a bottom defining a reservoir; a container located inside the reservoir and configured to contain a chemical compound that mixes with water to form a cleaning compound; a connector for coupling the container to the sidewall; and a flush valve. The connector has a bracket coupled to the container, a threaded protrusion that extends from the bracket into a hole in the sidewall of the tank, and a threaded fastener having a threaded body and a head, which is larger radially than the threaded body such that the head contacts an outside of the sidewall in a secured position in which the threaded body threads to the threaded protrusion. The flush valve is fluidly connected to the container to introduce the cleaning compound into the bowl through an outlet in the bottom during a cleaning cycle.

    CLEAN TOILET AND ACCESSORIES
    14.
    发明申请
    CLEAN TOILET AND ACCESSORIES 审中-公开
    清洁厕所和配件

    公开(公告)号:US20170058500A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-02

    申请号:US15245996

    申请日:2016-08-24

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A toilet that includes a bowl, a tank configured to hold water, and a flush valve within the tank. The flush valve includes a valve body fluidly connecting the tank and the bowl, a float moveable relative to the valve body to open and close the flush valve, and a guide member coupled to the valve body for guiding movement of the float, where the guide member includes a chamber that is configured to hold a cleaning compound including a chemical compound and water. The cleaning compound is configured to be dispensed into the bowl through the valve body with the flush valve open.

    Abstract translation: 一个马桶,其中包括一个碗,一个配置成保持水的箱体和一个冲洗阀。 冲洗阀包括:阀体,其流体地连接罐和碗;相对于阀体移动的浮子,用于打开和关闭冲洗阀;以及引导构件,其连接到阀体,用于引导浮子的运动, 构件包括被构造成容纳包括化合物和水的清洁化合物的室。 清洁化合物被构造成通过阀体在冲洗阀打开时分配到碗中。

    AIR DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A TOILET
    17.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230366184A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18225904

    申请日:2023-07-25

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    CPC classification number: E03D3/10

    Abstract: An air drive system for a toilet includes a compression cylinder including an air space, a fluid space, a base orifice adjoining the fluid space, and an outlet orifice adjoining the air space, and an air drive passage configured to carry pressurized air to the toilet. The flow of water increases the fluid space of the compression cylinder or increases an air pressure associated with the air space of the compression cylinder.

    AIR DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A TOILET
    18.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220074183A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17410238

    申请日:2021-08-24

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: An air drive system for a toilet includes a compression cylinder including an air space, a fluid space, a base orifice adjoining the fluid space, and an outlet orifice adjoining the air space, and an air drive passage configured to carry pressurized air to the toilet. The flow of water increases the fluid space of the compression cylinder or increases an air pressure associated with the air space of the compression cylinder.

    Line pressure-driven, tankless, siphonic toilet

    公开(公告)号:US10927537B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US15414576

    申请日:2017-01-24

    Applicant: Kohler Co.

    Abstract: A tankless toilet includes a bowl, a trapway, and a jet. The bowl includes a rim at an upper portion of the bowl and a sump at a lower portion of the bowl. The trapway extends from the sump to a drain. The jet includes a main channel configured to receive a supply of water from a supply conduit, and a plurality of distribution channels configured to introduce water received from the main channel to at least one of the sump and the trapway. The jet is configured to receive the supply of water from the supply conduit at a first flow rate and induce a flow from the supply of water into the trapway at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate to prime a siphon within the trapway. The second flow rate is greater than the first flow rate prior to priming the siphon.

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