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公开(公告)号：US20240084571A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-14
申请号：US18508856
申请日：2023-11-14
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： William C. Kuru , William Kalk
IPC: E03D11/02
CPC classification number: E03D11/02
Abstract: A toilet includes a bowl, a trapway, and a passage. The trapway is fluidly connected to the bowl at a trapway inlet and extends downstream from the bowl. The trapway includes an up-leg and a down-leg extending downstream from the up-leg. The passage is fluidly connected to the trapway downstream from the trapway inlet. The passage is configured to allow ambient air from outside the toilet to pass therethrough toward the trapway.
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公开(公告)号：US11851864B2
公开(公告)日：2023-12-26
申请号：US18084278
申请日：2022-12-19
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： William C. Kuru , William Kalk
IPC: E03D11/02
CPC classification number: E03D11/02
Abstract: A toilet includes a bowl, a trapway, and a passage. The trapway is fluidly connected to the bowl at a trapway inlet and extends downstream from the bowl. The trapway includes an up-leg and a down-leg extending downstream from the up-leg. The passage is fluidly connected to the trapway downstream from the trapway inlet. The passage is configured to allow ambient air from outside the toilet to pass therethrough toward the trapway.
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公开(公告)号：US20220356688A1
公开(公告)日：2022-11-10
申请号：US17874724
申请日：2022-07-27
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： William C. Kuru , William Kalk
IPC: E03D3/02 , F16K31/524
Abstract: A tank assembly for a pressure-assist toilet includes a flush assembly having an outer chamber and an inner chamber disposed in the outer chamber. The flush assembly further includes a flush valve disposed in the inner chamber, and a pilot valve disposed in the inner chamber and extending through the flush valve. The tank assembly further includes an actuator engaging the pilot valve and configured to hold the pilot valve at each of a first height, a second height offset a first distance from the first height, and a third height offset a second distance from the first height greater than a first distance.
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公开(公告)号：US20220025628A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-27
申请号：US17497300
申请日：2021-10-08
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： Clayton C. Garrels , William C. Kuru , Randy S. Graskamp
Abstract: A method of flushing a toilet that includes opening a first valve to introduce a first supply of grey water into a passage to prime a siphon; opening a second valve to introduce a second supply of water into a bowl from a tank, the bowl having an outlet that is in fluid communication with an inlet of the passage; closing the first valve to shut off the first supply of water; evacuating the contents of the bowl through an outlet of the passage by way of the siphon generated by the introduction of the first supply of water and the introduction of the second supply of water; and closing the second valve to shut off the second supply of water.
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公开(公告)号：US20200232200A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-23
申请号：US16743096
申请日：2020-01-15
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： Clayton C. Garrels , William Kalk , William C. Kuru
Abstract: An electro-chlorinating device includes a housing and a pair of electrodes. The housing comprises a reservoir; an inlet port fluidly coupled to the reservoir; and a discharge device fluidly coupled to the reservoir. The discharge device is configured to be fluidly coupled to a plumbing product. The discharge device is configured to release a fluid from the reservoir into the plumbing product in response to a movement of water through the plumbing product. The pair of electrodes is coupled to the housing such that at least a portion of each electrode of the pair of electrodes is disposed within the reservoir.
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公开(公告)号：US20200157793A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-21
申请号：US16674937
申请日：2019-11-05
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： William C. Kuru , William Kalk
IPC: E03D11/02
Abstract: A toilet includes a bowl, a trapway, and a passage. The trapway is fluidly connected to the bowl at a trapway inlet and extends downstream from the bowl. The trapway includes an up-leg and a down-leg extending downstream from the up-leg. The passage is fluidly connected to the trapway downstream from the trapway inlet. The passage is configured to allow ambient air from outside the toilet to pass therethrough toward the trapway.
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公开(公告)号：US10655313B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-19
申请号：US14019487
申请日：2013-09-05
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： Clayton C. Garrels , William C. Kuru , Randy S. Graskamp
Abstract: A toilet comprising a tank configured to hold a first supply of water therein; a bowl having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet is in fluid communication with the tank, such that the bowl is configured to receive the first supply of water; and a passage having a first end, a second end, and an inlet opening provided between the first end and the second end, wherein the first end is in fluid communication with the outlet of the bowl, wherein the second end is configured to be in fluid communication with a drain pipe, and wherein the passage is configured to receive a second supply of water through the inlet opening during a flush cycle.
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公开(公告)号：US10233627B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-19
申请号：US16047351
申请日：2018-07-27
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： Michael J. Luettgen , William C. Kuru , Sudip Mukerji , Douglas E. Bogard , Peter W. Swart , Clayton C. Garrels , John F. Emmerling , Kari L. Jaeckels , Michael D. Lindsay
Abstract: A toilet includes a bowl and a vertically-elongated jet hole disposed within a portion of the bowl, near a top of the bowl between a rear of the bowl and a side of the bowl. The vertically-elongated jet hole is configured to direct flush water around an inner surface of the bowl to wash the inner surface of the bowl. The bowl does not include a rim that overhangs any portion of the bowl above the vertically-elongated jet hole.
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公开(公告)号：US20250019953A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-16
申请号：US18761212
申请日：2024-07-01
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： William C. Kuru , Clayton C. Garrels
Abstract: A cover system for a toilet tank including a receptable and a lid. The receptacle is configured to receive a cartridge. The lid configured to cover a rim portion of the receptacle. The receptacle is fluidly connected to the toilet tank and a toilet bowl. A flush valve is configured to initiate an operational cycle including dispensing water into the toilet bowl from the receptacle and dispensing water into the receptacle from the toilet tank. The receptacle is integrally formed with a cover for the toilet tank.
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公开(公告)号：US20240247473A1
公开(公告)日：2024-07-25
申请号：US18581143
申请日：2024-02-19
Applicant: Kohler Co.
Inventor： William C. Kuru , William Kalk
IPC: E03D3/02 , F16K31/524
CPC classification number: E03D3/02 , F16K31/52408
Abstract: A tank assembly for a pressure-assist toilet includes a flush assembly having an outer chamber and an inner chamber disposed in the outer chamber. The flush assembly further includes a flush valve disposed in the inner chamber, and a pilot valve disposed in the inner chamber and extending through the flush valve. The tank assembly further includes an actuator engaging the pilot valve and configured to hold the pilot valve at each of a first height, a second height offset a first distance from the first height, and a third height offset a second distance from the first height greater than a first distance.
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