EP2540920A1 - Water-saving toilet - Google Patents

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EP2540920A1
EP2540920A1 EP11172030A EP11172030A EP2540920A1 EP 2540920 A1 EP2540920 A1 EP 2540920A1 EP 11172030 A EP11172030 A EP 11172030A EP 11172030 A EP11172030 A EP 11172030A EP 2540920 A1 EP2540920 A1 EP 2540920A1
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Tung-Chou Shiao
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Unic Fireproof Building Materials Co Ltd
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D11/00—Other component parts of water-closets, e.g. noise-reducing means in the flushing system, flushing pipes mounted in the bowl, seals for the bowl outlet, devices preventing overflow of the bowl contents; devices forming a water seal in the bowl after flushing, devices eliminating obstructions in the bowl outlet or preventing backflow of water and excrements from the waterpipe
    • E03D11/02—Water-closet bowls ; Bowls with a double odour seal optionally with provisions for a good siphonic action; siphons as part of the bowl
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D2201/00—Details and methods of use for water closets and urinals not otherwise provided for
    • E03D2201/40—Devices for distribution of flush water inside the bowl

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  • the present invention relates to a toilet, and more particularly to a water-saving toilet with a certain base to match with a flushing structure, obtaining a water-saving purpose.
  • the present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.
  • the primary object of the present invention is to provide a water-saving toilet that is capable of obtaining a water-saving purpose.
  • Further object of the present invention is to provide a water-saving toilet so that while pressing the flush button, a suitable water flows out of the outflow holes of the first and the second flow pipes in turn to flush the cavity simultaneously, thus obtaining a cleaning purpose.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a water-saving toilet that while water flushes into the U-shaped tube, the dirty fluid in the U-shaped tube is flushed outward and only little water is left to achieve water-saving and cleaning purposes.
  • a water-saving toilet 10 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a base 11 including a cavity 14 formed therein, an outlet 17 disposed on a bottom end of the cavity 14, a U-shaped tube 18 communicating with the outlet 17, a cushion 13 fixed on an upper portion 12 of the base 11, a stopping member 15 secured on an upper end of a back side of the base 11, and a flush button 16 arranged on the stopping member 15.
  • the stopping member 15 includes an inlet pipe 20 disposed on an upper end of an inner space thereof to connect with a first flow pipe 21 and a second flow pipe 22, both of which are fixed in the upper portion 12 of the base 11, the first and the second flow pipes 21, 22 respectively include a plurality of outflow holes 23 to flow water outward, wherein lengths of the first and the second flow pipes 21, 22 are equal to flow the water at the same speed, wherein when flushing the water, the water flows from the stopping member 15 to the cavity 14 via a first predetermined section of the first flow pipe 21 without the outflow holes 23, and via a second predetermined section of the second flow pipe 22 of the same length than a third predetermined section of the first flow pipe 21 provided with the outflow holes 23, said second predetermined section of the second flow pipe 22 being not provided with the outflow holes 23 so that the water flowing toward a distal end of the first flow pipe 21 further flows into the stopping member 15 via the outflow holes 23 of the first flow pipe 21, such that while the flush button 16 is
  • a size of the stopping member 15 of the water-saving toilet 10 is decreased, and a flush device is replaced by a manual flush valve 50 or a sensing flush valve 51 based on the requirement.
  • the water-saving toilet 10 is cooperated with a general toilet 30 so that a user uses the water-saving toilet 10 and the general toilet 30 selectively based on different requirements, wherein a squat toilet 31 is severed to urinate.
  • a water outflow structure of a urinal 32 is equipped with the U-shaped tube 18 to lower a left water quantity in the urinal 32, thereby decreasing flush water to achieve the water-saving purpose.
  • a urine toilet 50 is capable of being used by men and women and comprises a wall 51, a cavity 14, a U-shaped tube 18, and a first guiding pipe 52 of a flush system connected with an outlet head 53 of the wall 51, a second guiding pipe 54 coupled with an outflow pipe 55 of a front end of an upper portion 12, wherein a length of the first guiding tube 52 is equal to that of the second guiding pipe 54 so that the water flushes toward the wall 51 and the cavity 14 simultaneously.

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Abstract

A water-saving toilet (10) contains a base (11) including a cavity (14), an outlet (17), a U-shaped tube (18), a cushion (13), a stopping member (15), and a flush button (16); the stopping member (15) including an inlet pipe (20) to connect with a first flow pipe (21) and a second flow pipe (22), the first and the second flow pipes (21), (22) respectively including a plurality of outflow holes (23); wherein lengths of the first and the second flow pipes (21), (22) are equal when flushing the water, the water flows from the stopping member (15) to the cavity (14) via a first predetermined section of the first flow pipe (21) without the outflow holes (23), and on a second predetermined section of the second flow pipe (22) relative to a third predetermined section of the first flow pipe (21) with the outflow holes (23) is not provided with the outflow holes (23).

Description

    BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention
  • The present invention relates to a toilet, and more particularly to a water-saving toilet with a certain base to match with a flushing structure, obtaining a water-saving purpose.
    • Description of the Prior Art
  • Saving water source is an important environmental friendly issue for people. Therefore, a water saving purpose is constantly improved by toilet's manufacturer when using the toilet to urinate and flush the urine.
  • However, such a water-saving toilet still has the following defects:
    1. 1. As flushing urine, three liters of waters are used, but such a flush quantity is greatly more than that of the urinal (i.e., one liter of water).
    2. 2. The water-saving toilet includes a two-section flushing structure, yet such a two-section flushing structure is easy to be broken in a long period of time, causing a replacement trouble.
  • The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.
    • SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
  • The primary object of the present invention is to provide a water-saving toilet that is capable of obtaining a water-saving purpose.
  • Further object of the present invention is to provide a water-saving toilet so that while pressing the flush button, a suitable water flows out of the outflow holes of the first and the second flow pipes in turn to flush the cavity simultaneously, thus obtaining a cleaning purpose.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a water-saving toilet that while water flushes into the U-shaped tube, the dirty fluid in the U-shaped tube is flushed outward and only little water is left to achieve water-saving and cleaning purposes.
  • To obtain the above objective, a water-saving toilet provided by the present invention contains:
    • a base including a cavity formed therein, an outlet disposed on a bottom end of the cavity, a U-shaped tube communicating with the outlet, a cushion fixed on an upper portion of the base, a stopping member secured on an upper end of a back side of the base, and a flush button arranged on the stopping member;
    • the stopping member including an inlet pipe disposed on an upper end of an inner space thereof to connect with a first flow pipe and a second flow pipe, both of which are fixed in the upper portion of the base, the first and the second flow pipes respectively including a plurality of outflow holes to flow water outward;
    wherein lengths of the first and the second flow pipes are equal to flow the water at the same speed, wherein when flushing the water, the water flows from the stopping member to the cavity via a first predetermined section of the first flow pipe without the outflow holes, and via a second predetermined section of the second flow pipe of the same length than a third predetermined section of the first flow pipe provided with the outflow holes, said second predetermined section of the second flow pipe being not provided with the outflow holes so that the water flowing toward a distal end of the first flow pipe further flows into the stopping member via the outflow holes of the first flow pipe. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
    • Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a water-saving toilet according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view showing the assembly of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a first and a second flow pipes of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the operation of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the application of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 6 is another perspective view showing the application of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 7 is another perspective view showing the application of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 8 is also another perspective view showing the application of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view showing the application of the water-saving toilet according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
    • Fig. 10 is a perspective view showing the assembly of a water-saving toilet according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • The present invention will be clearer from the following description when viewed together with the accompanying drawings, which show, for purpose of illustrations only, the preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
  • Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a water-saving toilet 10 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a base 11 including a cavity 14 formed therein, an outlet 17 disposed on a bottom end of the cavity 14, a U-shaped tube 18 communicating with the outlet 17, a cushion 13 fixed on an upper portion 12 of the base 11, a stopping member 15 secured on an upper end of a back side of the base 11, and a flush button 16 arranged on the stopping member 15.
  • Referring further to Figs. 2-4, the stopping member 15 includes an inlet pipe 20 disposed on an upper end of an inner space thereof to connect with a first flow pipe 21 and a second flow pipe 22, both of which are fixed in the upper portion 12 of the base 11, the first and the second flow pipes 21, 22 respectively include a plurality of outflow holes 23 to flow water outward, wherein lengths of the first and the second flow pipes 21, 22 are equal to flow the water at the same speed, wherein when flushing the water, the water flows from the stopping member 15 to the cavity 14 via a first predetermined section of the first flow pipe 21 without the outflow holes 23, and via a second predetermined section of the second flow pipe 22 of the same length than a third predetermined section of the first flow pipe 21 provided with the outflow holes 23, said second predetermined section of the second flow pipe 22 being not provided with the outflow holes 23 so that the water flowing toward a distal end of the first flow pipe 21 further flows into the stopping member 15 via the outflow holes 23 of the first flow pipe 21, such that while the flush button 16 is pressed, the water flows out of the outflow holes 23 of the first and the second flow pipes 21, 22 to flush the cavity 14, thereafter the water flows into the U-shaped tube 18 to flush dirty fluid outward, wherein a few water is left in the U-shaped tube 18, and a level of the U-shaped tube 18 is lower than that of the outlet 17 to lower a left water quantity, thus replacing the left water level of the U-shaped tube 18 by using less water quantity to obtain water-saving purpose.
  • As shown in Figs. 5 and 6, a size of the stopping member 15 of the water-saving toilet 10 is decreased, and a flush device is replaced by a manual flush valve 50 or a sensing flush valve 51 based on the requirement.
  • As illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8, in operation, the water-saving toilet 10 is cooperated with a general toilet 30 so that a user uses the water-saving toilet 10 and the general toilet 30 selectively based on different requirements, wherein a squat toilet 31 is severed to urinate. Referring to Fig. 9, a water outflow structure of a urinal 32 is equipped with the U-shaped tube 18 to lower a left water quantity in the urinal 32, thereby decreasing flush water to achieve the water-saving purpose.
  • As shown in Fig. 10, a urine toilet 50 according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention is capable of being used by men and women and comprises a wall 51, a cavity 14, a U-shaped tube 18, and a first guiding pipe 52 of a flush system connected with an outlet head 53 of the wall 51, a second guiding pipe 54 coupled with an outflow pipe 55 of a front end of an upper portion 12, wherein a length of the first guiding tube 52 is equal to that of the second guiding pipe 54 so that the water flushes toward the wall 51 and the cavity 14 simultaneously.
  • While we have shown and described various embodiments in accordance with the present invention, it is clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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  1. A water-saving toilet (10) comprising:
    a base (11) including a cavity (14) formed therein, an outlet (17) disposed on a bottom end of the cavity (14), a U-shaped tube (18) communicating with the outlet (17), a cushion (13) fixed on an upper portion of the base (11), a stopping member (15) secured on an upper end of a back side of the base (11), and a flush button (16) arranged on the stopping member (15);
    the stopping member (15) including an inlet pipe (20) disposed on an upper end of an inner space thereof to connect with a first flow pipe (21) and a second flow pipe (22), both of which are fixed in the upper portion of the base (11), the first and the second flow pipes (21), (22) respectively including a plurality of outflow holes (23) to flow water outward;
    wherein lengths of the first and the second flow pipes(21), (22) are equal to flow the water at the same speed, wherein when flushing the water, the water flows from the stopping member (15) to the cavity (14) via a first predetermined section of the first flow pipe (21) without the outflow holes (23), and via a second predetermined section of the second flow pipe (22) of the same length than a third predetermined section of the first flow pipe (21) provided with the outflow holes (23), said second predetermined section of the second flow pipe (22) being not provided with the outflow holes (23) so that the water flowing toward a distal end of the first flow pipe (21) further flows into the stopping member (15) via the outflow holes (23) of the first flow pipe (21).
  2. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein a level of the U-shaped tube (18) is lower than that of the outlet (17).
  3. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toilet (10) is connected with a manual flush valve (50).
  4. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toilet (10) is connected with a sensing flush valve (51).
  5. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toilet (10) is a seat toilet.
  6. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toilet (10) is a squat toilet (31).
  7. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toilet (10) is a urinal (32).
  8. The water-saving toilet (10) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the toilet (10) is a urinal toilet used by men and women.
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EP0643177A1 (en) * 1993-07-14 1995-03-15 FRIATEC AG Keramik- und Kunststoffwerke Urinal
US5497515A (en) * 1995-02-21 1996-03-12 Mohrman; John H. Toilet bowl water flush system
US6332229B1 (en) * 2000-12-13 2001-12-25 O'malley Conor Automated flap and cup cleaner water-saving toilet
WO2003058002A1 (en) * 2002-01-05 2003-07-17 Silentnite 02 Company Limited An improved toilet and flushing system
US6651266B1 (en) * 2000-01-27 2003-11-25 Beijing Zhonglian Huan-Jietong Flushing method of toilet, toilet used for carrying out said method and components thereof
CA2220586C (en) * 1996-11-12 2006-10-31 Metcraft, Inc. Improved flush toilet having a reseal water chamber

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0643177A1 (en) * 1993-07-14 1995-03-15 FRIATEC AG Keramik- und Kunststoffwerke Urinal
US5497515A (en) * 1995-02-21 1996-03-12 Mohrman; John H. Toilet bowl water flush system
CA2220586C (en) * 1996-11-12 2006-10-31 Metcraft, Inc. Improved flush toilet having a reseal water chamber
US6651266B1 (en) * 2000-01-27 2003-11-25 Beijing Zhonglian Huan-Jietong Flushing method of toilet, toilet used for carrying out said method and components thereof
US6332229B1 (en) * 2000-12-13 2001-12-25 O'malley Conor Automated flap and cup cleaner water-saving toilet
WO2003058002A1 (en) * 2002-01-05 2003-07-17 Silentnite 02 Company Limited An improved toilet and flushing system

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