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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2017
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A flush toilet of present invention includes a bowl that includes a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface, a rim formed above the waste receiving surface, and a pooled water portion formed below the waste receiving surface, a discharge passage that has an inlet connected to the pooled water portion and discharges waste, and a spout portion that spouts flush water onto the bowl and forms a swirling flow on the waste receiving surface. The waste receiving surface of the bowl has a sectorial recess that is formed between a front end portion of the waste receiving surface and a front end portion of the pooled water portion so as to spread from the pooled water portion toward the front end portion of the waste receiving surface.