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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Koki Shinohara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hideki Tanimoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukinori Kubozono, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenji Hatama, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hisashi Koga, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A discharge valve apparatus attached to a reservoir tank in a reservoir tank apparatus for storing flush water. The discharge valve apparatus includes a valve body, attached to the top of a discharge opening provided in the bottom surface of a reservoir tank, for opening and closing the discharge opening by up and down movement thereof, a float, attached to the valve body, which drops in tandem with the drop in water level inside the flush water tank; and a variable drop start timing mechanism to make a drop start timing of the valve body variable.