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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2015
Ideal Standard (Uk) Limited, Hull Humberside, GB;
John Mark Richard Pearson, Hull Humberside, GB;
Michael Ian Heaton, Hull Humberside, GB;
IDEAL STANDARD (UK) LIMITED, Hull Humberside, GB;
Abstract
A toilet bowl unit includes a toilet bowl with an inner toilet bowl surface having an upper peripheral portion, a central peripheral portion and a lower sump portion. A peripheral slot separates a lower edge of the upper peripheral portion from an upper edge of the central peripheral portion. A peripheral water channel is concealed inside the toilet bowl unit and has a side wall which is a weir over which water may flow into the peripheral slot. The slot has a discharge opening which is substantially horizontal at the rear and sides of the inner toilet bowl surface (for discharging a curtain of water) and includes at least one serpentine portion at the front of the inner toilet bowl surface (for discharging a jet of water). The horizontal portion(s) of the discharge opening are positioned just below a seat platform surface in order to minimize the unwashed area at the top of the inner toilet bowl surface.