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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Masaki Kitamura, Kitakyushu, JP;
Satoshi Yamakawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kazuyoshi Mizoguchi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shu Kashirajima, Kitakyushu, JP;
Assignee:
TOTO LTD., Fukuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 11/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flush toilet having a bowl portion including a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface and a rim portion wherein the rim portion includes a rim top inside corner portion, and a rim top outside corner portion, and in at least part of the entire perimeter of the rim portion, the rounding of the rim top inside corner portion is formed to be larger than the rounding of the rim top outside corner portion. This rim profile enables the rim portion top surface, the rim top inside corner portion, and the inside wall can be efficiently cleaned.