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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Andrew L. Smith, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Billy Jack Ahola, Manitowoc, WI (US);
Mark Baumgartner, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Larry Duwell, Adell, WI (US);
Don Bogenschuetz, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Peter Swart, Oostburg, WI (US);
Tobin Vetting, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US);
KOHLER CO., Kohler, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of flushing a siphonic toilet that includes retaining a first volume of water in a bowl and an up leg of a passageway that is upstream from a dam, retaining a second volume of water in the passageway between a valve and the dam in a closed position of the valve, activating a flush cycle of the toilet that introduces a third volume of water into the toilet, and moving the valve from the closed position to an open position to affect a siphon during the flush cycle.