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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
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 toilet that includes a bowl having a sump, a passageway, a fluid conduit and a valve. The passageway includes an entrance fluidly connected to the sump, an outlet, a dam located between the entrance and the outlet of the passageway, and an inlet located between the dam and the outlet of the passageway. The fluid conduit configured to supply a volume of water into the passageway through the inlet. The valve located between the inlet and the outlet of the passageway, wherein the valve is configured to retain the volume of water in a closed position prior to a flush cycle to affect a siphon during the flush cycle.