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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2021
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu, JP;
Masaaki Momoe, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shu Kashirajima, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a flush toilet that performs flushing by rim spouting, the flush toilet allowing the size of a flush water tank to be reduced while enabling discharge of a sufficient amount of flush water to a toilet main body. A flush toiletincludes a toilet main bodyincluding a bowla rimand a rim spout portfor discharging supplied flush water to the rima flush water tank devicea pump devicea water supply deviceand a controllerwhere the controlleris capable of performing a flushing mode in which the total amount of discharge of flush water discharged to the rim spout portby the pump deviceis greater than a tank capacity of the flush water tank deviceand the controllercontrols driving of the pump deviceand the water supply devicein the flushing mode such that at least a part of a water supply period when flush water is supplied by the water supply device overlaps a discharge period when flush water is discharged by the pump device