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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2023
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu, JP;
Takehiro Minami, Fukuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Hashimoto, Fukuoka, JP;
Isami Sakaba, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunari Yasui, Fukuoka, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu, JP;
Abstract
A flush toilet includes a bowl portion configured to receive waste, a trap portion extending from the bowl portion and configured to discharge the waste received in the bowl portion, a main conduit through which washing water toward the bowl portion flows, a rim communication hole into which the washing water flows from the main conduit, a rim conduit through which the washing water that has flowed in from the rim communication hole flows, and a rim spout configured to supply the washing water flowing through the rim conduit to the bowl portion, wherein the rim spout has a low-flow rate spout that becomes the rim spout when the washing water flowing through the rim conduit is of a low flow rate and a high-flow rate spout that becomes the rim spout when the washing water flowing through the rim conduit is of a high flow rate.