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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1987
Filed:
May. 27, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arnold Hennessy, Wellington, CA;
Assignee:
AHED Research and Development Inc., Ingleside, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4362 ; 4354 ; 4361 ; 4415 ; 4380 ;
Abstract
A diaphragm valve for a toilet flushing mechanism, and a hydraulic flushing assembly using the valve, control water mains pressure for the pressure flushing of toilets with small quantities of water. Water mains pressure is used to retain a flexible diaphragm against the orifice through which flushing water from a pressurized tank can flow through the valve when flushing action is desired; flushing is initiated by temporarily lowering the water pressure applied to retain the diaphragm. Various designs of pressurized tank can be used to provide a constant or variable volume flush, which can be less than six quarts or liters.