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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carrie E Huffman, Jackson, MI (US);
John E Hammond, Redford, MI (US);
George Grech, Garden City, MI (US);
John M Antos, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Thetford Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4420 ;
Abstract
A water flush toilet having an improved flush nozzle in which a portion of the flush water is discharged downward at a higher velocity from the nozzle over a rear section of a toilet bowl for scrubbing the rear section. The remainder of the water is discharged laterally outward at a lower velocity from the nozzle in opposite directions for flow in a spiral path over the bowl surface to rinse the bowl.