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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Natan E. Parsons, Brookline, MA (US);
David W. Hadley, Franklin, MA (US);
Arichell Technologies, Inc., West Newton, MA (US);
Abstract
Pressure from the input water line (,) holds a toilet's flush-valve member (,) in its seat so as to prevent water in the toilet tank (,) from flowing through flush ports (,) and a flush conduit (,) into the toilet bowl or urinal. To release water through the flush conduit (,) a solenoid (,) is actuated to relieve the pressure acting on the flush-valve (,) so that a bias spring (,) lifts the flush-valve (,) off its seat (,). A solenoid (,) for performing this function can be located remotely from the flush-valve assembly and communicate with it by a hydraulic line (,).
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