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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Kunihiko Teshima, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tatsuhiro Kosugi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Taiji Sugita, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takayuki Ohtani, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenichi Nagato, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yoshitaka Suehiro, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A flush toilet has a toilet flushing tank device for discharging flushing water to a toilet bowl . This tank device is built into a tank storage region to the rear of the toilet bowl , and comprises a flushing water tank and a jet pump disposed submerged in this flushing water tank . Flushing water (operating water) is supplied to this jet pump via a flush valve and a pipe downstream from this valve. The jet pump comprises a spray nozzle and a throat opposite thereto. Because the jet pump is connected directly to a pipe , all of the flushing water jetted from the jet pump passes directly to the pipe , and is guided by this pipe to a rim water channel