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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
James A. Sigler, Perrysville, OH (US);
Nathan A. Snyder, Big Prairie, OH (US);
Robert D. Krieder, Sullivan, OH (US);
Steven L. Miko, Wooster, OH (US);
Randall Thomas, Millersburg, OH (US);
James A. Sigler, Perrysville, OH (US);
Nathan A. Snyder, Big Prairie, OH (US);
Robert D. Krieder, Sullivan, OH (US);
Steven L. Miko, Wooster, OH (US);
Randall Thomas, Millersburg, OH (US);
Dometic Sanitation Corporation, Big Prairie, OH (US);
Abstract
A toilet and toilet system suitable for a boat, recreational vehicle, bus or the like is operated via a microprocessor controller to effect a convenient and efficient operation. The toilet includes a base assembly having an electrically-operated flush valve that opens and closes a passage to a waste receiving area. A flush lever assembly has a flush lever displaceable from a neutral position toward one of a 'flush' position and an 'add water' position. In this context, the flush lever initiates a flush cycle in the “flush” position and initiates an add water cycle in the “add water” position. The controller communicates with a water inlet valve, the flush valve and the flush lever assembly. In operation, the controller opens and closes the water inlet valve and controls a position of the flush valve in accordance with a position of the flush lever.