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Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2003
Applicants:

Tomoyasu Ichiki, Kitakyushu, JP;

Tsuyoshi Ozeki, Kitakyushu, JP;

Toshifumi Yoneda, Kitakyushu, JP;

Osamu Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, JP;

Katsuhiro Kawakami, Kitakyushu, JP;

Mitsuyoshi Machida, Kitakyushu, JP;

Shinji Shibata, Kitakyushu, JP;

Hiroshi Tomonari, Kitakyushu, JP;

Inventors:

Tomoyasu Ichiki, Kitakyushu, JP;

Tsuyoshi Ozeki, Kitakyushu, JP;

Toshifumi Yoneda, Kitakyushu, JP;

Osamu Kobayashi, Kitakyushu, JP;

Katsuhiro Kawakami, Kitakyushu, JP;

Mitsuyoshi Machida, Kitakyushu, JP;

Shinji Shibata, Kitakyushu, JP;

Hiroshi Tomonari, Kitakyushu, JP;

Assignee:

Toto Ltd., , JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A flush toilet and a drain socket are provided that align the direction of waste passing through a drainage trap so as to prevent pipe clogging without impairing wastewater discharge performance by a siphon effect. The drain socket is for connecting an outlet of a trap drainage channel of a flush toilet unit and a drain pipe located external of the flush toilet unit. The drain socket includes a drain socket body provided with an inlet for coupling with the trap drainage channel and an outlet for coupling with the drain pipe, a siphon inducing region provided on an inner wall of the drain socket body for inducing a siphon effect, and a straightening vane provided upstream of the siphon inducing region of the drain socket body to extend from the inner wall in the inward direction of the channel.


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