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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Matt Vargas, San Jose, CA (US);
Tom Stout, San Jose, CA (US);
Anurupa Rao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fluidmaster, Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03D 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A jet powered toilet flushing system, including: a toilet bowl; a reservoir; a fluid conduit between the reservoir and the toilet bowl; a jet inside the reservoir, the jet having a nozzle directed toward an entrance of the fluid conduit; a fill valve that supplies water to the jet; and a flow diverter in the reservoir, the flow diverter positioned to divert water flow: (a) from the jet nozzle into the entrance of the fluid conduit when the reservoir is full, or (b) from the jet nozzle away from the entrance of the fluid conduit and into the reservoir when the reservoir is empty.