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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Tsubasa Miyake, Kitakyushu, JP;
Jing Chen, Kitakyushu, JP;
Haruhiko Fukumoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nobuhiro Motohashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
TOTO LTD., Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A flush toilet includes a valve apparatus for spouting and stopping water to a storage tank or a toilet main unit supplied from a water supply source, and includes a pressurizing pump, being a reversely rotatable pump including a suctioning portion connected to the storage tank, a rim-side discharge portion connected to the toilet main unit rim spouting portion, a jet-side discharge portion connected to the toilet main unit jet spouting portion, and an impeller; and when the impeller is rotating in one direction, the pressurizing pump spouts flush water in the storage tank to the rim-side discharge portion, whereas when the impeller rotates in the other direction, the pressurizing pump spouts flush water in the storage tank to the jet-side discharge portion, or spouts flush water in the storage tank to both the rim-side discharge portion and the jet-side discharge portion.