Control stop and flushing system
View Patent ↗A control stop for a flush valve for a urinal or toilet fixture includes a housing defining a flow chamber divided by a valve seat into inlet and outlet sections. A valve structure is biased toward the valve seat by a spring applying a valve closing spring force. The housing is sealed by a diaphragm, and the diaphragm covers the movable valve structure, isolating it from water flowing through the housing. The diaphragm does not impede valve structure movement, and the closing spring force establishes a threshold water supply pressure for opening the control stop during increasing pressure following a no or low supply pressure condition. A plurality of control stops may supply a bank of flush valves and fixtures, and open in a cascading sequence during increasing pressure as a result of having springs with different closing spring forces.
1. A flushing system for a plurality of urinal and/or toilet fixtures, said flushing system comprising:
a plurality of flush valves, each connected to supply water to one of the fixtures;
a plurality of control stops, each connected to supply water to one of said flush valves;
each said flush valve having a threshold inlet supply pressure during increasing supply pressures at which the flush valve operates from closed to open position; and
the threshold pressure of at least a first of the plurality of control stops being different from the threshold pressure of at least a second of the plurality of control stops.
2. The flushing system of claim 1 , each said control stop having a valve seat and a valve structure movable relative to the valve seat, each said control stop having a spring biasing said valve structure toward the valve seat with a closing spring force, the closing spring force of said first control stop being smaller than the closing spring force of said second control stop.