IP Library Granted Patent US 9,702,130
Granted Patent B2
US 9,702,130 · App. 14/621,861 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Toilet flush tank

Inventors: Kouji Fukuya (Tokyo, JP); Naokazu Onishi (Tokyo, JP); Ken Higuchi (Tokyo, JP); Yuji Saito (Tokyo, JP); Kojiro Watari (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,702,130
App. No.
14/621,861
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A toilet flush tank is provided that is capable of preventing an increase in the external dimensions of a toilet main body even when the toilet flush tank is placed below the upper surface of a toilet main body and is also capable of performing toilet cleaning in a stable manner. A toilet flush tank stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel that communicates with the downstream side of the toilet bowl. This toilet flush tank is placed inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the toilet drainage channel at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.

Claims (8)

1. A toilet flush tank that stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel communicating with the downstream side of the toilet bowl, wherein

the toilet drainage channel has an ascending flow passage; and

the toilet flush tank is placed below the ascending flow passage inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the ascending flow passage at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.

2. The toilet flush tank according to claim 1 , comprising a water lifting device for discharging the stored cleaning water from an upper part of the toilet bowl.

3. The toilet flush tank according to claim 2 that is provided integrally with a drainage connecting pipe that connects a drainpipe drawn to a floor surface to the toilet drainage channel.

4. The toilet flush tank according to claim 2 that is provided with left and right water storage portions that store cleaning water on the left and right sides of a drainage connecting pipe that connects a drainpipe drawn to a floor surface to the toilet drainage channel.

5. The toilet flush tank according to claim 1 that is provided integrally with a drainage connecting pipe that connects a drainpipe drawn to a floor surface to the toilet drainage channel.

6. The toilet flush tank according to claim 1 that is provided with left and right water storage portions that store cleaning water on the left and right sides of a drainage connecting pipe that connects a drainpipe drawn to a floor surface to the toilet drainage channel.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055545/0434 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055532/0047 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2015
From: FUKUYA, KOUJI; ONISHI, NAOKAZU; HIGUCHI, KEN; SAITO, YUJI; WATARI, KOJIRO
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034959/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-180842 · Aug 17, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013067308 · Jun 25, 2013
Related Publication 20150159356A1 · Jun 11, 2015