IP Library Granted Patent US 10,294,644
Granted Patent B2
US 10,294,644 · App. 15/594,770 · Granted May 21, 2019

Flush toilet

Inventors: Akiya Saeki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroaki Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yukihiro Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Higashino (Tokyo, JP); Masato Takeda (Tokyo, JP); Akiya Oohira (Tokyo, JP); Takeya Ichiyanagi (Tokyo, JP); Yasuhiro Kondo (Tokyo, JP); Hironao Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Tetsuo Hata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,294,644
App. No.
15/594,770
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Afforded are: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit 36 , and a rim part; and a functional component mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part. The upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part. The functional component is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and, on a bottom surface of the stuck-out part, the functional component is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.

Claims (10)

1. A flush toilet, comprising: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit formed along a circumferential direction on an upper inner peripheral part of the toilet bowl part, and a rim part provided extending outward from an upper edge part of the toilet bowl part; and a casing mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part; wherein the casing houses internal devices; wherein the upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part; and the casing is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and on a bottom surface of its stuck-out part, the casing is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.

2. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the rim conduit is formed.

3. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein: the toilet body includes a water passage for passing flush water supplied from a flush water supply device, and a water discharge port through which flush water that has flowed through the water passage is discharged into the toilet bowl part; and on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the water passage is formed.

4. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part, an extension surface extending downward in front of the conduit forming surface is formed.

5. The flush toilet of claim 4 , wherein the upper surface of the rim conduit on the toilet bowl part, and the conduit forming surface are provided such as to be flush with each other.

6. The flush toilet of claim 4 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the rim conduit is formed.

7. The flush toilet of claim 4 , wherein: the toilet body includes a water passage for passing flush water supplied from a flush water supply device, and a water discharge port through which flush water that has flowed through the water passage is discharged into the toilet bowl part; and on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the water passage is formed.

8. The flush toilet of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the rim conduit on the toilet bowl part, and the conduit forming surface are provided such as to be flush with each other.

9. The flush toilet of claim 8 , wherein on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the rim conduit is formed.

10. The flush toilet of claim 8 , wherein: the toilet body includes a water passage for passing flush water supplied from a flush water supply device, and a water discharge port through which flush water that has flowed through the water passage is discharged into the toilet bowl part; and on the bottom surface of the stuck-out part of the casing, a drainage outlet for discharging waste water from the casing into the water passage is formed.

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 May 15, 2017
From: SAEKI, AKIYA; WATANABE, HIROAKI; INOUE, YUKIHIRO; HIGASHINO, TOORU; TAKEDA, MASATO; OOHIRA, AKIYA; ICHIYANAGI, TAKEYA; KONDO, YASUHIRO; INOUE, HIRONAO; HATA, TETSUO
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042375/0515 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-238164 · Nov 25, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015073865 · Aug 25, 2015
Related Publication 20170247870A1 · Aug 31, 2017
Cited By (1)
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