IP Library Granted Patent US 10,450,735
Granted Patent B2
US 10,450,735 · App. 16/069,501 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Flush toilet

Inventors: Saori Ichihara (Tokyo, JP); Isato Hirasawa (Tokyo, JP); Tomoya Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Takeya Ichiyanagi (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Saruta (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
E03D11/02E03D9/08Y02A10/34
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Patent No.
US 10,450,735
App. No.
16/069,501
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a flush toilet, a base plate, in which a function unit is installed, is provided on a recessed portion formed on a rear upper surface of a toilet bowl of a toilet main body. Hole portions that are open downward are provided in the recessed portion. The base plate is provided with bottomed protrusion portions fitted into the hole portions and accommodates a part of the function unit. Flow channels are provided between the base plate and the recessed portion, so that water inside the toilet bowl is discharged to a floor surface from the flow channels from the hole portions before the water overflows.

Claims (17)

1. A flush toilet comprising:

a toilet main body;

a base portion which is provided on an upper surface of the toilet main body and in which a function unit is installed; and

a flow channel which is provided between the toilet main body and the function unit and discharges water that overflows from a toilet bowl of the toilet main body;

wherein the flow channel is formed in the base portion and communicates with the toilet main body via a flow channel opening formed in the base portion.

2. The flush toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein the flow channel is formed between the toilet main body and the base portion.

3. The flush toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein a recessed portion is formed on the upper surface on which the base portion of the toilet main body is installed, and the flow channel is formed in the recessed portion.

4. The flush toilet of claim 3 ,

wherein a sensor detecting water is installed in the flow channel of the recessed portion.

5. The flush toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein the flow channel communicates with a hole portion which is formed in the toilet main body and is open downward.

6. The flush toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein the flow channel communicates with a depression portion which is formed to protrude downward from the toilet main body, and a sensor detecting water is installed in the depression portion.

7. The flush toilet of claim 6 ,

wherein a drainage opening is provided at a position lower than the function unit in height in the depression portion.

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 Aug 15, 2018
From: ICHIHARA, SAORI; HIRASAWA, ISATO; SASAKI, TOMOYA; ICHIYANAGI, TAKEYA; SARUTA, MAKOTO
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046832/0507 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-006611 · Jan 15, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190032319A1 · Jan 31, 2019