IP Library Granted Patent US 7,996,927
Granted Patent B2
US 7,996,927 · App. 12/132,251 · Granted Aug 16, 2011

Discharge valve for a flushing cistern

Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
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Patent No.
US 7,996,927
App. No.
12/132,251
Granted
Aug 16, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The discharge valve has a valve housing ( 14 ) which has an outlet opening with a valve seat ( 16 ) and also a closure body ( 12 ). A two-quantity actuator ( 4 ) has a connecting rod ( 10 ) which is connected to the closure body ( 12 ) and by means of which the closure body ( 12 ) can optionally be raised by different displacement distances. A top activatable partial-quantity float ( 13 ) is provided for partial flushing and a bottom, full-quantity float ( 20 ), which is mounted in a pivotable manner on the valve housing ( 14 ), is provided for full flushing. The full-quantity float ( 20 ) has a blocking element ( 22 ) which, once partial flushing has been triggered, engages with the closure body ( 12 ) and blocks the latter against further displacement. This prevents the situation where, once partial flushing has been triggered, the closure body ( 12 ) is raised further and full flushing takes place.

Claims (9)

1. A discharge valve for a flushing cistern, having a valve housing which has an outlet opening with a valve seat, having a closure body which interacts with the valve seat at a bottom end, having a two-quantity actuator which has a connecting rod which is connected to the closure body and by means of which the closure body can optionally be raised by different displacement distances, having a top activatable partial-quantity float for partial flushing, and having a bottom, full-quantity float which is mounted in a pivotable manner on the valve housing and is intended for full flushing, which full-quantity float has a blocking element which, once partial flushing has been triggered, engages with the closure body and blocks the latter against further displacement, wherein the connecting rod blocks the full-quantity float in a predetermined pivoting position once partial-quantity flushing has been triggered.

2. The discharge valve according to claim 1 , wherein the closure body has a guide means with which the full-quantity float interacts in order to block further displacement of the closure body.

3. The discharge valve according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking element is a protuberance or nose which is arranged, and in particular integrally formed, on the full-quantity float.

4. The discharge valve according to claim 2 , wherein the guide means has an approximately horizontally extending shoulder against which the blocking element butts, and thus blocks further displacement, once partial flushing has been triggered.

5. The discharge valve according to claim 1 , wherein a retaining protuberance is arranged on the connecting rod, this retaining protuberance acting on the full-quantity float once partial-quantity flushing has been triggered.

6. The discharge valve according to claim 5 , wherein the retaining protuberance of the connecting rod engages behind part of the full-quantity float and thus fixes the full-quantity float in its blocking position.

7. The discharge valve according to claim 6 , wherein the retaining protuberance can be moved upwards out of the abovementioned blocking position, and this unblocks the full-quantity float.

8. The discharge valve according to claim 1 , wherein once full-quantity flushing has been triggered, the blocking element, which is arranged on the full-quantity float, couples the full-quantity float to the closure body and keeps the same in the raised position during full-quantity flushing.

9. The discharge valve according to claim 1 , wherein the two-quantity actuator has a push rod by means of which the closure body can optionally be made to execute a short displacement or a long displacement.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 10, 2012
From: GEBERIT TECHNIK AG
To: GEBERIT INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 028769/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2008
From: MAHLER, ALFRED
To: GEBERIT TECHNIK AG
Reel/Frame 021043/0724 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 07405176 · Jun 19, 2007 · regional
Continuity (1)
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