IP Library Granted Patent US 12,258,744
Granted Patent B2
US 12,258,744 · App. 18/121,770 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Flush water tank device and flush toilet apparatus provided with the same

Inventors: Yuta Kondo (Kitakyushu, JP); Koichiro Hiwa (Kitakyushu, JP); Yuki Shimokawa (Kitakyushu, JP); Kenji Hatama (Kitakyushu, JP); Haruki Matsuda (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
E03D1/142E03D1/34E03D2201/40
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Patent No.
US 12,258,744
App. No.
18/121,770
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a flush water tank device including a flush water tank main body, a water supply valve, and a discharge valve, in which during a flush of the flush toilet, the discharge valve is opened until a water level in the flush water tank main body is lowered from a predetermined full water level to a predetermined dead water level, a lowering speed of the water level in the flush water tank main body changes at a predetermined inflection water level between the full water level and the dead water level, and the lowering speed of the water level between the inflection water level and the dead water level is faster than the lowering speed of the water level between the full water level and the inflection water level.

Claims (21)

1. A flush water tank device that stores flush water for flushing a flush toilet, the flush water tank device comprising:

a flush water tank main body that includes a discharge port and is configured to store the flush water;

a water supply valve that causes the flush water supplied from a water supply source to flow into the flush water tank main body; and

a discharge valve that is provided in the flush water tank main body and is configured to open and close the discharge port to switch between discharging and stopping of the flush water stored in the flush water tank main body to the flush toilet,

wherein during a flush of the flush toilet, the discharge valve is opened until a water level in the flush water tank main body is lowered from a predetermined full water level to a predetermined dead water level, a lowering speed of the water level in the flush water tank main body changes at a predetermined inflection water level between the full water level and the dead water level,

wherein the flush water tank main body is formed so that a horizontal cross-sectional area on a side upper than the inflection water level is larger than a horizontal cross-sectional area on a side lower than the inflection water level, thereby the lowering speed of the water level between the inflection water level and the dead water level is faster than the lowering speed of the water level between the full water level and the inflection water level, and

wherein the flush water tank main body is configured so that a volume on one side with respect to a centerline in the horizontal direction of the flush water tank main body is larger than a volume on the other side, and the discharge valve is placed on the side having a larger volume with respect to the centerline in the horizontal direction of the flush water tank main body.

2. The flush water tank device according to claim 1 , wherein during a flush of the flush toilet, a time period required for lowering the water level in the flush water tank main body from the full water level to the inflection water level is longer than a time period required for lowering the water level in the flush water tank main body from the inflection water level to the dead water level.

3. The flush water tank device according to claim 1 , wherein during a flush of the flush toilet, an amount of the flush water discharged from the discharge port while the water level in the flush water tank main body is lowered from the full water level to the inflection water level is larger than the amount of the flush water discharged from the discharge port while the water level in the flush water tank main body is lowered from the inflection water level to the dead water level.

4. The flush water tank device according to claim 1 , wherein the discharge valve is placed on one side with respect to a centerline in a horizontal direction of the flush water tank main body.

5. The flush water tank device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of a bottom surface of the flush water tank main body is sloped so that a portion of the bottom surface in which the discharge valve is provided is set low.

6. A flush water tank device that stores flush water for flushing a flush toilet, the flush water tank device comprising:

a flush water tank main body that includes a discharge port and is configured to store the flush water;

a water supply valve that causes the flush water supplied from a water supply source to flow into the flush water tank main body; and

a discharge valve that is provided in the flush water tank main body and is configured to open and close the discharge port to switch between discharging and stopping of the flush water stored in the flush water tank main body to the flush toilet,

wherein during a flush of the flush toilet, the discharge valve is opened until a water level in the flush water tank main body is lowered from a predetermined full water level to a predetermined dead water level, a lowering speed of the water level in the flush water tank main body changes at a predetermined inflection water level between the full water level and the dead water level,

wherein the flush water tank main body is formed so that a horizontal cross-sectional area on a side upper than the inflection water level is larger than a horizontal cross-sectional area on a side lower than the inflection water level, thereby the lowering speed of the water level between the inflection water level and the dead water level is faster than the lowering speed of the water level between the full water level and the inflection water level, and

wherein the water supply valve is configured to cause the flush water supplied from the water supply source to flow into the flush water tank main body during a time period from when the discharge valve is opened until the water level in the flush water tank main body is lowered from the full water level to the inflection water level, and to stop the flush water flowing in from the water supply source or reduce a flow rate of the flush water flowing in the flush water tank main body when the water level in the flush water tank main body becomes lower than the inflection water level.

7. A flush toilet apparatus, comprising:

a flush toilet that includes a bowl, and a rim spout port and a jet spout port configured to discharge flush water for washing the bowl; and

the flush water tank device according to claim 1 configured to store the flush water to be discharged from the jet spout port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: KONDO, YUTA; HIWA, KOICHIRO; SHIMOKAWA, YUKI; HATAMA, KENJI; MATSUDA, HARUKI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 062988/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-059285 · Mar 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230313512A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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