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Gravity-fed toilet with quiet siphonic flush

US11851864B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 2022
Grant dateDec 26, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE03D11/02
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A toilet includes a bowl, a trapway, and a passage. The trapway is fluidly connected to the bowl at a trapway inlet and extends downstream from the bowl. The trapway includes an up-leg and a down-leg extending downstream from the up-leg. The passage is fluidly connected to the trapway downstream from the trapway inlet. The passage is configured to allow ambient air from outside the toilet to pass therethrough toward the trapway.

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