Fluid handling – Liquid level responsive or maintaining systems – By float controlled valve
Patent
1981-05-08
1982-07-20
Walton, George L.
Fluid handling
Liquid level responsive or maintaining systems
By float controlled valve
137444, 285303, 285321, 285348, F16K 3126
Patent
active
043400825
ABSTRACT:
A ballcock assembly adaptable for use in a variety of sizes and types of toilet flush tanks. The ballcock assembly comprises a standpipe having a ballcock valve at its upper end and having an adjustable height mechanism for varying the height of the ballcock valve in a toilet flush tank. The ballcock valve is a positive closing valve which includes a valve element movable to an open position against the pressure of the supply water by means of a valve actuating member that is pivotally connected to the standpipe and that is also connected to a float unit which surrounds the standpipe unit. The standpipe includes a hush tube which conveys water to the bottom of the toilet flush tank. The hush tube carries water distribution control means which functions to control the proportion of water delivered to the toilet flush tank and to the bowl refill.
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Hoover Universal Inc.
Walton George L.
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