Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Flush closet – Tank only
Reexamination Certificate
2004-10-05
2010-06-29
Nguyen, Tuan N (Department: 3751)
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Flush closet
Tank only
C004S324000, C137S441000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07743436
ABSTRACT:
A toilet fill valve, toilet, and associated methods are provided with an adjustable bowl fill flow. In one embodiment, a toilet fill valve includes a water inlet and a first water outlet configured to supply water to a toilet tank. A bowl fill outlet port extends from a portion of a body of the toilet fill valve, the bowl fill outlet port being operatively coupled to the water inlet. The toilet fill valve includes a bowl fill valve having a bowl fill valve inlet port and a bowl fill valve outlet port, wherein the bowl fill valve inlet port is compatible with the bowl fill outlet port and the bowl fill valve inlet port being coupled to the bowl fill outlet port, the bowl fill valve radially extending from a portion of a body of the toilet fill valve. The bowl fill valve is configured to supply an adjustable flow of water out the bowl fill outlet port for filling a toilet bowl during a flush cycle of a toilet.
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Selected Documents from the File History of US Patent 6,823,889 (Parent Patent to this Application) including Examiner Search Strategy and Results, Index of Claims, Search Notes, Non-final Office Action, Issue Classification, Interview Summaries, Notice of Allowance with Examiner's Amendment, Supplemental Notice of Allowance with Supplemental Examiner's Amendment, Bibliographic Data Sheet, Request for Certificate of Correction, Certificate of Correction, (dated from years 2004-2005).
Schneider Larry
Schuster Michael J.
MJSI, Inc.
Nguyen Tuan N
Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer & Risley LLP
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