Fluid handling – Liquid level responsive or maintaining systems – By float controlled valve
Patent
1986-06-30
1991-08-27
Recla, Henry J.
Fluid handling
Liquid level responsive or maintaining systems
By float controlled valve
4353, 4378, F16K 3118
Patent
active
050425269
ABSTRACT:
A toilet flush mechanism comprising a tank holding a water supply and having a valve for flushing a toilet bowl a handle for opening the valve to the toilet bowl for initiating the flushing actions, a water supply entering the tank near the bottom of said tank, for replacing the water in the tank including a flexible tube connected to the supply the extending into the tank, said tube having a first curved portion for carrying the water into the tank, a second bendable portion for controlling the flow of water into the tank and a third extended portion for supplying the flow of water into the tank, and a blout and rod responsive to the water level in the tank for flexing said tube to control water flow into the tank which rises and falls with the water supply level, the rod extending along and being independent of the third portion of said tube, the rod being connected at the other end to the second portion of the tube adjacent the bendable portion thereof for bending said tube in response to movement of said float, said float being always spaced from the first curved portion of the tube and being both physically separate and physically independent of the third portion of the tube and movable along a path between first and second positions, said tube being extended along a relatively straight path to allow water flow into the tank with said float in said first position, said tube being crimped shut to terminate water flow with said float in said second position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1010562 (1911-12-01), Woodward
patent: 3670751 (1972-06-01), Buswell
patent: 3965925 (1976-06-01), Gooch
Peters Leo J.
Recla Henry J.
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