Title (en)

An automatic flushing device

Title (de)

Automatische Spüleinrichtung

Title (fr)

Châsse d'eau automatique

Publication

EP 0959186 A1 19991124 (FR)

Application

EP 99401163 A 19990511

Priority

FR 9806249 A 19980518

Abstract (en)

The flushing system comprises a cistern (12) to hold the water for flushing the toilet, fed through a valve and designed to be refilled when the water level drops below a given point. The valve is actuated by a float (30) and a thrust arm (26) which connects the float via a transmission mechanism (16) to a valve opening mechanism (61). When the water reaches a set upper level the inlet valve is closed and the outlet valve (28) opened, flushing the toilet, and once the water drops to a certain level the outlet valve is closed and the inlet valve opened again to refill the cistern.

IPC 1-7

E03D 5/10; E03D 1/30

IPC 8 full level

E03D 1/30 (2006.01); E03D 5/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E03D 1/30 (2013.01); E03D 5/10 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

• [A] US 2219367 A 19401029 - SPENCER JOHNSON
• [A] FR 2297293 A1 19760806 - NEWBOULD ENGINEERING SERVICES [GB]
• [A] EP 0038782 A1 19811028 - CALAPRICE CARLO

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0959186 A1 19991124; EP 0959186 B1 20030903; AT E248958 T1 20030915; DE 69910889 D1 20031009; DE 69910889 T2 20040715; DK 0959186 T3 20040112; ES 2207136 T3 20040516; FR 2778682 A1 19991119; FR 2778682 B1 20000707; PT 959186 E 20040227

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 99401163 A 19990511; AT 99401163 T 19990511; DE 69910889 T 19990511; DK 99401163 T 19990511; ES 99401163 T 19990511; FR 9806249 A 19980518; PT 99401163 T 19990511