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EP 2905386 A1 20150812 - WATER-SAVING TOILET

Title (en)

WATER-SAVING TOILET

Title (de)

WASSERSPARENDES WC

Title (fr)

Cuvette de toilettes économisant l'eau

Publication

EP 2905386 A1 20150812 (EN)

Application

EP 15154134 A 20150206

Priority

TR 201401341 U 20140206

Abstract (en)

This invention relates to a water-saving toilet (1), which enables flushing of solid and liquid wastes within the toilet receptacle with increased pressure of the flushing water from the reservoir (3) by determining the duct (6) to be followed within the receptacle after removal of the usual ring channel.

IPC 8 full level

E03D 11/08 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E03D 11/08 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[I] US 476011 A 18920531
[I] GB 2431937 A 20070509 - TWYFORD BATHROOMS [GB]
[I] JP 2007169964 A 20070705 - INAX CORP

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2905386 A1 20150812

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 15154134 A 20150206