Global Patent Index - EP 3670771 A1

EP 3670771 A1 20200624 - FLUSH TOILET

Title (en)

FLUSH TOILET

Title (de)

SPÜLTOILETTE

Title (fr)

CHASSE D'EAU

Publication

EP 3670771 A1 20200624 (EN)

Application

EP 20157069 A 20160704

Priority

  • JP 2015158962 A 20150811
  • JP 2015158963 A 20150811
  • EP 16834899 A 20160704
  • JP 2016069767 W 20160704

Abstract (en)

A flush toilet, comprising:a toilet bowl part with a rim part formed in an upper end part thereof;a first rim water passage formed on an outer peripheral side of the rim part and on one of left and right sides of a toilet body;a second rim water passage formed on the outer peripheral side of the rim part and on the other of left and right sides of the toilet body;a first rim discharge hole through which water is discharged from the first rim water passage into the toilet bowl part;a second rim discharge hole through which water is discharged from the second rim water passage into the toilet bowl part;a spout hole formed in a bottom part of the toilet bowl part or in a drainage passage part connected to the bottom part; anda communication passage that communicates the first rim water passage and the spout hole, wherein:the first rim water passage is formed to be a dead end at a termination end part in the extending direction thereof;the first rim discharge hole is formed to branch off from a midway of a path from a starting end side toward a termination end side of the first rim water passage; anda water introducing port of the communication passage opens closer to the termination end side of the first rim water passage than the first rim discharge hole.

IPC 8 full level

E03D 11/08 (2006.01); E03D 11/02 (2006.01); E03D 11/13 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

E03D 11/02 (2013.01); E03D 11/08 (2013.01); E03D 11/13 (2013.01); E03D 2201/30 (2013.01); E03D 2201/40 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

JP 2008045276 A 20080228 - TOTO LTD

Citation (search report)

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

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3336267 A1 20180620; EP 3336267 A4 20190828; CN 107849841 A 20180327; CN 107849841 B 20200324; EP 3670771 A1 20200624; WO 2017026202 A1 20170216

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 16834899 A 20160704; CN 201680044823 A 20160704; EP 20157069 A 20160704; JP 2016069767 W 20160704