Flush-All-Tankless

Abstract

Improvements in a tankless toilet flush system is disclosed. The Flush-All-Tankless device is disclosed in two versions: First version has the water output at the bottom that has an All-split-lock coupler joint assembly to connect it to urinals or some toilet bowls with no water tank mounting holes (like in many commercial toilet bowls). The second version has a factory built in All-Mounting-Base at the bottom to connect it to the remainder of toilet bowl systems on the market which includes all the toilet bowls with water tank mounting holes like in most residential toilet bowls. For those who prefer the porcelain look, an All porcelain cover can be used. This system eliminates the need for a water tank and can be used on toilet bowls with a wall mounted tanks used in many countries. This way the wall mounted tank can be completely eliminated.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of the Invention

This invention relates to improvements in a toilet flush system. More particularly, this flushing system is a revolutionary designed to flush a toilet, with major advantages over existing systems. The water reservoir is sealed and connected directly to city water.

Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

Most of the existing toilet flushing systems on the market both at homes and businesses have complicated and cumbersome devices to flush toilets and urinals. Business flushing device that requires a special plumbing with a large diameter expensive chromed pipes that must emerge from the wall at an exact location and make turns in a specific pattern with the tubing must be cut just the right length to be fitted to the toilet bowl. Often the flush handle, on those flushing apparatus, get stuck in an open and/or in a closed position that forces the user to fiddle with it to make it work correctly. Even though the outside is built of a hardy chromed metal, the inside flushing mechanism is made of material that is easy to deform or wear out from being under constant water pressure and/or being around the corrosive nature of water 24/7.

Conventional water tanks and commercial flushers have two systems or parts of the two systems that are very much prone to fatigue, malfunctions, leaks and sometimes floods. The two systems are:

A. The rubber flappers with floaters and or the many complicated contraptions or devices that contains, rubber diaphragms, relief valves, cartridge assemblies, actuators, air inducers, vacuum breakers, plungers, pistons, O-rings, bladders, sufficient water pressure, pressure regulator, requirements for a specific size water line diameter or wall location, air leaks or explosions caused by design fault or material fatigue, user's unfriendly shut off etc., all which are made of an easy to deform, warp or fatigue material and be submerged in water 24/7 and many component that must move to function.

B. The automatic water refill systems or shut offs for the water tank or commercial flushers with the associated moving parts (floaters) or other contraptions that requires adjustments to shut it off at just the right moment (water level, flusher recycle). Check valves style shut off valves are also prone to fatigue and failure because of the properties of the materials used in them. Other direct water pressure devices also require components to move up, down, sideways, inflate or deflate etc., to shut off the water refill system/flusher. All conventional toilet bowls and flushers utilize a predetermined amount of water which necessitates the need for the automatic refill and automatic shut-off mechanism. The Flush-All-Tankless does not use a predetermined amount of flush water, therefore automatic refill and automatic shut-off is not needed.

Both items A & B above requires a precise adjustments and because they contain many easy to deform or fatigue moving parts such as floats, rubber diaphragms, O-rings, pistons, rubber balls, plungers, air inducers, pressure regulators, vacuum breakers, cartridges etc. They require continuous maintenance and repairs. A number of patents and or publications have been made to address these issues. Exemplary examples of patents and or publication that try to address this/these problem(s) are identified and discussed below.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,565,706 issued on Jul. 28, 2009 to Terrance E. Janssen discloses a Pressure Assisted Flush Assembly and Installation Methods. The pressure assisted flush assembly for a toilet includes a compressed air assisted flush water tank that includes a plunger device. One or more plumbing lines are used to connect an incoming water line to the flush water tank and the flush water tank to a toilet bowl. While it is a pressure assisted flush, as the flushing system discloses, it is still a predetermined amount of water. While this patent is for a pressurized flush, each flush is the same volume and does not allow a person to flush a smaller or variable amount of water. This flushing system cannot be easily retrofitted to an existing toilet bowl.

All conventional toilet bowl tanks and flushers utilize a predetermined amount of water which necessitates the need for the automatic refill and automatic shut off mechanism. The Flush-All does not use a predetermined amount of flush water and therefore it does not need the automatic refill or automatic shut off. This is an important concept because the majority of breakdowns and failures associated with conventional toilet bowls and flushers is associated with the system attempt to measure this exact predetermined amount of water at each and every flush. This necessitates filling this amount of water into some type of a receptacle or a container such as toilet bowl water tank, plunger device assembly or some type of a bladder etc. Then after those containers are filled with water a second mechanism must be triggered to stop this refill process at just the exact time. Those two mechanisms of refilling and then stopping this refill involves many mechanical and hydraulic interactions at each and every flush and is bound to fail sooner or later sometimes with devastating effects. Even-though some of those devices have a pressurized flush receptacle or container this pressure is not a direct city water pressure which is more reliable and has a stronger and linear (water pressure stays constant) throughout the flush than a pressurized container that loses most of its initial pressure after a few seconds of the flush content is released into the drain pipe.

What is needed is a flushing system that operates with toilets having the different shapes and designs of the existing toilet bowls so as to make it easy to retrofit to those bowls without replacing the whole toilet bowl system only the tank. Regardless of the shape or the size of those water tanks, the flush mechanism and the attachment mechanism to the toilet bowls is the same in all of them. The person flushing the toilet determines the length of time and how much water is flushed down the toilet. It is an instant on and off (on demand) by holding down the flush handle momentarily as needed. This device is powered by direct city water pressure combined with reservoir water. The sudden release of this water reservoir's content combined by the sudden impact of the city water pressure will cause most toilet bowls to clear its contents in the first few seconds of flushing which means most users will not need to hold down the handle any longer than the usual time used in conventional flushing. This is an important feature in contrast to having a predetermined amount of flush water necessitates the need for refilling which requires time, way to measure the refilled amount, and an automatic shut off system. All those requirements cause water waste and failures associated with automatic water shut off mechanisms in addition to the loud noise this process generates. The Flush-All-Tankless can be retrofitted to most existing systems or it can be made as a complete separate toilet bowl fixture. Here are some of the advantages of this system. The Flush-All-Tankless proposed in this document provides the solution.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the Flush-All-Tankless to eliminates the water tank and all its components in its entirety. This eliminates a major source for leaks and maintenance issues.

It is an object of the Flush-All-Tankless to be offered in a version with the water output at the bottom that has an All-split-lock coupler joint assembly that would connects it to urinals or some toilet bowls with no water tank mounting holes as found in many commercial toilet bowls.

It is an object of the Flush-All-Tankless to be offered in a version with a factory built in All-Mounting-Base at the bottom to connect it to the remainder of toilet bowl systems on the market which includes all the toilet bowls with water tank mounting holes like in most residential toilet bowls.

It is an object of the Flush-All-Tankless to save water because the flush amount is not predetermined by the size of the tank reservoir (i.e. 1.6 Gallon). The flusher holds down the handle for the length of time he or she wants the water to flow. More for larger bowl content less for a minor flush.

It is an object of the Flush-All-Tankless to provide forceful flushing. The water pressure of the incoming water with the gravitational weight of the reservoir water determines the strength of the flush. The flush is not determined only by a simple gravitational flow of the water tank content.

It is another object of the Flush-All-Tankless to prevent one of the major causes of water damage to homes and businesses by the overflowing of a defective/damaged conventional toilet bowls water flushing systems.

It is another object of the Flush-All-Tankless to provide a universal design that can be used on most toilet bowls systems, a simple retrofitting procedure using the exclusive ALL-UNIVERSAL MOUNTING BASE design (see description later) or AH-Split-Lock coupler assembly as disclosed in this document that would save the country a lot of water as we encounter more and more drought situations. To prevent mold growth (a major health hazard) that is caused by many leaks and humidity (unsealed water tanks filled with water) that would leak or increase the humidity.

It is still another object of the Flush-All-Tankless to require only replacement of the tank or the flusher and use the existing bowl. This system can virtually be retrofitted to any existing toilet bowl. The only part to be replaced is the toilet tank, or the flush mechanism (commercial toilet bowls). It is a quick and easy procedure that requires no structural damage or repair to the bathroom.

Various objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention, along with the accompanying drawings in which like numerals represent like components.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the Flush-All-Tankless system.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a conventional commercial sit-down toilet with the Flush-All-Tankless using an All-Split-Lock coupler assembly.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a urinal with a Flush-All-Tankless.

FIG. 4 shows an alternate perspective view of a conventional commercial sit-down toilet with the Flush-All-Tankless using an All-Split-Lock coupler assembly.

FIG. 5 shows Flush-All-Tankless with factory built-in All-Universal mounting base.

FIG. 6 shows another alternate perspective view of a conventional residential style sit-down toilet with the Flush-All-Tankless with a factory built-in All-Universal mounting base using a city water connection.

FIG. 7 shows the All-Split-Lock flusher coupler assembly.

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the flush handle attached to the ball-in-socket coupler.

FIG. 9 shows the Flush-All-Tankless motion detector.

FIG. 10 shows the Flush-All-Tankless with the flush handle in the top position.

FIG. 11A-11C shows the All-Flush handle (A) and the All-joint (B).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This Flush-All-Tankless is easy to understand easy to install and requires no special water pressure or plumbing other than the standard existing simple ½ inch or ⅜″ inch water line plumbing found in most homes and businesses. The flushing mechanism of this invention is made up of a hardy metal material that has virtually no wear out quality. Additionally, because the mechanism is so simplified there is minimal to almost no maintenance needed. There is no risk of leaks, water damage, mold growth, warping of mechanism (as usually happens with rubber, plastic, nylon, silicone, polymers etc.). Because those components deform or wear out quickly, there is a continuous water leak that is hard to detect visually causing varicose veins like hard water deposits in toilet bowls and urinals. This device is so simple & universal and it could replace completely the toilet bowl water tank or the commercial flusher with all the complicated gadgetry and the contraptions inside the toilet bowl water tank or the flusher. Because this apparatus completely eliminates the need for the water tank, it can easily replace the wall mounted water tanks that are found in many countries around the world.

Components:

Note: In the following FIGS. 1 through 11 is for describing of the Flush-All-Tankless and its parts. This description uses the term All in reference to the names of components assigned to the Flush-All-Tankless.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the Flush-All-Tankless system. The Main body 20 contains the water chamber (reservoir), conical shaped washer (All-Washer) assembly, oversized heavy duty actuator (All-Flush handle) arm, loading spring.

This overview of the Flush-All-Tankless shows how it could easily eliminate the need for a toilet bowl water tank or commercial flushers and all the problems associated with those tanks or flushers. Homes and businesses owners can use with their existing toilet bowls or urinals. In the case of a toilet bowls with water tank mounting holes it could be very easily retrofitted directly on the bowl by the use of the factory built in mounting base (All-Mounting-Base see FIG. 5 below), or if it is a commercial bowl with no water tank mounting holes then it can also be mounted on the toilet bowl directly by the use of the All-Split-Lock coupler assembly or be mounted on the wall and be connected to the bowl with the All-Split-Lock coupler assembly (see FIG. 7 below for description). There is no need to replace the toilet bowl and all the damage to the flooring associated with such a task in addition to the exposure to the sewer line toxic fumes and mold growth around the base and the wax ring. Many businesses and homeowners object to replacing the whole toilet bowl because of the above reasons.

The Flush-All-Tankless has a heavy duty oversized flush handle (All-Handle) to make it easier for older people or children to operate it. The Flush-All-Tankless apparatus is shaped rectangular with an approximate dimensions of: Height 6-12 inches×Depth 4 inches×Width 4-14 inches. Other dimensions can be used also depending on the application. There is a small water reservoir (chamber) above the All-Washer to increase the size of the flush and make it more powerful. The recommended material for this device is stainless steel with polished chrome exterior, other materials can be used depending on the applications and the manufacturer's choice. This device can be made with a wall mounting flanges 21 on the sides or without those flanges 21. The device with All-Universal-Mounting-Base will have no mounting flanges because it will not be needed. Devices with universal mounting base and no flanges will have the back side chrome finished like the rest of the surfaces. The top part of the device will have four choices of water connection: on top, back, right or left side. When one connection is used the other connections will be sealed shut with a screw-in plug. If the device is connected to city water on the top then the back or sides ports of the ½″ inch or ⅜″ inch water lines (other sizes can be used also) will be shut closed with a screw-in plugs. The alternate water connections openings 22, 23, 24 for the city water. The back 23 or the sides 22, 24 are built flush with the device wall with the threads on the inside of the water reservoir (chamber). Another water connection on the wider version of this device is at the bottom of the device 46 (standard ⅞″ or other sizes). This connection will allow air pressure to build-up because it will refill from the bottom up. The incoming city water has a shut-off valve 31 to open and close the supply of water to the top of the Flush-All-Tankless housing 20 and flows through a union coupling into the housing 20.

When any opening is not used it is plugged with a screw-in or hex type plug-in to keep the back or the sides flat. This is done for cosmetic reasons to keep the sides looking flat when not used or to prevent interference with wall mounting if someone would like to use the top connection for the city water and mount the device flat on the wall. The top water connection 27 opening must be large enough to allow for the initial assembly of the conical shaped washer 41 (All-Washer with a flush water flow channels 26). The All-Washer is made up of a conical shaped washer 41 that is a coated cast metal. This washer is cast into one piece with a hexagonal (threaded on the inside) portion above it and the rod below it. 26 is a flush water flow channel. The hexagonal shape protrusion 25 above the All-Washer 41 is not a nut but rather a design cast with the washer to allow for the stabilization and prevent the All-Washer from rotating as it is being screwed with the flush handle actuator arm below. The threads inside this hexagonal shaped portion is to screw-in the rod 69 (as shown in FIG. 9) for the motion detector on top of the device. The All-washer works by being raised and lowered in a recess at the bottom of the reservoir. This type of motion prevents wear-out from friction.

The conical shape washer 41 is designed to create maximum contact between the sealing surface of the washer and the device wall 48. The water pressure and the direction of the water flow in this device enhances the sealing of the washer into the shut off position like in seating of a thimble on a finger or a crown on a prepared tooth. This design also allows the washer to wear in instead of wearing out, which means as the unit is used more and more the sealing surfaces will become more matching to each other. This washer shut off system also has the simplest design of mechanical movement just a slight dislodging (no real movement utilizing the All-joint as shown in FIGS. 11B and 11C) so no chance of wear out or jamming. This All-Washer 41 is connected to the actuator arm 43 by a simplified connection of being positioned between a rounded surfaces on one side and a hex on the other side 44 and 45, washers that guides its up and down movement. This type of movement prevents the use of an actual joint connection that would eventually collects water deposits build-up and becomes sticky. The nut 47 is a union coupler to attach the flush handle's ball-in-socket end to the device.

This device is a new and revolutionary toilet bowl/urinals flushing device. It eliminates the need for toilet bowl tanks and commercial flushers with all the fatigues, leaks and failures with the resulting wasted water and floods that causes billions of dollars in property damage worldwide annually. It has a minimal hydraulic mechanical movements/interactions. A simple push on the ball-in-socket flush handle 50 (FIG. 1) and a stream of water that is powered by the city water pressure, and reservoir water flows down to the toilet bowl or the urinal. Once the handle 50 is released, it snaps back to the horizontal position automatically by the force of the spring 42 that loads the All-Washer, and the flushing stops. It is that simple, on demand flushing with no waiting or sticky flush handles. just a slight dislodging of the conical shaped device 41 out of its rest position, brings it into a full function, shutting it off is just as simple as letting go of the handle 50. Spring 42 is activated by compressing and not by stretching which prevents wear out and fatigue. The end of the flush handle insertion into the device is shaped like a ball-in-socket (as shown in FIG. 8) with the cover is designed to control the range of the flush handle movement with an upper stop designed into it to keep the flush handle in a horizontal position. The side movements of the handle 50 is prevented by the travel window designed into this cover. The user has complete control over the time and therefore the volume of the flush. In most instances the user does not need to hold the flusher handle any longer than he or she would do in a conventional toilet bowl because this system offers the additional flushing force offered by the reservoir water and the direct city water pressure that is not found in those conventional toilet bowls or commercial flushers. In contrast to toilet bowl tanks that uses much more water than the stated rating of a water saver designs of 1.2 gallons.

The 1.2 gallons includes only the water content in the tank and does not take into account the additional water wasted as the automatic refill mechanism is activated and before the rubber flapper falls down and sufficient water accumulates above it to build enough gravitational weight to seal the flapper drain opening. Other contraptions that use bladders, relief valves, rubber diaphragms, plungers, gaskets, syringes, air inducers, pressure regulators, vacuum breakers etc., creates such an incredible noise that most people are reluctant to flush them at night so as not to wake up sleeping people. Those contraptions are also, in addition to using a lot of water, are made of material that easily deform, fatigue or wear out from being in water 24/7 or moving back and forth, up and down, inflate or deflate to perform their functions. The All-Washer 41 is made of a coated metal that is in contrast to the flat flexible material (i.e. rubber) were pressure rings and deformation and warping caused by pressure and being in water 24/7 results in water leaks.

The shape and position of this washer makes it less prone to problems compared to the many devices on the market with complicated contraptions/mechanism. Because this washer 41 is made of a coated metal like in the ball valve, it is virtually has no components to wear out. Ball valves require a lot of force to rotate them in order to turn them on and off. This is caused by the strong frictional pressure exerted by the sealing surfaces. The All-Washer works by being lifted up for (water flow) and it will automatically come down (water flow stops) by the spring force. This type of movement has almost zero friction which means minimal friction wear-out and therefore it requires very little force to operate and only little or no maintenance. Other materials to coat this washer can also be used such as plastic, silicone, rubber or other future high tech polymers. Those flexible material coating do not easily wear out because they are supported by the hard metal beneath them. The use of this device involves a simple push down on the flush handle, once the flush handle 50 is released a spring 42 load brings the handle 50 back into the horizontal position automatically and the conical shaped washer 41 is pulled back into the shut off position by the spring 42 load. After a flush, the water flows down the drain opening 40 and into a toilet or urinal.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a conventional commercial sit-down toilet with the Flush-All-Tankless. A commercial toilet bowl 58 is connected directly to Flush-All-Tankless 54 using All-Split-Lock coupler assembly 56 (see FIG. 7 below for description) on a dome shaped cover 57. Because this coupler offers a good mechanical retention it can be used directly with the commercial toilet bowl 58. The commercial water supply 32 is converted to a standard water supply to the Flush-All-Tankless 54 through a ball valve shut-off 31. A common ½″ or ⅜″ water line 33 connects the valve 31 to the back of the Flush-All-Tankless 54. In this embodiment, a motion sensor 60 is used to activate the flushing. A user can also activate the flush handle 50 to flush the Flush-All-Tankless 54.

FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a urinal with a Flush-All-Tankless 20. In this figure, the Flush-All-Tankless 20 is connected to a city water line 19 and to a commercial urinal 70. In this version an optional incoming water connection 24 on either the right, left, or the back can be used to allow the addition of a motion sensor on top. The All-Flush Handle 50 is shown on the side of the Flush-All-Tankless 20 housing. Water from the housing 20 flows through a down pipe and is connected to the urinal 70 with a hex shaped protrusion 73 (as shown in FIG. 7), that is tightened against the dome shaped cover 72, that is wide enough to add support and strength to the All-Split-Lock coupler assembly joint 71, that provides a connector coupling to the urinal 70. Fluid that is flushed will run through the urinal 70 and down the drain line 18.

FIG. 4 shows an alternate perspective view of a conventional commercial sit-down toilet with the Flush-All-Tankless 20. In this figure, the Flush-All Tankless 20 is attached to a commercial toilet bowl 58 using the existing commercial type plumbing:

In this version, the commercial type water inlet is converted to a simple ½″ or ⅜″ standard water connection 32 with a ball type shut-off valve 31. A connection line 33 connects the water supply from the shut-off valve 31 to the Flush-All-Tankless 20.

There is no longer any need for a fancy and expensive oversized chrome tubing. The inlet pipe can be placed at any location near the toilet bowl 58 and not in a specific location in relation to the toilet bowl which is usually both an expensive and involved construction project. This embodiment shows an All-Motion sensor 60. The Flush-All-Tankless 20 housing is shown with mounting flanges 21 that connect the Flush-All-Tankless 20 to an optional dummy base 29 that spaces the Flush-All-Tankless 20 from a wall. This dummy base 29 is optional and the user does not have to use.

The drain line 55 is connected to the toilet bowl 58 with an All-split-lock coupler assembly 56 (see FIG. 7 below) with a dome shaped cover that is part of the coupler assembly. The drain tubing with the hex shape side protrusion is screwed into the split-lock coupler and tightened against the dome shaped cover to enhance the retention and strength to this joint. If the flush line needed to come straight down then one or multiple layers of a plastic or other materials, dummy blocks can be added behind the unit to bring it forward. The flush line can also be made in sections to allow it to be turned in the correct direction (straight down) without using any dummy blocks.

The tube 55 can be made in different sizes and configurations to allow wall mounting or can be made short to allow for direct mounting on the toilet bowl. A dummy base with different thicknesses can be mounted behind the Flush-All-Tankless 20 to keep the drain line straight.

FIG. 5 shows the Flush-All-Tankless with the factory built-in universal mounting base. In this figure, the Flush-All-Tankless housing 54 is connected with the factory built-in universal All-Mounting-Base 90. The Flush-All-Tankless housing 54 in this figure shows a side connection port 24 for an alternate location for water to enter the Flush-All-Tankless housing 54. The tank shows the flush handle 50 mounted on the side of the Flush-All-Tankless housing 54.

All-Mounting-Base 90 has blind nut like openings size 5/16″ or others on the lower side and a large tube 40 like opening for the flushed water flow. The nut like openings which are opened only toward the lower side is used to mount this base to the many different designs of the toilet bowls. The large tube 40 opening is to allow for the flush water to flow to the toilet bowl. The All-Universal mounting bolt 95 size 5/16″ or others (see description below) will be used to fasten this base to the toilet bowl. In this version the All-Bolt 95 will screw into the All-mounting base 90 after being passed through the holes used to mount the old toilet tanks to the toilet bowls. Another version of the All-bolt 95 is with a lock washer and no wing nuts to prevent theft of this device in a public restroom.

Both the All-Bolt 95 and the All-Nut 94 size 5/16″ or others on it stays out of the corrosive nature of water which prevents rust and leaks around those bolts usually found on conventional toilet bowl tanks. Universal-Mounting-Bolt (All-Bolt), is the specially built bolt (sizes 5/16″ or other sizes) with one end that has a wing nut or with a screw head or a hex wrench slot to allow for the initial alignment of the toilet bowl with the Flush-All-Tankless mounting base 90. The other end of the All-Bolt 95 is open and will screw to the All-Universal-Mounting-Base 90. Universal (All-Nut) 94 is a combination of wing nut/hex nut/washer all cast into one piece. This All-Nut screws into the All-Bolt 95 to allow for securing the Flush-All-Tankless 54 universal mounting base 90 to the toilet bowl. The rubber washer 92 is to brace and protect the toilet bowl as the All-Nut 94 is tightened against the Flush-All-Tankless base 90. The All-nut 94 is to hand tighten the All-Nut on the All-Bolt 95 and to the toilet bowl. The added hex nut design to helps people whose hands are too weak to secure this device to the toilet bowl with hands alone. This way they can use a wrench and carefully tighten the All-Nut 94. Rubber washers 92 and 96 provides a tight fit between the toilet bowl and the Flush-All-Tankless base 90.

An option to use All-Bolt II 80 size 5/16″ or others to screw this device to a commercial toilet bowls (with no toilet tank holes) using the universal mounting base holes generating a bracing effect together with the drain pipe creating a tripod like retention effect.

The All-Bolt II 80 has screw-on nut size 5/16″ or others that has both a curvature 82 and a sharp 90-degree 81 seating (as shown in FIG. 5) that matches the different shapes of the toilet bowl curvatures in the back where it attaches to the device. The All-Bolt II 80 further includes a wingnut handle 83 for tightening the All-Bolt II 80. This type of modifications is only optional since the All-Split-Lock coupler joint offer enough strength and stability to mount this device to commercial toilets. Of course if the future commercial toilet bowls are made with mounting holes, then none of this additional modifications are needed and the Flush-All-Tankless with the built-in All-Universal-Mounting-Base can be used instead.

FIG. 6 shows another alternate perspective view of a conventional residential style sit-down toilet with the Flush-All-Tankless using a city water connection 34. This figure shows the Flush-All-Tankless version 54 with a built in All-Universal-Mounting-Base 59 connected to a toilet bowl. This toilet bowl has two water tank mounting holes (like in most homes toilet bowls) which makes mounting this device as simple as screwing in the two All-Bolts 93 with the wing nuts into the matching position on the All-Universal-Mounting-Base 59.

In this diagram, the inlet water is connected to the water connection behind the device, this way it would be out of sight. This one has a motion sensor 60 on top (All-motion sensor, see FIG. 9 for description) & an oversized flush handle 50, All-handle.

FIG. 7 shows the All-Split-Lock flusher coupler assembly 56. This coupler assembly is used in toilet bowls that have no holes to attach a water tank such as in many commercial toilet bowls. If the toilet bowl has holes then Flush-All-Tankless with built-in All-Universal-Mounting-Base should be used. This coupler 56 can also be used on Urinals. The dome shaped cover component of this assembly is for supporting the water supply tankless housing.

This assembly is made of four parts:

A: Incoming drain pipe 100 with tapered threaded end 101 to allow the expansion of the Split-Lock coupler 102. The pipe has a built in hex protrusion (not a nut) around its base to allow using a wrench to tighten this pipe into the Split-Lock coupler and against the dome shaped cover. This tightening of this pipe against the oversized dome shaped cover is important in increasing the strength and the mechanical retention and reducing the stress on this joint. 105 is a union joint, and 106 is a bushing or a washer that is made from Nylon or other equivalent bushing material. In this figure item 107 is a cross-section of 106.

B: All-dome shaped cover 104. This cover should be wide enough to enhance the strength and the mechanical retention of the split-lock coupler and reduce the stress on the joint.

C: All-Split-Lock coupler 102 as the diagram shows this coupler is made of two separate halves that slip into each other to expand or shrink to lock-in place the next item (All-Slip-In-Washer 103). Because this coupler 102 has a curvature or concavity on the outside periphery, this design makes it possible for a strong mechanical retention. Present couplers on the market only offer water tightness while this coupler offers both water tightness and a strong mechanical not just frictional retention. This coupler can be made of brass, chromed steel, plastic, or any other hardy polymers. This design was needed because of the access to the toilet bowl flush water inlet is through a single side only. This design I created to accommodate attachment of this device to commercial toilet bowls that has no conventional toilet tanks mounting holes which are usually found in residential toilet bowls.

D: All-Slip-in-Washer 103 that is made of rubber, silicone, nylon, or any other hardy flexible polymer. This washer will expand as the split-lock coupler is expanded in its center when the tapered incoming drain pipe is screwed into it. This design offers a great mechanical retention to the one sided toilet bowl incoming water inlet.

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the flush handle 110. The upper, lower and side movement of the handle is determined by the window/opening in the cover 112 of the ball-in-socket end of the flush handle where the window/opening has an upper stop 113 and a lower stop 115 as well as side stops 114. The flush handle is built heavy and oversized to make it easier for children and older people to flush. The cover 112 has a union coupler 111 to secure the cover 112 to the side of the housing 20.

FIG. 9 shows the All-Flush-All-Tankless motion detector 60.

The Flush-All-Tankless has the option of a motion detected flushing. This motion detector 60 can be added or removed as an option per user's demand. This one consists of a battery 65 operated electromagnetic coil 64 that exerts an electromagnetic pull on a pole 69 that is positioned in its center. This pole 69 is mechanically screwed into the top 123 of the All-Washer. The pole 69 is screwed into a nut that is cast into the All-Washer 40 to allow the connection of the motion activated flush rod 69 to screw into it and to allow the assembly of the All-Washer 40 to activate the actuator arm below it.

When this coil 64 is activated it would pull this pole 69 upward. This pole 69 would then pull up the All-Washer 40. This upward pulling of the All-Washer 40 would activate water flushing cycle. This momentary upward pull of the pole 69 caused by the battery 65 activating the electromagnetic coil 64 with a circuit board 67 controlling the length of the activation (i.e. 5 seconds, 10 seconds etc. by adjusting a potentiometer 68 on the control circuit 67 to the desired length of the flush cycle) a water 122 in the water chamber 54 is flushed down 124 the toilet bowl or the urinal. At the end of the activation cycle the battery 65 current to the coil 64 is cut off and the flush rod spring 42 load pulls down the pole 69 into the shut off position. The motion sensing window 61 and the motion sensor 62 with the whole circuit board assembly 63 can be rotated in a horizontal plane by rotating both the cover 120 and the circuit board assembly 63 to any position or direction desired by the user because the cover 120 includes a union style coupler 121 and the base includes stops 66 to allow rotation of the circuit board assembly 63. By positioning this sensing window 61 to the side, instead of the forward facing, it would prevent accidental flushing as the user prepares to use the toilet bowl.

FIG. 10 shows the Flush-All-Tankless with the handle in the top position. This position makes it easier to reach the handle and it will also increase the size of the water reservoir. Item 26 is a flush water flow channel.

FIG. 11 shows the unique All-Flush handle (FIG. 11A) that offers both an easy grip and a strong torque force because of the larger handle size. (FIG. 11B) shows a close-up of the All-joint as it is made with double convex actuator arms (R) that are sandwiched between two All-Washers (W) that are made of lock nuts that are hex shaped on one side and rounded (torus) shaped on the other side. The rounded sides will engage the convex portion of the actuator arm (R) in a ball-and-socket fashion type of articulation which allows for a slight three-dimensional movement instead of being locked in a single plane. FIG. 11C shows a cross-section of the flush rod (F) as it passes through the actuator arm (R). Flush rod (F) does not fit tight against the actuator arm (R). This creates a slight space (S) that allows for the slight three-dimensional articulation. This type of articulation will prevent water deposit build-up or jamming as usually happens in a two-dimensional articulation on high humidity environments.

The flushing mechanism in the Flush-All-Tankless utilizes minimal mechanical & hydraulic interaction. A simple push on the flush handle opens a valve to allow water to flow, upon release of the handle the spring tension closes the valve automatically. The valve in the Flush-All-Tankless is made of a coated metal. This guarantee this system to have virtually no parts to wear out. In contrast present conventional toilet bowl flushing systems involves many mechanical and hydraulic interactions to start and end a single flush. In a conventional toilet bowl system the flush handle is tightly screwed on the porcelain cover and connected on the inside to the flush actuator rod which must be located somewhere above the rubber flapper to work properly. The actuator arm is connected by a metal chain or a rubber strap to the flapper. The length of this chain or strap is very critical. If it is too short then a flapper drain opening interface will leak water and if is too long, no flushing will occur.

Different toilet bowl companies utilize different techniques to keep the flapper suspended or a float in an upright position to allow the complete flushing of the tank. This flapper floating suspension is very inefficient in keeping the flapper suspended long enough that it would allow a large quantity of water to be wasted as the automatic refill mechanism is activated. This refilling does not actually refills the tank until the flapper is back down and there is enough water weight on top of it to force the flapper to seal the drain opening. This wasted water does not help in cleaning the toilet bowl because its pressure has dissipated as it flows on the floor of the water tank. As you see the amount of water wasted is much more than just a simple 1.2 gallons rating of the tank water. The water tank water level must be adjusted just right. If too high the overflow tube will prevent the auto refill from shutting off, and if is too low people will flush a multiple of times to clear the bowl content causing even more water waste. Most auto refill devices are prone to deterioration due to being in water 24/7. This would lead to stickiness, jamming and malfunction. The flapper-drain opening interface often leaks small amount of water that is hard to detect visually. This is caused by the flapper deforming, warping or build-up of hard water deposit and mold. This would lead to a varicose veins like water deposit stains in the toilet bowl caused by this difficult to seal design. Models of toilet bowl systems that are presently found on the market that uses direct water pressure also use other devices such as bladders, plungers, relief valves, rubber diaphragms, gaskets, syringes, air inducers, pressure regulators, vacuum breakers . . . etc. that creates such an incredible noise that most people are reluctant to flush them at night so as not to wake up sleeping people. Those devices also use a lot of water and a fixed amount of water (not on demand amount) and are made of material that can easily deform, fatigue, sometimes explodes or wear out from being in water 24/7 or moving back and forth, up & down, inflate or deflate to perform their functions. None of them are designed to be retrofitted to an existing toilet bowl system and most of them require to be fitted inside a water tank with a pressure regulator. Most require a complete replacement of the whole system.

Keeping a conventional toilet bowl flushing systems working properly is a continuous and an ongoing task that takes time and effort not to count repair expenses and water loss or water damage with resulting health risks. The description and the diagrams/figures included shows this device as an easy to understand, easy to install and easy to build or manufacture.

The flush system provides a continuous and controllable water volume and water flush rate that is not found in any toilet water flushing system. A gentle push on the flush handle will allow a partial and quiet flush that will clear a toilet bowl with light content and will not awaken sleeping people at night. Conventional toilet flusher gives you the choice of only a full flush cycle with no partial flushing choice.

Thus, specific embodiments of a Flush-All-Tankless system have been disclosed. It should be apparent, however, to those skilled in the art that many more modifications besides those described are possible without departing from the inventive concepts herein. The inventive subject matter, therefore, is not to be restricted except in the spirit of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A tankless toilet flush system comprising: a sealed tank assembly;said tank assembly having an input for a water supply;said tank assembly having a city water pressure reservoir;said tank assembly having a water reservoir;said pressure reservoir being pressurized by said water supply, anda flushing mechanism that initializes a flush sequence.

2. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein said pressure reservoir and said water reservoir are the same reservoir.

3. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 further includes a conical shaped All washer.

4. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 further includes a spring to maintain said All washer in said conical recess.

5. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein said flush sequence is an instant on and off that is controlled by said flush mechanism.

6. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein said flush sequence operates on demand.

7. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein a user controls a flush volume.

8. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein said sealed tank has a universal mounting base with more than two mounting holes.

9. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein said flush sequence provides a continuous and controllable water volume and water flush rate.

10. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein said flushing mechanism is a handle or a button or a motion activated sensor.

11. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 10 wherein said handle raises and lowers a sealing washer.

12. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 10 wherein said motion activated sensor is on a rotatable base.

13. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 10 wherein said motion activated sensor activates said flushing sequence based upon hand motion.

14. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 10 wherein said motion activated sensor operates a solenoid connected to a flush rod.

15. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 9 wherein said handle operates through a ball and socket joint.

16. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 11 further includes at least one threaded All bolt and at least one All nut.

17. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 12 wherein said All washer is coated with rubber, silicone, nylon or metal.

18. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 12 wherein said All washer seats in a conical recess.

19. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 18 wherein said conical recess includes a plurality of flush water flow channels.

20. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 6 wherein a flush duration is adjustable.

21. The tankless toilet flush system according to claim 1 wherein the water reservoir of the Flush-All-Tankless is part of a building sealed plumbing system and is not part of any open water receptacle that can over-fill and flood.