Claims
- 1. A flush lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system for toilet water storage tanks to prevent continued flow of water from a fill means as a result of a leaking toilet flush valve or storage tank of the toilet flush system, the fill means being actuated by a water level responsive means to turn ON and to shut OFF a water supply, and including;
- a control reservoir with a brim at a FULL level of storage tank water,
- a means for filling said reservoir with water until the storage tank is filled up to a required ready-to-flush level,
- a drain means syphon for discharging water from the control reservoir and having a transfer passage below the brim of the reservoir and between a suction leg within the reservoir and over a bridge to a discharge leg at the exterior of the reservoir,
- and a flushing means for simultaneously operating the toilet flush valve to discharge the storage tank and positioning the drain means syphon to discharge the control reservoir,
- the said water level responsive means being responsive to the control reservoir water lever for turning ON the water supply in response to depletion of water from the control reservoir and alternately for shutting OFF the water supply in response to filling of the control reservoir to said FULL level.
- 2. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one of said legs is positionable and having a raised dormant position and a lowered active position to activate the syphon.
- 3. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein at least one of said legs is positionable and having a dormant raised position opening above the ready-to-flush level and a lowered position to activate the syphon.
- 4. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the discharge leg at the exterior of the reservoir is positionable and has a raised dormant position and a lowered active position to discharge water from the reservoir.
- 5. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the discharge leg at the exterior of the reservoir is postionable and has a dormant raised position opening above the ready-to-flush level and a lowered position opening below the suction leg to discharge water from the reservoir.
- 6. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lever connected to lift the toilet flush valve to discharge the storage tank and connected to the drain means syphon to depress a leg of said syphon for discharge of the control reservoir.
- 7. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lift lever connected to the toilet flush valve to unseat the said flush valve and connected to the drain means syphon to simultaneously depress a leg of said syphon, there being a flush handle connected to and operating the lever.
- 8. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lift lever connected to the toilet flush valve to unseat the said flush valve and connected to the drain means syphon to depress a leg of the said syphon, there being a flush handle connected to the toilet flush valve and to the positionable drain means syphon by operating links for simultaneous operation.
- 9. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lift lever connected to the toilet flush valve to unseat the said valve and connected to the drain means syphon to depress a leg of the said syphon, there being a flush handle connected to the toilet flush valve by an operating link and connected to the positionable drain means syphon by a lost motion linkmeans therebetween for separate return of said lift lever.
- 10. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 9, there being a spring means for returning the drain means syphon to a dormant position.
- 11. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lift lever with an arm connected to and to unseat the toilet flush valve and with an arm connected to and to operate the discharge leg of the drain means syphon, there being a flush handle connected to and simultaneousy operating the two lever arms.
- 12. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lift lever with an arm connected to and to unseat the toilet flush valve and with an arm connected to and to operate the discharge leg of the drain means syphon, there being a flush handle directly connected to the toilet flush valve and simultaneously operating the positionable drain means syphon by means of a link connected thereto.
- 13. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the flushing means is comprised of a lift lever with an arm connected to and to unseat the toilet flush valve and with an arm connected to and to operate the discharge. leg of the drain means syphon, there being a flush handle directly connected to the toilet flush valve and simultaneously operating the positionable drain means syphon by means of a lost motion link means thereto for separate return of the flush valve lift lever to a dormant position.
- 14. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 13, there being spring means for returning the drain means syphon discharge leg to a dormant position.
- 15. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 13, there being an upwardly recurved member at a downward position of the discharge leg of the drain means syphon to have a downward reaction to water discharge to hold the discharge leg in an inactive down position.
- 16. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 13, there being an upwardly open cup with a drain hole at the downward position of the discharge leg of the drain means syphon to capture discharge water for temporarily holding the discharge leg in an active down position.
- 17. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 13, there being an open cup at an open discharge end of the discharge leg of the drain means syphon to capture discharge water and with a drain hole therein for temporarily holding the discharge leg in an active down position, the cup having an upwardly recurved bottom member for reaction to water discharge and to hold the discharge leg in said active down position.
- 18. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 16, there being spring means for returning the discharge leg to its dormant position.
- 19. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 17, there being spring means for returning the discharge leg to its dormant position.
- 20. A flush lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system for toilet water storage tanks to prevent continued flow of water from a fill means as a result of a leaking toilet flush valve or storage tank, the fill means being actuated by a water level responsive means to turn ON and to shut OFF a water supply, and including;
- a control reservoir with an inflow brim immediately below a FLOOD level of the storage tank, for filling said reservoir with storage tank water when the storage tank is filled over a ready-to-flush level,
- a drain means syphon for discharging water from the control reservoir and having a transfer passage below the brim of the reservoir and between a suction leg within the reservoir and over a bridge to a discharge leg at the exterior of the reservoir,
- and flushing means for simultaneously operating the toilet flush valve to discharge the storage tank and operating the drain means syphon to discharge the control reservoir,
- the said water level responsive means being responsive to the control reservoir water level for turning ON the water supply in response to depletion of water from the control reservoir and alternately for shutting OFF the water supply in response to filling of the control reservoir by inflow of storage tank water over said inflow brim and at the FLOOD level of the storage tank.
- 21. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 20, wherein at least one of said legs is positionable and having a raised dormant position and a lowered active position to activate the drain means syphon.
- 22. A flush lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system for toilet water storage tanks to prevent continued flow of water from a fill means as a result of a leaking toilet flush valve or storage tank, the fill means being actuated by a water level responsive means to turn ON a water supply to fill the storage tank,and including;
- a control reservoir with a brim at a FULL level below a FLOOD level of the storage tank water,
- a means for filling said storage tank to said FLOOD level with water until the reservoir is filled to said FULL level required for establishing a ready-to-flush level,
- a refill means for delivering a restricted flow of water until shut OFF of the water supply by said fill means and discharging into the control reservoir for filling said reservoir to said FULL level for shut OFF,
- a drain means syphon for discharging water from the control reservoir and having a transfer passage below the brim of the reservoir and between a suction leg within the reservoir and over a bridge to a discharge leg at the exterior of the reservoir,
- and flushing means for simultaneously operating the toilet flush valve to discharge the storage tank and operating the drain means syphon to discharge the control reservoir,
- the said water level responsive means being responsive to the control reservoir water level for turning ON the water supply in response to depletion of water from the control reservoir and alternately for shutting OFF the water supply in response to filling of the control reservoir to said ready-to-flush level.
- 23. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 22, wherein the control reservoir brim is immediately below FLOOD level of storage tank water, for filling said reservoir with storage tank water when the storage tank is filled over said ready-to-flush level.
- 24. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 22, wherein at least one of said legs is positionable and having a raised dormant position and a lowered active position to activate the drain means syphon.
- 25. The lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system as set forth in claim 22, wherein the control reservoir brim is immediately below FLOOD level of storage tank water for filling said reservoir with storage tank water when the storage tank is filled over said ready-to-flush level, at least one of said legs being positionable and having a raised dormant position and a lowered active position to activate the drain means syphon.
- 26. A flush lever operated control reservoir and toilet flush system for a toilet water storage tank to prevent continued flow of water from a fill means as a result of a leaking toilet flush valve or storage tank, the fill means being actuated by a water level responsive means to turn ON and to shut OFF a water supply, and including;
- a control reservoir with an inflow brim at a full level immediately below a FLOOD level of the storage tank water, for filling said control reservoir to a ready-to-flush level with storage tank water when the storage tank is filled to said FLOOD level,
- drain means for holding said ready-to-flush level of water in the control reservoir and for discharging water therefrom and into the storage tank,
- manually operable flushing means for operating the toilet flush valve to discharge the storage tank and for simultaneously operating the drain means to discharge the control reservoir,
- and refill means for discharging a restricted flow of water into the control reservoir when the fill means is actuated to turn ON for filling said reservoir to said FULL level to shut OFF the water supply,
- the said water level responsive means being responsive to the control reservoir water level for turning ON the water supply in response to depletion of water from the control reservoir and alternately for shutting OFF the water supply in response to filling of the control reservoir to said ready-to-flush level.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/565,323 filed Nov. 30, 1995, abandoned.
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