Self cleaning toilet assembly and system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10760255
APP PUB NO 20170030065A1
SERIAL NO

15289880

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Toilet assemblies having various embodiments of a cleaning system are described herein which include a toilet assembly and a cleaning system. The toilet assembly has a toilet bowl, a toilet tank, a flush valve, a rim inlet port and a rim flow path (which may be an isolated rim path) extending from an outlet of the flush valve to the rim inlet port. The cleaning system has a reservoir for holding a liquid cleaning agent having an outlet port in fluid communication with the interior space of the reservoir body; a housing to receive the reservoir; a supply conduit in fluid communication with the interior of the reservoir; a flow control device capable of controlling flow through the supply conduit; and a control system activatable by an actuator feature, wherein upon activation of the actuator feature, the control system is adapted to initiate a clean cycle by: operating the flow control device for a first period of time sufficient to deliver a dose of a liquid cleaning agent from the supply conduit to an interior space of the flush valve in a closed position, the flush valve configured for delivery of fluid to the rim inlet port, and operating the flush valve to open the flush valve to introduce flush water to carry the dose of a liquid cleaning agent through the rim inlet port into the toilet bowl.

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AS AMERICA INC30 KNIGHTSBRIDGE ROAD PISCATAWAY NJ 08854

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barndt, Ronald Bethlehem, US 5 69
Bucher, Christophe Hillsborough, US 128 830
Cicenas, Chris Pataskala, US 19 907
Grover, David Stockton, US 42 302
Harder, Cameron Seattle, US 3 12
Helmstetter, Christopher Bridgewater, US 9 24
McHale, James Hillsborough, US 27 207
Morris, Matthew C Edina, US 21 72
O'Kelly, Matthew Philadelphia, US 5 69
Rote, Scott J Mokena, US 24 344
Seggio, Frank Wayside, US 11 124
Wicker, Nathan J Chicago, US 7 54

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