Vacuum assisted toilet with controlled vacuum
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Jun 27, 1995
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Feb 10, 1994
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Feb 10, 1994
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A vacuum assisted toilet is described, of the type wherein the toilet bowl outlet has a lower trap that is open to the passage of air therethrough except during each flushing when a vacuum is applied, which uses the vacuum more effectively. A vacuum source (46, FIG. 3) includes a first container portion (107) that holds water between flushings, with the water released during a flushing and creating a vacuum in a second portion (106) of the container that is coupled through a vacuum conduit (48) to the toilet bowl outlet. Instead of constantly coupling the second portion of the container to the bowl outlet, the second portion of the container is allowed to progressively expand but remain substantially unconnected to the bowl outlet until a predetermined amount of expansion (to 108) when the second portion is suddenly connected through the vacuum conduit (48) to the bowl outlet. As a result, the vacuum created during early expansion of the second container portion does not tend to lessen the lower trap and the vacuum is not wasted to the drain, but is applied only after the lower trap is sealed.
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