Flush toilet having rim slot of varying width

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PATENT NO 9995029
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15221280

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To provide a flush toilet in which: a circulating flow can be formed to uniformly circulate over a waste receiving surface while flushing; localized changes in external appearance of a toilet main body can be inhibited; and impression of a left-right symmetrical external shape can be conveyed to users so that design characteristics thereof are favorably preserved. A rim portion in a flush toilet includes a slit opening portion formed between an upper edge portion of the waste receiving surface formed to be left-right asymmetrical and a rim inside wall formed to be left-right symmetrical. The slit opening portion is formed such that a slit gap on one side, to which a connecting water conduit is directed, is smaller than a slit gap on the other side. A circulating flow is formed on the waste-receiving surface by flush water spouted from the slit opening portion having the different slit gaps.

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TOTO LTDFUKUOKA PREFECTURE FUKUOKA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Inoue, Masaaki Kitakyushu, JP 53 473
Kitamura, Masaki Kitakyushu, JP 23 82
Matsuo, Naoto Kitakyushu, JP 26 566
Shiohara, Eiji Kitakyushu, JP 14 19

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