Foot actuated flushing apparatus and method

a technology of foot actuation and flushing device, which is applied in the direction of flushing device, water installation, construction, etc., can solve the problems of difficult operation, spread of germs, disease and contaminants, elderly who are at an increased risk of falling or becoming injured,
US20060075545A1Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-13FOOT FLUSH INT
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
FOOT FLUSH INT
Publication Date
2006-04-13
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An apparatus and method for flushing a toilet by foot that includes a foot pedal integral with a flushing system within a toilet base. When pressure is applied to the foot pedal, the flushing system is activated to generate an upward pressure that is applied to an underside of a flapper of a toilet tank for flushing the toilet. The flushing system may be a pressurized flushing system that includes a first pressurized cylinder connected by a pressurized line to a second pressurized cylinder. The second pressurized cylinder has a rod protected by a bellows seal, which when pressure is applied to the second pressurized cylinder, the rod is forced up against the flapper pushing up on the flapper to flush the toilet. Upon removing the user's foot from the foot pedal, the foot pedal and the pressurized flushing system are automatically reset for reuse.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0001] Aspects of the present invention are related to subject matter disclosed in co-pending application entitled “Foot Operated Flushing Apparatus and Method,” U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 773,630, filed on Feb. 6, 2004, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention, the subject matter of which is hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to a foot actuated flushing apparatus in contact with a bottom surface of an internal flushing means of a toilet tank and a method of flushing a toilet using such apparatus.

[0004] 2. Description of Related Art

[0005] Conventional approaches for flushing cistern toilets generally require the user to flush the toilet by hand. In so doing, the toilet user actuates a lever on the toilet tank by hand, whereby an internal component or system within the tank is activated for flushing the toilet. However, it has...

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