Select-a-flush toilet water saver system

Abstract

A select a flush water saver system is provided for use in the modern 1.6 gallon toilets as well as the old fashioned non-water saver toilets. The system is in kit form and easily installed with simple tools. The conventional toilet handle is replaced with two pull-cord operating handles, one for selecting a short flush to clear only liquid from the toilet or the other for selecting a full flush to clear solids from the toilet. A main flapper valve has a dual bleeder valve installed thereon. One operating handle acts upon the dual bleeder valve to cause a small amount of water to evacuate the water closet. The other operating handle acts upon the dual bleeder valve to provide the full flush. The pull-cord operating handles are as easily accessible as the original push handle and each has a different configuration in order to identify its function.

1 . A Select a flush toilet water saver system for use in old fashioned toilets as well as modern water saving toilets type having a water closet , a flush port, a main rubber flapper, a flapper valve seat, an overflow tube, and a water supply valve, said system comprising:
 a) Said rubber flapper pivotally mounted at an end of the overflow tube so as to normally sit upon the valve seat over the flush port and having a chamber for holding air therein.   b) Said rubber flapper having a dual bleeder valve mounted at its top with two apertures in its base to allow for air to be bled from the rubber flapper air chamber under controlled conditions.   c) Two separate operating handles each connected by means of pull-cords guided through pull-cord guides to said dual bleeder valve affixed to the top of said main rubber flapper.   d) Said dual bleeder valve having a rocker arm operated by means of pull-cords connected to operating handles mounted on the outside of the water closet such that when an operating handle is pulled, the main rubber flapper is pulled up off its seat. Simultaneously said rocker arm is rotated to uncover an air release aperture thus venting air from the main rubber flapper air chamber through said aperture in order to cause the flapper to lose buoyancy.   f) Said dual bleeder valve having an adjustment handle for each of the two apertures to facilitate adjusting the size of the aperture and thus the rate of escaping air.