Clean toilet and accessories

Abstract

A toilet that includes a bowl, a tank configured to hold water, and a flush valve within the tank. The flush valve includes a valve body fluidly connecting the tank and the bowl, a float moveable relative to the valve body to open and close the flush valve, and a guide member coupled to the valve body for guiding movement of the float, where the guide member includes a chamber that is configured to hold a cleaning compound including a chemical compound and water. The cleaning compound is configured to be dispensed into the bowl through the valve body with the flush valve open.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A toilet comprising:
 a bowl;   a tank configured to hold water;   a flush valve within the tank, comprising:
 a valve body fluidly connecting the tank and the bowl; 
 a float moveable relative to the valve body to open and close the flush valve; and 
 a guide member coupled to the valve body for guiding movement of the float, wherein the guide member includes a chamber that is configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water; 
   wherein the cleaning compound is dispensed into the bowl through the valve body with the flush valve open.   
     
     
         2 . The toilet of  claim 1 , wherein an end of the guide member is directly coupled to the valve body and the chamber of the guide member is fluidly connected to an inner chamber of the valve body. 
     
     
         3 . The toilet of  claim 1 , wherein the flush valve further includes a dispenser fluidly connected to the chamber of the guide member that is configured to selectively dispense the cleaning compound toward the bowl through an inner chamber of the valve body. 
     
     
         4 . The toilet of  claim 3 , wherein the dispenser includes a body, at least one nozzle through which the cleaning compound is dispensed, and a fluid passage through the body fluidly connecting the at least one nozzle and the chamber of the guide member. 
     
     
         5 . The toilet of  claim 1 , further comprising a fill valve that is disposed in the tank, the fill valve comprising:
 an inlet for receiving water from a source; and   a fluid conduit supplying water to the flush valve.   
     
     
         6 . The toilet of  claim 5 , wherein the chamber of the guide member is a longitudinal bore extending through an end of the guide member that is opposite the valve member, and wherein the fluid conduit supplies the water to a supply ring that is coupled to the end of the guide member, and the supply ring supplies water to the chamber of the guide member. 
     
     
         7 . The toilet of  claim 1 , further comprising a sensor disposed in the flush valve that measures a concentration of the cleaning compound and communicates the measured concentration to a controller. 
     
     
         8 . The toilet of  claim 7 , further comprising an indicator comprising a light source, wherein the light source is illuminated by a signal from the controller based on the concentration of the cleaning compound. 
     
     
         9 . The toilet of  claim 8 , wherein the light source is illuminated upon the concentration of the cleaning compound falling below a threshold concentration. 
     
     
         10 . The toilet of  claim 9 , further comprising a lid removably coupled to the tank for concealing the contents of the tank, wherein the light source is disposed on the lid. 
     
     
         11 . The toilet of  claim 10 , wherein the controller is coupled to the lid and communicates with the sensor wirelessly, and wherein the lid includes a user interface for adjusting the concentration of the cleaning compound. 
     
     
         12 . A toilet configured to receive water from a water supply, the toilet comprising:
 a bowl;   a tank configured to retain the water;   a fill valve disposed in the tank and configured to receive the water;   a container disposed in the tank and fluidly connected to the fill valve to receive the water, the container configured to contain a chemical compound; and   a flush valve connected to the container to receive the chemical compound and the water, the flush valve comprising:
 a valve body fluidly connecting the bowl and the tank; and 
 a movable member that is configured to move relative to the valve body to open the flush valve to dispense an amount of the chemical compound and the water to the bowl through the valve body. 
   
     
     
         13 . The toilet of  claim 12 , wherein the container is supported by a wall of the tank. 
     
     
         14 . The toilet of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a housing mounted to the wall and configured to retain the container;   an inlet line fluidly connecting the fill valve with an inlet of the container; and   an outlet line fluidly connecting an outlet of the container with the flush valve.   
     
     
         15 . The toilet of  claim 14 , further comprising a diffusing tube fluidly connected to the inlet line and the outlet line, the diffusing tube comprising a plurality of spaced apart openings fluidly connecting an inside of the tube to a reservoir of the container containing the chemical compound. 
     
     
         16 . The toilet of  claim 15 , further comprising a strainer disposed in the reservoir of the container and configured to contain the chemical compound, wherein the strainer includes at least one hole to fluidly communicate the chemical compound with the water in the reservoir. 
     
     
         17 . The toilet of  claim 16 , further comprising a cap that couples to and decouples from an inlet of the container through an attachment feature, wherein the strainer is removable from the container with the cap decoupled from the inlet. 
     
     
         18 . The toilet of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 a removable shroud covering an opening in the tank to conceal the fill valve and the flush valve in the tank, the shroud including an opening for accessing the cap without removing the shroud from the tank; and   a removable lid covering the shroud.   
     
     
         19 . The toilet of  claim 12 , further comprising a controller that controls the volume of the cleaning compound. 
     
     
         20 . The toilet of  claim 19 , wherein the controller also controls a concentration of the cleaning compound by controlling at least one of a volume in a reservoir of the container, a flow rate of the chemical compound and the water from the container, or a volume of the chemical compound in the reservoir.