US2026028810A1PendingUtilityA1

Flushing device and toilet bowl

Assignee: FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS SHANGHAI CO LTDPriority: Jul 23, 2024Filed: Jul 10, 2025Published: Jan 29, 2026
Est. expiryJul 23, 2044(~18 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
E03D 1/36E03D 5/094E03D 5/092E03D 5/09
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Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a flushing device and a toilet bowl. The flushing device comprises a flushing valve with a driving component and a pressing component with a first button, a first rocker and a pull rope, wherein the driving component is serves as a first flushing switch, and may be a hand-operated switch, and the valve body can be opened by means of the driving component for water flushing; the pressing component serves as a second flushing switch, and may be a foot-operated switch. By moving the first button, the first rocker is driven to rotate, thereby the pull rope is pulled to open the valve body for water flushing. The driving component can meet the demand of a user who wants to flush by hand, while the pressing component can meet the demand of a user who wants to flush by foot.

Claims

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1 . A flushing device, comprising:
 a flushing valve comprising a valve body and a driving component, wherein the valve body is arranged to be able to open under a driving action of the driving component; and   a pressing assembly comprising a first housing, a first button, a first rocker and a pull rope, wherein the first button is movably arranged with respect to the first housing and abuts against one end of the first rocker, the first rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the first housing, the other end of the first rocker is connected to the pull rope, the pull rope is connected to the valve body, and the first rocker is arranged to be able to pull the pull rope under the driving action of the first button so as to drive the valve body to open via the pull rope.   
     
     
         2 . The flushing device of  1 , wherein the first button comprises a button body and an abutting block arranged at an end of the button body that faces the first rocker. 
     
     
         3 . The flushing device of  1 , wherein the pressing assembly further comprises a first elastic member and/or a second elastic member, wherein the first elastic member is connected to or abuts against the first housing and the first button, the first button can be reset under the elastic force of the first elastic member, the second elastic member is connected to the first rocker and abuts against or is connected to the first housing, and the first rocker can be reset under the elastic force of the second elastic member. 
     
     
         4 . The flushing device of  1 , wherein a first cavity is formed in the first housing, the first rocker is located in the first cavity, a mounting hole in communication with the first cavity is formed in the first housing, and the pull rope is inserted through the mounting hole; and/or
 the pressing assembly further comprises a connector arranged on the periphery of the first housing, and the connector is arranged to be detachably connected to the main body of a toilet bowl.   
     
     
         5 . The flushing device of  4 , wherein the pressing assembly comprises a pulling component and a mounting fitting, wherein the pulling component comprises the pull rope and a bushing fitted around the pull rope, the pull rope can be moved with respect to the bushing, and the mounting fitting is fitted around a part of the bushing for fixing the bushing to the first housing. 
     
     
         6 . The flushing device of  5 , wherein the mounting fitting comprises a nut and a C-shaped ferrule, wherein the nut is fitted around a part of the bushing, the pull rope can be moved with respect to the bushing, and the mounting fitting is connected to an inner wall of the mounting hole and fixes the bushing to the first housing; and/or
 the connector comprises a connecting sleeve fitted around the first housing and a protrusion arranged on the periphery of the connecting sleeve, and the protrusion is arranged to be elastically deformed so that it can be snapped into a hole formed in the main body of the toilet bowl by elastic force.   
     
     
         7 . The flushing device according to  claim 1 , wherein the valve body comprises a second housing, a flushing cover and a transmission component, wherein a bottom end of the second housing has an opening, the flushing cover is arranged on the opening, and the transmission component is connected to the flushing cover and the pull rope and is drivingly fitted with the driving component, and the transmission component is arranged to be able to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the driving action of the driving component or the pull rope. 
     
     
         8 . The flushing device of  7 , wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction. 
     
     
         9 . The flushing device of  8 , wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope. 
     
     
         10 . The flushing device according to  claim 2 , wherein the valve body comprises a second housing, a flushing cover and a transmission component, wherein a bottom end of the second housing has an opening, the flushing cover is arranged on the opening, and the transmission component is connected to the flushing cover and the pull rope and is drivingly fitted with the driving component, and the transmission component is arranged to be able to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the driving action of the driving component or the pull rope. 
     
     
         11 . The flushing device of  10 , wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction. 
     
     
         12 . The flushing device of  11 , wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope. 
     
     
         13 . The flushing device according to  claim 3 , wherein the valve body comprises a second housing, a flushing cover and a transmission component, wherein a bottom end of the second housing has an opening, the flushing cover is arranged on the opening, and the transmission component is connected to the flushing cover and the pull rope and is drivingly fitted with the driving component, and the transmission component is arranged to be able to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the driving action of the driving component or the pull rope. 
     
     
         14 . The flushing device of  13 , wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction. 
     
     
         15 . The flushing device of  14 , wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope. 
     
     
         16 . The flushing device according to  claim 4 , wherein the valve body comprises a second housing, a flushing cover and a transmission component, wherein a bottom end of the second housing has an opening, the flushing cover is arranged on the opening, and the transmission component is connected to the flushing cover and the pull rope and is drivingly fitted with the driving component, and the transmission component is arranged to be able to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the driving action of the driving component or the pull rope. 
     
     
         17 . The flushing device of  16 , wherein the transmission component comprises a second rocker and a pull rod, wherein the second rocker is rotatably arranged with respect to the second housing, the driving component is movably arranged with respect to the second housing and abuts against one end of the second rocker to drive the second rocker to rotate in a first direction, and the pull rod is connected to the other end of the second rocker and the flushing cover to move the flushing cover to open the opening under an action of rotation of the second rocker in the first direction. 
     
     
         18 . The flushing device of  17 , wherein the pull rod is connected to the pull rope to move the flushing cover to open the opening under the pulling action of the pull rope. 
     
     
         19 . A toilet bowl comprising a main body and the flushing device according to  claim 1 , wherein the flushing device is arranged on the main body.

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