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 Lavatory hopper flushing apparatus

Details
Inventors: Ikenaga, Takao; Shigematsu, Toshifumi; Hamanaka, Tatsumi; Hirahara, Manabu;
Assignee: Toto Ltd. (Kitakyushu, JP)
Primary Examiner: Marcus; Stephen
Assistant Examiner: Peters; L. J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Oblon, Fisher, Spivak, McClelland & Maier

This invention relates to a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus, particularly, a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus comprising a sensor unit capable of detecting the use of any one of a plurality of lavatory hoppers arranged side by side, and providing a detection signal upon the detection of the use of any one of the lavatory hoppers; a control unit capable of being actuated by the detection signal; and a water supply unit capable of being driven by the control unit so as to flush all the lavatory hoppers simultaneously; wherein the control unit capable of being actuated by the detection signal given by a sensor unit and driving a water supply unit includes a counter control unit which has a counting circuit that counts the frequency of the detection signal and which provides an output signal when the count of the detection signals reaches a predetermined number, and an output control unit which provides an output signal to actuate the water supply unit, upon the reception of the output signal given by the counter control unit, whereby all the lavatory hoppers of a group is simultaneously flushed with water when the total number of times of the use of the lavatory hoppers of the group reaches a predetermined number.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to achieve the following objects.
It is a first object of the present invention to provide a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus which flushes all the lavatory hoppers of a group simultaneously with water when the number of times of the use of the lavatory hoppers of the group reaches a predetermined number.
It is a second object of the present invention to provide a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus which flushes all the lavatory hoppers of a group simultaneously with water when the number of times of the use of the lavatory hoppers of the group reaches a predetermined number and also flushes all the lavatory hoppers of the group simultaneously with water after a predetermined interval from the first use of any one of the lavatory hoppers of the group even if the number of times of the use of the lavatory hoppers of the group is less than the predetermined number at the termination of the predetermined interval.
It is a third object of the present invention to provide a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus which flushes all the lavatory hoppers of a group simultaneously with water when the number of times of the use of the lavatory hoppers of the group reaches a predetermined number, flushes all the lavatory hopeps of the group simultaneously with water after a predetermined interval from the first use of any one of the lavatory hoppers of the group even if the number of times of the use of the lavatory hoppers of the group is less than the predetermined number at the termination of the predetermined interval and supplies water to the lavatory hoppers of the group when any one of the lavatory hoppers of the group is not used for an extended period of time, to prevent the exhaustion of the sealing water due to evaporation.
The first object is achieved by providing the control unit which is actuated on the basis of a detection signal given by the sensor unit to derive the water supply unit with a counter control unit which has a counting circuit capable of counting the detection signals and provides an output signal when the number of the detection signals reaches a predetermined number, and an output control unit which provides an output signal to actuate the water supply unit upon the reception of the output signal given by the counter control circuit



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