| CPC E03D 11/08 (2013.01) [E03D 11/13 (2013.01); E03D 2201/40 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A toilet, comprising:
an inlet structure configured to receive water;
a bowl structure, comprising:
a toilet bowl comprising a rim and a sump;
a split fluidly connected to the inlet structure, the split comprising a first passage and a second passage, the split dividing water flowing from a horizontal section into the first passage and the second passage;
a shelf located below the rim and fluidly connected to the first passage;
a plurality of side channels connected to the second passage, the plurality of side channels including a first side channel and a second side channel, wherein the first side channel extends from the split downwardly around a first side of the toilet bowl, wherein the second side channel of the plurality of side channels extends from the split downwardly around a second side of the toilet bowl opposite the first side;
a diverter that redirects the water from the side channel to the sump; and
an outlet structure fluidly connected to the sump and configured to discharge water from the sump into a drain,
wherein together the rim and the shelf form an inset channel that extends along a perimeter of the toilet bowl in a single flow direction and is open to a waste receiving surface of the toilet bowl, and wherein a thickness of the rim increases so that a lower surface of the rim slopes downwardly toward the shelf so that a height of the inset channel, between the rim and the shelf, decreases in the single flow direction to reduce fluid losses in the single flow direction.
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