US 11,987,969 B2
Fluidics devices for plumbing fixtures
Clayton C. Garrels, Kohler, WI (US); William C. Kuru, Plymouth, WI (US); William Kalk, Sheboygan, WI (US); and Randal S. Graskamp, Sheboygan, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,976.
Application 18/198,976 is a continuation of application No. 16/864,746, filed on May 1, 2020, granted, now 11,739,517.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,522, filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0287671 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E03D 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 11/08 (2013.01) [E03D 2201/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet comprising:
a toilet bowl;
a rim at an upper edge of the toilet bowl; and
a plurality of fluidic oscillators coupled to the toilet bowl in a rim area of the toilet bowl, the plurality of fluidic oscillators in parallel arrangement to sweep a fluid periodically and toward the toilet bowl between a first direction and a second direction.