US 11,739,517 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 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,746.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,522, filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0362548 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. E03D 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 11/08 (2013.01) [E03D 2201/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet assembly, comprising:
a toilet body defining a toilet bowl, the toilet bowl configured to receive a volume of fluid therein; and
a fluidic oscillator coupled to the toilet body in a rim area of the toilet bowl, the fluidic oscillator positioned to direct a fluid onto an inner surface of the toilet bowl, the fluidic oscillator configured to continuously redirect a flow of fluid to different locations along the inner surface,
wherein the fluidic oscillator includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a plenum, and a recessed area, wherein the plenum fluidly connects the inlet port and the outlet port, and wherein the recessed area is disposed within the plenum and extends between opposing sidewalls of the plenum.