US 12,139,899 B2
Line pressure-driven, tankless, siphonic toilet
Sudip Mukerji, Mequon, WI (US); Michael J. Luettgen, Grafton, WI (US); William Kalk, Sheboygan, WI (US); Randy Mesun, Sheboygan, WI (US); Jeff Laundre, Sheboygan, WI (US); Jeremy Rauwerdink, Sheboygan, WI (US); John Esche, Kphler, WI (US); Keith Muellenbach, Sheboygan, WI (US); and Clayton Garrels, Kohler, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/127,489.
Application 17/127,489 is a continuation of application No. 15/414,576, filed on Jan. 24, 2017, granted, now 10,927,537.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/286,561, filed on Jan. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0102364 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. E03D 11/18 (2006.01); E03D 3/00 (2006.01); E03D 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 11/18 (2013.01) [E03D 3/00 (2013.01); E03D 5/10 (2013.01); E03D 2201/30 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A toilet comprising:
a bowl including a rim at an upper portion of the bowl and a sump at a lower portion of the bowl;
a trapway extending from the sump to a drain; and
a sump jet coupled to the sump and configured to rotate relative to the sump, the sump jet including a main channel configured to receive a supply of water from a supply conduit and a spiral feature configured to entrain the supply of water in a spiral to induce a siphon in the toilet.