Patent ID: 11885110
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A flush toilet for discharging waste by using flush water, the flush toilet comprising:
a bowl comprising a waste receiving surface configured to receive the waste, a rim formed on a top edge of the waste receiving surface, and a shelf surface formed between the waste receiving surface and the rim, the shelf surface of the bowl including linear portions provided on a right side and a left side when seen from forward, a front arc portion connected to front ends of the linear portions, and a rear arc portion connected to rear ends of the linear portions;
a rim spout portion configured to spout flush water from a rim spout port provided on the rim to the shelf surface to form a circulating flow; and
a water conduit configured to guide flush water supplied from a flush water supply source to the rim spout portion;
wherein flush water is spouted backward from the rim spout port of the rim spout portion along the linear portions of the shelf surface;
the shelf surface located on an upstream side of the rim spout port of the rim spout portion has a sloped surface ascending toward the rim spout port;
wherein each of the linear portions of the shelf surface respectively contains at least a center of the front-rear direction of the bowl;
the rim spout port is provided on the rim above one of the linear portions at a location overlapping the one of the linear portions along the front-rear direction of the bowl; and
the sloped surface ascending toward the rim spout port includes a part of the one of the linear portions.