Patent ID: 8650671
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: B23P,E03D,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A toilet fill valve, comprising: a water inlet; a water outlet configured to supply water to a toilet tank; a bowl fill outlet port radially extending from a portion of a body of the toilet fill valve, the bowl fill outlet port being operatively coupled to the water inlet, and the bowl fill outlet port being an integrally molded portion of the body of the toilet fill valve; a bowl fill valve having a first integrally molded portion that forms a bowl fill valve inlet port, the bowl fill valve having a second integrally molded portion that forms a bowl fill valve outlet port, wherein the first integrally molded portion of the bowl fill valve inserts into the bowl fill outlet port so that the bowl fill valve inlet port is coupled to the bowl fill outlet port; the bowl fill valve being configured to supply an adjustable flow of water out the bowl fill valve outlet port for filling a toilet bowl during a flush cycle of a toilet; and the bowl fill valve being affixed to the bowl fill outlet port by an annular protrusion being snap-fit into an annular groove.