Patent ID: 8104105
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: B23P,E03D,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A toilet fill valve, comprising: a water inlet; a first 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 comprising an integrally molded portion of the body of the toilet fill valve; a bowl fill valve having a bowl fill valve inlet port and a bowl fill valve outlet port, wherein the bowl fill valve inlet port is compatible with the bowl fill outlet port and the bowl fill valve inlet port being directly coupled to the bowl fill outlet port and establishing direct contact between the bowl fill outlet port and the bowl fill valve inlet port, wherein the bowl fill valve inlet port and the bowl fill valve outlet port each comprise an integrally molded portion of the bowl fill valve; 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; the bowl fill outlet port further comprising a first thread; the bowl fill valve inlet port further comprising a second thread, the first thread being compatible with the second thread, and the first thread being engaged with the second thread and affixing the bowl fill valve inlet port to the bowl fill outlet port; and a sealing ring clamped between a portion of the bowl fill outlet port and a portion of the bowl fill valve inlet port to form a seal between the bowl fill outlet port and the bowl fill valve inlet port.