Patent ID: 6755209
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: E03D,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A fill valve assembly for a flush tank, having a housing (8) that incorporates a vertical water-carrying channel (24) that leads from an inlet (49) that is to be fastened on the flush tank bottom (2) to a float-controlled diaphragm valve (50) that incorporates in a diaphragm (43) a passage for pressure equalization between a first chamber (51) in front of the diaphragm (43) and a second chamber (52) behind the diaphragm (43), and having a pilot valve (58) for actuating the diaphragm valve (50), wherein the diaphragm valve (50) is disposed laterally on the housing (8), wherein the water-carrying channel (24), at an upper end, leads into a horizontal passage (26) and wherein the first chamber (51) leads into an upwardly extending channel (53) and into a rotation chamber (54) for preventing water noises as water flows through the rotation chamber and into the flush tank and wherein the housing (8) has at a lower end means (16, 18) for fastening the valve assembly at the bottom of the flush tank.