Patent ID: 6128788
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61G,E03D

Abstract:
A flush toilet having a toilet bowl (51), a drainage part (66a, 67a), and an odor-sealing valve (57) for shutting off the drainage part (66a, 67b) from the toilet bowl (51), the flush toilet comprising: a water tank (52) provided below said toilet bowl (51), said odor-sealing valve (57) comprising a spherical body (57a) floating in the water tank (52) and a ring-shaped packing (57b) located near a lower opening (51a) of the toilet bowl (51) and capable of coming into close contact with said spherical body (57a); drainage control means (66a, 67a, 66b, 67b, 59a) capable of lowering water level in said water tank (52) to open said odor-sealing valve (57); and water-supply control means (64a, 64b, 59) capable of raising the water level in said water tank to close said odor-sealing valve (57).