Patent ID: 8707474

Claim:
A toilet comprising a main tank which is connected with a toilet bowl, an inlet valve which is operable to an open condition to enable water to flow into said main tank and is operable to a closed condition to block a flow of water into said main tank, an outlet valve which is operable to an open condition to enable water to flow from said main tank into the toilet bowl and is operable to a closed condition to at least partially block a flow of water from said main tank into the toilet bowl, a handle which is movably mounted on said main tank and is manually actuatable from outside of said main tank, and a force transmission assembly connected with said handle and with said outlet valve and said inlet valve, said force transmission assembly being operable to effect operation of said outlet valve from a closed condition to an open condition under the influence of mechanical force transmitted from said handle upon manual actuation of said handle, said force transmission assembly being operable to effect operation of said inlet valve from a closed condition to an open condition under the influence of mechanical force transmitted from said handle upon manual actuation of said handle, said force transmission assembly being operable to effect operation of said inlet valve from an open condition to the closed condition, wherein said force transmission assembly includes a container which is disposed in said main tank and holds a body of water, and a float which is at least partially disposed in said container and is connected with said inlet valve, said float being movable from a first position in said container to a second condition in said container under the influence of mechanical force transmitted from said handle upon manual actuation of said handle, said container contains a first quantity of water when said float is in the first position, said container contains a second quantity of water when said float is in the second position, said second quantity of water is less than said first quantity of water, said float being movable from the second position in said container to the first position in said container to effect operation of said inlet valve from the open condition to the closed condition in response to accumulation of water in said container.