Patent ID: 6986172

Claim:
A flush toilet comprising: a toilet body having a bowl for storing wash water as a water seal and a rim, wherein the bowl includes an inner surface having a lower wet part contacting the water seal and an upper dry part, wherein the upper dry part of the inner surface is provided with an annulus concave extending substantially horizontally at an upper peripheral portion of the inner surface and with an overhang disposed between the annulus concave and the rim; first means for supplying the toilet body with pressurized wash water; and second means for discharging the wash water substantially horizontally along the upper peripheral portion of the inner surface of the bowl to swirl the wash water along the inner surface of the bowl, wherein the second means includes a nozzle directed in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the annulus concave so as to swirl wash water into and in parallel with the annulus concave.