Alberto M Torres

US Patent:

7661438, Feb 16, 2010

Filed:

Sep 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/536612

Inventors:

Dennis D. Woods - Escondido CA, US
Alberto C. Torres - Hemet CA, US

International Classification:

F16K 31/18

US Classification:

137411, 137417, 137423

Abstract:

An improved fill valve has a pivot valve body that is pivotally suspended immediately below a float housing and is movable between two positions. In a first position, the pivot valve body blocks the flow of water from the float housing. In a second position, the pivot body allows the flow of water from the float housing. The pivot valve body has two top compartments, each separated from the other by a wall. The first compartment retains an amount of water in it. The second compartment functions as a water flow restriction apparatus and includes an upwardly-extending member for sealing off a check valve that is disposed within the bottom of the float housing. The fill valve also includes structural elements that allow the water to trickle into the float housing at a very slow rate. The fill valve can be re-set for normal toilet tank operation.

US Patent:

20080134422, Jun 12, 2008

Filed:

Dec 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/952886

Inventors:

Dennis Woods - Escondido CA, US
Alberto C. Torres - Hemet CA, US

International Classification:

E03D 1/34

US Classification:

4393

Abstract:

A toilet flapper valve has a rigid bulb insert and a surrounding flapper top, the latter being preferably made of an elastomeric material. The flapper valve of the present invention can be used as equipment in toilets of original manufacture and as replacement after-market devices.