Patents by Inventor Manuel Garcia De Couto

Manuel Garcia De Couto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5031250
    Abstract: The mechanism comprises an inlet valve assembly which admits water into a toilet tank under the control of a valve plug mounted on the end of a vertical axle having a float on its upper end. The valve plug is unseated, to admit water, when the axle is tilted, and the plug is pulled into seated position by the float when the tank is filled. A drainage buoy, in cooperation with a buoy base, allows discharge of water from the tank when the buoy is pulled from the base. Pull chains are used, from a toilet handle, to tilt the axle and pull the buoy. The inlet valve includes a water pressure reducer, and a non-return valve assembly to prevent return of water to the water supply in the event of a loss of water supply pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Inventor: Manuel Garcia De Couto
  • Patent number: 4791689
    Abstract: Apparatus for filling a toilet tank with water and discharging the water therefrom has a valve base for supplying water to the toilet tank. A valve is in a hollow passage of the valve base for closing the hollow passage to the supply of water when pulled vertically. An axle is connected at one end to the valve plug. An axle floater is on the opposite end of the axle for pulling the valve vertically when the toilet tank is full of water. A buoy base discharges water from the toilet tank. A discharge buoy closes the buoy base until pulled from the buoy base, and then floats on the water in the toilet tank back to the buoy base as the water is discharged. A pulling chain connects the discharge buoy to a command lever which is tiltable by a command handle on the outside of the toilet tank to pull the discharge buoy from the buoy base with the pulling chain. The command lever also engages the axle, to tilt the axle when the command lever is tilted, which opens the valve for supplying the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Inventor: Manuel Garcia De Couto