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American toilets
After recent trip to US/canada, I have observed that most toilets are
flushed by a type of syphon (or possibly active vaccuum judging by the force of the suction) which completely empties the toilet bowl before refilling it. There is a small hole pointing toward the back of the outlet that refills the bowl. This is nothing like our washdown pans, or even our vacuum assisted types, where the cistern water causes partial vaccum in the outlet to assist emptying. Anyone know more about these US toilets, design and evolution etc. Of course the bowl syphon is not to be confused with the cistern syphon (which seems to be dissappearing anyway). I've also read the archived posts on toilet cubicles with gaps round the doors, yet highly private urinals with flush, strange I agree. Cheers, Simon. |
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