Mechanism for filling and discharging a toilet tank

Claim 1

Apparatus for filling a toilet tank with water and discharging the water therefrom, comprising: a valve base for fastening to a toilet tank, the valve base having a hollow passage therethrough opening vertically into the toilet tank at one end for supplying water to the toilet tank from the one end of the hollow passage when the valve base is fastened to the toilet tank; a valve plug in the hollow passage for closing the hollow passage to the supply of water from the hollow passage when pulled vertically toward the one end of the hollow passage; an axle connected at one end to the valve plug; an axle floater on the opposite end of the axle for pulling the valve plug vertically toward the one end of the hollow passage when the toilet tank is full water; a buoy base for discharging water from the toilet tank when fastened thereto; a discharge buoy for closing the buoy base until pulled from the buoy base, and then floating on the water in the toilet tank back to the buoy base as the water in the toilet tank is discharged therefrom; a pulling chain connected to the discharge buoy at one end; and a command lever connected to the opposite end of the pulling chain and engaging the axle for tilting by a command handle on the outside of the toilet tank, whereby to pull the discharge buoy base and tilt the axle, the valve plug then allowing the supply of water from the hollow passage.