ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,614, issued on June 24.

"Pressure-assisted flush water tank" was invented by Bingxing Huang (Xiamen, China) and Dongsheng Zhang (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure-assisted flush water tank includes a fluid container, a Venturi nozzle, a baffle and a buoy. The fluid container has an accommodating chamber, a water channel and an air channel. The accommodating chamber has a fluid inlet. The water channel and the air channel are in communication with the fluid inlet. The Venturi nozzle is disposed at a junction of the water channel and the fluid inlet. The baffle is configured to seal the air inlet in a movable mann...