American Standard Ultima Manual Flush Valve With Bedpan Washer Assembly, Offset Tube, 1.6 gpf/6.0 Lpf - AMS-6047861

A bedpan washer combines the toilet flush valve with a diverter and hose assembly so staff can rinse a bedpan at the water closet instead of at a separate fixture. The American Standard Ultima 6047861 is the manual (handle-operated) version with an offset diverter assembly and a counter balanced pivot. It's specified in healthcare patient rooms and long-term care; a standard toilet room with no bedpan handling does not need one and a plain manual flushometer is the simpler choice.

The valve comes with a 1-1/2 inch (38 mm) spud coupling and flange, which is the standard top spud connection on commercial flushometer water closets. A bowl with a 1-1/4 inch spud (typical of urinals) will not accept it without a different coupling.

It flushes at 1.6 gpf (6.0 Lpf), the standard water closet volume, so it drops onto a 1.6 gpf bowl without changing the fixture's rated performance. If your bowl is a 1.28 gpf high-efficiency model, this valve will overflush it relative to spec.

Piston type. The Ultima 6047861 uses a piston operating mechanism rather than a diaphragm, which matters when you stock rebuild kits: a piston valve takes piston repair parts, and a diaphragm kit will not fit it. Facilities standardizing their MRO shelf usually pick one mechanism and stay with it.

The offset tube routes the vacuum breaker tube around to the bowl spud while the diverter body sits to the side, which is what makes room for the bedpan hose and its counter balanced pivot assembly. It means the valve centerline and the bowl spud are not in line, so the supply rough-in has to match an offset layout rather than a straight-down flushometer.

Manual. Despite the Ultima name covering American Standard's sensor flush valves as well, the 6047861 is the manual piston flushometer with bedpan washer. If you want hands-free operation on a patient-room toilet, this is not the model to order.

The body is brass, finished in chrome, which is what holds up in high-cycle institutional restrooms and patient rooms where the valve gets operated dozens of times a day. Chrome is the only finish this model is built in.

Order American Standard 6047861.002, the chrome Ultima manual flush valve with offset bedpan washer assembly at 1.6 gpf. The .002 suffix is the chrome finish.