CA1305295C - Toilet deodorizer - Google Patents

Toilet deodorizer

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CA1305295C
CA1305295C CA000613819A CA613819A CA1305295C CA 1305295 C CA1305295 C CA 1305295C CA 000613819 A CA000613819 A CA 000613819A CA 613819 A CA613819 A CA 613819A CA 1305295 C CA1305295 C CA 1305295C
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fan
extractor
toilet
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bowl
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Wallace Mcfarlane
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Wsm Management Ltd
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D9/00Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
    • E03D9/04Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices
    • E03D9/05Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices ventilating the bowl

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  • Bidet-Like Cleaning Device And Other Flush Toilet Accessories (AREA)

Abstract

TOILET DEODORIZOR
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Many such devices are known but usually the route fumes from the toilet bowl to a remote fan which discharges same externally and requires considerable ducting and insulation can be difficult. The present device consists of a flat body having upper and lower plates with an extract port at the front and is sand-wiched between the toilet seat and the bowl. A battery operated fan is incorporated at one end and draws the air from the bowl and discharges it externally of the bowl after passing it through an activated charcoal filter.

Description

~3~Z~`35 TOILET DEODORIZER

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in deodorizing devices for toilets in order to extract air from the bowl of said toilet and discharge same after filtering through a charcoal filter, to the interior of the room.
Conventionally, such devices require remotely situated fans and a considerable amount of ducting to conduct the air from the toilet bowl to an external location such as into an attic or externally of the building.
This requires a relatively large fan and considerable ducting and as most of such devices are retrofitted, installation can be time consuming and expensive.
The present device is completely self-contained and utilizes an activated chaxcoal filter in order to remove the objectionable odor so that the air from the bowl can be discharged directly into the bathroom so that there is no plumbing, electrical or carpentry work involved in the simple installation of this product.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention there is provided a deodorizing device for a toilet having a toilet bowl which includes an upper rear side, a toilet seat with a rear portion and spaced apart fasteners hingedly securing the rear portion of the toilet seat to the upper rear side of the bowl, said deodorizer device comprising, in combination: an , .

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extractor and collector portion adapted to be situated between the underside of the rear portion of the toilet seat and the upper rear side of the bowl, said extractor and collector portion having a front side with a concave air intake and a rear side with spaced apart, rearwardly open notches engageable with said fasteners, the extractor and collector portion having a depth between the slots and the front side that is less than the spacing between the fasteners and the front of the rear portion of the seat, and an internal duct leading from the air intake; an end portion on one side of said extractor and collector portion, the end portion having an internal chamber communicating with the internal duct of the extractor and collector portion, an outer end wall and a discharge in said outer end wall; an electric fan within said internal chamber to draw air through the duct from the air intake; an activated charcoal filter in 8aid end portion for filtering air passing through the chamber, said fan moving air from said extractor and collector portion, through said activated charcoal filter and out through said discharge, an electric battery in the end portion and comprising a source of electrical energy for operating said fan; and switch means mounted on the upper side 0~ ~aid extractor and collector portion for actuation by a predetermined pressure upon said seat, said switch means being electrically connected between said battery and said fan.

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13(~5295 According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a deodorizer device for toilet bowls comprising a substantially planar panel having upper and lower plates secured together around the edges thereof to define an elongated extracting and collecting chamber therebetween, 13(~5Z~5 and air intake along a front edge of said planar panel communicating with said interior chamber, a container depending from one end of said planar panel operatively connected to said interior chamber, the container having an outer end wall and an inner transverse wall of said container sloping upwardly towards said lower plate and adjoining an adjacent end of said lower plate, a vertical baffle extending across said container between the end wall thereof and the lower end of said transverse wall, an aperture in said baffle, said end wall of said container having a cut-away air discharge therein, an electric fan between said baffle and said inner transverse wall, and adjacent the aperture in the baffle, an activated charcoal filter within said container between said fan and said discharge in caid end of wall and a source of power for said an.
Another advantage of the invention is that it conserves fuel inasmuch a~ there i9 no removal of warm air from the bathroom as there is when a wall fan is turned on and the warmed air is expelled from the room.
The relatively small fan is preferably battery operated and the battery and filter require replacement approximately once a year.
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provide a device of the character herewithin described which is simple in construction, economical in manufac-ture and otherwise well suited to the purpose for which it is designed.
Figure 1 is an isometric view of the device per se.
Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 but with the upper panel removed and the filter and battery shown in exploded relationship.
Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the rear of a toilet bowl showing the device in position thereon.
Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical section through the toilet bowl and the seat showing the device installed therein.
Figure 5 is a schematic wiring diagram of the operation of the fan.
In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Proceeding therefore to describe the invention ln detail, reference should flrst be made to Figures 1 and 2 ln which the device collectively deslgnated 10 comprlses a substantially planar panel 11 preferably made 13(~S~9~

of plastic and consisting of a lower planar plate 12 and an upper plate 13. These are secured together by screws 14 or the like so that the edges are sealed and the panels define a flat extractor and collecting chamber therebetween.
At the end of the lower plate 12, there is provided a container collectivelY designated 15 which includes an end wall 16, a base 17, and an upwardly and inwardly inclining sloping base wall 18 which joins the remainder of the lower plate 12 in a smooth curve as clearly shown in Figure 2.
An air entry slot 19 is provided in the front inwardly curved edges 20 of the upper and lower plates 13 and 12 and notches 20 are formed inwardly along the rear edqe in spaced apart relatlonship one upon each side of a cut away portion 21.
These notches engage over the screws or bolts 22 which normally secure the seat 23 of the toilet to the rear edge 24 of the bowl 25 for opening and closing hinging action as is conventional. Such seats normally include small bumpers on the lower surface ad~acent the front edge thereof to space the seat ~ust above the surface of the bowl and the bolts 22 are formed so that the spacing ls retalned at the rear side.

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~3QSZ~5 This permits the planar panel assembly 10 to be engaged on the rear edge 24 of the seat with the notches engaging around the bolts 22 and the concave air intake slot 19 facing forwardly and following substantially, the contour of the rear side of the bowl.
When the seat is lowered in the usual manner, the planar panel is sandwiched therebetween with the container 15 being situated externally and slightly to one side of the side 26 of the bowl.
A fore and aft baffle 27 extends across the container between the end wall 16 thereof and adjacent the beginning of the upwardly and inwardly sloping wall 18 as clearly shown in Figure 2 and a circular aperture 28 is formed through this baffle as clearly shown.
A further baffle 29 extends between the end wall 16 and the baffle 27 and to one side of the contalner thus defining a battery carrier 30 into which a 9 volt DC battery 31 may be engaged.
A box like carrier 32 contains activated char-coal and is perforated on the front and rear faces, the rear face 33 only being shown in the drawings.
Thi8 slldes into the remainder of the container wlth the apertures 34 in the filter being situated in a discharge aperture 35 within the end wall 16 defined by -" ~3~5Z9~

the two vertical edges 36 of a cut-away portion as clearly shown.
A small electric fan 37 is supported on the inboard side of the baffle 27 adjacent the aperture 28 and is operatively connected to the battery by means of a connector 38 via a microswitch 39 which extends through the upper surface of the upper plate of the planar panel and is contacted by the underside of the seat 23 when the seat is lowered.
It ls positioned so that when the seat is lowered, the switch is not activated but when a predeter-mined pressure is applied to the seat from the upper side thereof, the microswitch actuates and operatively connects the battery 31 with the fan unit 37. The circuit is shown schematlcally ln Flgure 5.
In operation, actlvatlon of the unit is by pressure on the microswitch 39 which operates the fan whlch then draws alr from the bowl, through the intake slot 19 and into the lnterior of the planar panel, the plates of whlch deflne an extractlng and collectlng portion of the device. The fan forces the alr through the activated charcoal filter thus extractlng any odor and dlscharges same through the dlscharge 35 retainlng any odor causlng elements wlthin the fllter.

~3(~S295 Since various modifications can be made in my invention as hereinabove described, and many apparently widely different embodiments of same made within the spirit and scope of the claims without departing from such spirit and scope, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification shall be interpreted .as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense.

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Claims

CLAIMS:
(1) A deodorizing device for a toilet having a toilet bowl which includes an upper rear side, a toilet seat with a rear portion and spaced apart fasteners hingedly securing the rear portion of the toilet seat to the upper rear side of the bowl, said deodorizer device comprising, in combination: an extractor and collector portion adapted to be situated between the underside of the rear portion of the toilet seat and the upper rear side of the bowl, said extractor and collector portion having a front side with a concave air intake and a rear side with spaced apart, rearwardly open notches engageable with said fasteners, the extractor and collector portion having a depth between the slots and the front side that is less than the spacing between the fasteners and the front of the rear portion of the seat, and an internal duct leading from the air intake;
an end portion on one side of said extractor and collector portion, the end portion having an internal chamber communicating with the internal duct of the extractor and collector portion, an outer end wall and a discharge in said outer end wall; an electric fan within said internal chamber to draw air through the duct from the air intake; an activated charcoal filter in said end portion for filtering air passing through the chamber, said fan moving air from said extractor and collector portion, through said activated charcoal filter and out through said discharge, an electric battery in the end portion and comprising a source of electrical energy for operating said fan; and switch means mounted on the upper side of said extractor and collector portion for actuation by a predetermined pressure upon said seat, said switch means being electrically connected between said battery and said fan.
(2) A deodorizer device for toilet bowls comprising a substantially planar panel having upper and lower plates secured together around the edges thereof to define an elongated extracting and collecting chamber therebetween, an air intake slot along a front edge of said planar panel communicating with said interior chamber, a container depending from one end of said planar panel operatively connected to said interior chamber, the container having an outer end wall and an inner transverse wall sloping upwardly towards said lower plate and adjoining an adjacent end of said lower plate, a vertical baffle extending across said container between the end wall thereof and the lower end of said transverse wall, an aperture in the baffle, said end wall of said container having a cut-away air discharge therein, an electric fan between said baffle and said inner transverse wall, and adjacent the aperture in the baffle, an activated charcoal filter within said container between said fan and said discharge in said end wall and a source of power for said fan.
(3) The deodorizer device according to claim 2 in which said source of power consists of a DC battery, a further baffle extending between said first baffle and said end wall of said container, a receptacle for said battery, and a switch extending from the upper surface of said upper plate, said switch, said battery and said fan being selectively connectable together.
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Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004007855A1 (en) * 2002-07-11 2004-01-22 Shane Craig Donald Toilet bowl ventilating apparatus
WO2009063436A1 (en) * 2007-11-16 2009-05-22 Jan Hendrik Tesner Extraction system

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2004007855A1 (en) * 2002-07-11 2004-01-22 Shane Craig Donald Toilet bowl ventilating apparatus
WO2009063436A1 (en) * 2007-11-16 2009-05-22 Jan Hendrik Tesner Extraction system

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