EP0320421A1 - Toilet seat protector system - Google Patents

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EP0320421A1
EP0320421A1 EP19880440085 EP88440085A EP0320421A1 EP 0320421 A1 EP0320421 A1 EP 0320421A1 EP 19880440085 EP19880440085 EP 19880440085 EP 88440085 A EP88440085 A EP 88440085A EP 0320421 A1 EP0320421 A1 EP 0320421A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
    • A47K13/00—Seats or covers for all kinds of closets
    • A47K13/14—Protecting covers for closet seats
    • A47K13/16—Protecting covers for closet seats of single sheets of paper or plastic foil or film
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  • the present invention relates to a completely new system design, allowing, without any intervention from the user, to automatically ensure the latter the establishment of an individual protective element, for each use of the toilet.
  • This system essentially consists of a container containing a certain number of protective crowns and housed in the "cover" portion of the toilet seat, and mechanical means for depositing on the seat an individual protective crown taken from said container, these means being connected to the flap so as to intervene at each lowering operation of said seat.
  • these mechanical means make it possible, moreover, at each raising operation of said seat, to determine the evacuation of said crown by means of the flush.
  • these mechanical means consist essentially of a rack whose front end is pivotally mounted on the rear part of the seat, and which permanently cooperates with a pinion fixedly mounted on a pivoting axis in a bearing disposed in the cover, and causing, possibly with gear reduction, a knurled roller, preferably made of semi-flexible plastic, and exerting permanent pressure on the stack of crowns housed in said cover, so that, by lowering the seat, the displacement resulting from the rack causes said roller to rotate, and consequently the drive by this roller of a protective crown, extracted from the stack and deposited on the seat.
  • Such means may consist of a simple mounted pusher elastically on the seat to orient the sliding of said crown downwards during the usual raising of said seat.

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Abstract

System for automatically placing rings of protective material onto the seat of a WC, each time this WC is used, characterised in that it is essentially composed of a container containing a certain number of protective rings housed in the "lid" portion of the flap-seat of the WC, and mechanical means for depositing an individual protective ring taken from the said container onto the seat, these means being connected to the flap-seat so as to come into operation with each lowering manoeuvre of the said seat.

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Les exigences de l'hygiène corporelle, liées au souci croissant de la population à l'égard des maladies sexuellement transmissibles, ont conduit à la recherche de nouveaux moyens de protection contre le contact direct d'un individu avec les sièges de cuvettes de WC, notamment dans les lieux publics, tels que les toilettes d'aéroports, de gares, d'avions, de trains, de restaurants, d'hôtels et analoques, et dans les lieux privés mais où se succèdent plusieurs individus dans une période relativement courte, tels que les chambres d'hôtes, les bureaux privés ou administratifs et analogues.The requirements of personal hygiene, linked to the growing concern of the population with regard to sexually transmitted diseases, have led to the search for new means of protection against direct contact of an individual with the seats of toilet bowls, especially in public places, such as the toilets of airports, stations, planes, trains, restaurants, hotels and similar, and in private places but where several individuals succeed one another in a relatively short period, such as guesthouses, private or administrative offices and the like.

Un moyen rustique a consisté à proposer à l'usager des protège-sièges en forme de couronnes de papier, que l'usager utilise à son gré en les prévelant indivuellement dans un distributeur. Ce moyen est malcommode et d'une efficacité contestable. Au surplus, il implique l'intervention de l'usager, qui peut, par précipitation ou négligence, omettre de s'en servir.A rustic way consisted in proposing to the user seat protectors in the shape of paper crowns, which the user uses at his discretion by preveling them individually in a dispenser. This means is awkward and of questionable effectiveness. In addition, it involves the intervention of the user, who may, by haste or neglect, omit to use it.

On a proposé également des systèmes permettant à l'usager de dévider une longueur appropriée d'un protecteur tubulaire débité à partir d'un rouleau de stockage de grande longueur (voir en particulier les brevets français 2 402 434, 2 533 431, et 2 537 427. De tels systèmes sont toutefois compliqués et imposent également une intervention de l'usager.Systems have also been proposed allowing the user to unwind an appropriate length of a tubular protector cut from a very long storage roller (see in particular the French patents 2,402,434, 2,533,431, and 2,537,427. However, such systems are complicated and also require user intervention.

La présente invention concerne un système de conception complètement nouvelle, permettant, sans aucune intervention de l'usager, d'assurer automatiquement à ce dernier la mise en place d'un élément protecteur individuel, à chaque usage du WC.The present invention relates to a completely new system design, allowing, without any intervention from the user, to automatically ensure the latter the establishment of an individual protective element, for each use of the toilet.

Ce système se compose essentiellement d'un container renfermant un certain nombre de couronnes protectrices et logé dans la portion "couvercle" de l'abattant du WC, et de moyens mécaniques pour déposer sur le siège une couronne protectrice individuelle prélevée dans ledit container, ces moyens étant connectés à l'abattant de manière à intervenir à chaque manoeuvre d'abaissement dudit siège.This system essentially consists of a container containing a certain number of protective crowns and housed in the "cover" portion of the toilet seat, and mechanical means for depositing on the seat an individual protective crown taken from said container, these means being connected to the flap so as to intervene at each lowering operation of said seat.

De préférence, ces moyens mécaniques permettent au surplus, à chaque manoeuvre de relèvement dudit siège, de déterminer l'évacuation de ladite couronne au moyen de la chasse d'eau.Preferably, these mechanical means make it possible, moreover, at each raising operation of said seat, to determine the evacuation of said crown by means of the flush.

Selon un mode de réalisation possible, ces moyens mécaniques consistent essentiellement en une crémaillère dont l'extrémité avant est montée pivotante sur la partie postérieure du siège, et qui coopère en permanence avec un pignon monté fixe sur un axe pivotant dans un palier disposé dans le couvercle, et entraînant, éventuellement avec démultiplication, un rouleau moleté, de préférence en matière plastique semi souple,e t exerçant une pression permanente sur la pile de couronnes logée dans ledit couvercle, de manière telle que, par abaissement du siège, le déplacement résultant de la crémaillère provoque la rotation dudit rouleau, et par suite l'entraînement par ce rouleau d'une couronne protectrice, extraite de la pile et déposée sur le siège.According to a possible embodiment, these mechanical means consist essentially of a rack whose front end is pivotally mounted on the rear part of the seat, and which permanently cooperates with a pinion fixedly mounted on a pivoting axis in a bearing disposed in the cover, and causing, possibly with gear reduction, a knurled roller, preferably made of semi-flexible plastic, and exerting permanent pressure on the stack of crowns housed in said cover, so that, by lowering the seat, the displacement resulting from the rack causes said roller to rotate, and consequently the drive by this roller of a protective crown, extracted from the stack and deposited on the seat.

Le fonctionnement du système est évidemment subordonné à la manoeuvre du siège, mais cette dernière est devenue tout-à-fait usuelle, et ne doit s'accompagner ici d'aucune manoeuvre supplémentaire exigeant une initiative de l'usager.The functioning of the system is obviously subordinated when maneuvering the seat, but the latter has become completely usual, and must not be accompanied here by any additional maneuver requiring an initiative from the user.

A l'inverse, il sera normal pour l'usager s'évacuer la couronne après usage, mais l'aménagement de moyens automatiques pour cette évacuation représentera un raffinement supplémentaire de l'invention.. De tels moyens pourront consister en un simple poussoir monté élastiquement sur le siège pour orienter vers le bas le glissement de ladite couronne au cours du relèvement usuel dudit siège.Conversely, it will be normal for the user to evacuate the crown after use, but the arrangement of automatic means for this evacuation will represent an additional refinement of the invention. Such means may consist of a simple mounted pusher elastically on the seat to orient the sliding of said crown downwards during the usual raising of said seat.

Claims (4)

1. Système pour la mise en place automatique de couronnes de matériau protecteur sur le siège d'un WC à chaque usage de ce WC, carctérisé en ce qu'il se compose essentiellement d'un container renfermant un certain nombre de couronnes protectrices et logé dans la portion "couvercle" de l'abattant du WC, et de moyens mécaniques pour déposer sur le siège une couronne protectrice individuelle prélevée dans ledit container, ces moyens étant connectés à l'abattant de manière à intervenir à chaque manoeuvre d'abaissement dudit siège.1. System for the automatic installation of crowns of protective material on the seat of a WC for each use of this WC, characterized in that it essentially consists of a container containing a certain number of protective crowns and housed in the "cover" portion of the toilet seat, and of mechanical means for depositing on the seat an individual protective crown taken from said container, these means being connected to the seat so as to intervene at each lowering operation of said seat. 2. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte des moyens permettant au surplus, à chaque manoeuvre de relèvement dudit siège, de déterminer l'évacuation de ladite couronne au moyen de la chasse d'eau.2. System according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises means allowing, in addition, each lifting operation of said seat, to determine the evacuation of said crown by means of the flush. 3. Système selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdits moyens mécaniques consistent essentiellement en une crémaillère dont l'extrémité avant est montée pivotante sur la partie postérieure du siège, et qui coopère en permanence avec un pignon monté fixe sur un axe pivotant dans un palier disposé dans le couvercle, et entraînant, éventuellement avec démultiplication, un rouleau moleté, de préférence en matière plastique semi souple, et exerçant une pression permanente sur la pile de couronnes logée dans ledit couvercle, de manière telle que, par abaissement du siège, le déplacement résultant de la crémaillère provoque la rotation dudit rouleau, et par suite l'entraînement par ce rouleau d'une couronne protectrice, extraite de la pile et déposée sur le siège.3. System according to claim 1, characterized in that said mechanical means consist essentially of a rack whose front end is pivotally mounted on the rear part of the seat, and which cooperates permanently with a pinion fixedly mounted on a pivoting axis in a bearing disposed in the cover, and driving, possibly with gear reduction, a knurled roller, preferably made of semi-flexible plastic, and exerting permanent pressure on the stack of crowns housed in said cover, so that, by lowering the seat , the resulting displacement of the rack causes said roller to rotate, and consequently the drive by this roller of a protective crown, extracted from the stack and deposited on the seat. 4. Système selon la revendication 2, caractérise en ce que lesdits moyens mécaniques additionnels consistent en un simple poussoir monté élastiquement sur le siège pour orienter vers le bas le glissement de ladite couronne au cours du relèvement usuel dudit siège.4. System according to claim 2, characterized in that said additional mechanical means consist of a simple pusher resiliently mounted on the seat to orient downward the sliding of said crown during the usual raising of said seat.
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US2752611A (en) * 1950-09-29 1956-07-03 Bacci Romeo Paper seat-covering distributing device for hygienic pans

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FR846681A (en) * 1938-10-13 1939-09-21 Ste Ind Chim Bale Process for improving the properties of dyes and prints obtained with water-soluble dyes
US2752611A (en) * 1950-09-29 1956-07-03 Bacci Romeo Paper seat-covering distributing device for hygienic pans

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EP0628279A1 (en) * 1993-06-10 1994-12-14 M N Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha Device for providing sanitary covers for toilet seats

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