EP0323801A1 - Montagesatz für hygienischen Klosettsitz - Google Patents

Montagesatz für hygienischen Klosettsitz Download PDF

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EP0323801A1
EP0323801A1 EP88810863A EP88810863A EP0323801A1 EP 0323801 A1 EP0323801 A1 EP 0323801A1 EP 88810863 A EP88810863 A EP 88810863A EP 88810863 A EP88810863 A EP 88810863A EP 0323801 A1 EP0323801 A1 EP 0323801A1
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toilet seat
protective sleeve
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Tadeusz Bobak
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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
    • A47K13/145—Protecting covers for closet seats of rolled-up paper tubes or rolled-up plastic tubes

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  • This invention belongs to the field of sanitary technics and particularly refers to a hygienic toilet seat mounted on a toilet bowl.
  • the invention generally applies to water closets but is also applicable to dry closets.
  • toilets especially of public toilets, often not guarantees the necessary hygienic conditions.
  • Seating on toilet seats may cause transmission of diseases, and basically, the aspect of a soiled toilet is disgusting and nauseous.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a new and improved hygienic toilet system using a tubular, sleeve-like protection cover having mechanically uncomplicated and simple driving means.
  • Still another object of the invention is to fit the toilet seat with simple but effective friction and torsion reducing means for the tubular protection sleeve adapted to slide over the seat.
  • a further object of the invention is to have the toilet seat always entirely covered by the protection sleeve, and to avoid the accumulation of the used sleeve on a reel or spool.
  • the sanitary toilet seat assembly of the invention comprising a toilet seat of split ring-shaped configuration such as a key ring, a protective sleeve adapted to slide as a tube over the toilet seat, and protective sleeve entrainment means.
  • the toilet seat has the configuration of a closed loop with superimposed end portions. The superimposition is arranged at the rear region of the toilet seat. In this manner, an absolute complete covering of the toilet seat by the protective sleeve is accomplished.
  • the infeed direction of the continuous sleeve over the toilet seat is the same as that of the outgoing sleeve.
  • the sleeve when moved, travels in parallel in the zone of superimposition of the straight toilet seat sections.
  • the ring section of the toilet seat is provided with antifrictional means to avoid the formation of creases and swellings of the protective sleeve when pulled along the ring section. Furthermore, the ring section of the toilet seat may be coated with an anti-frictional material such as nylon or teflon.
  • the toilet seat assembly shown in FIGURE 1 is adapted to replace a known standard toilet seat.
  • Standard toilet basins or bowls are generally made of ceramics such as porcelain; on their upper, horizontal surface, they are provided at the rear zone, directed to the toilet room wall, with two vertical borings or openings adapted to the fixation of bolts which hinge the toilet seat and the seat lid. This arrangement is conventional and well known to everybody and need not be shown in a drawing.
  • the toilet seat assembly of the invention is adapted to be fixed to the toilet bowl by two vertical studs 12 which are part of an installation bar assembly generally designed by 10.
  • the fixation studs 12 have a vertical shaft threaded on the major partion of its length. Nuts 14 and washers 16 are provided which serve to secure the bar assembly 10 to the toilet bowl (not shown).
  • the studs 12 comprise a head 18 having a horizontal boring to receive the main bar 20, see FIG. 1.
  • the lower portion of the head 18 is provided with a circular rim 22 whose lower surface is plane; the rim will come to rest on the toilet bowl when the assembly is installed.
  • an elastic washer (not shown) made of plastic or elastic materials such as nylon or rubber may be inserted on the shaft 12, between the rim 22 and the toilet bowl, to prevent damaging of the ceramic material of the bowl.
  • the heads 18 of the studs 12 further comprise two threaded half-borings (not shown) whose axes are normal to that of the borings for the main bar 20. Worm screws 24 can be inserted from behind into the said half-borings to rigidly secure the main bar 20 in its desired position to the studs 12.
  • the left-hand end portion 26 (as seen in FIG. 1) of the main bar 20 is bent forwardly at an angle of 90°. This portion 26 is provided with a horizontal slot 28.
  • the main bar bears a fixation device for the toilet seat.
  • This fixation device is shown in more detail in FIG. 5.
  • the fixation device comprises a main tubular support 30.
  • the inner diameter of the tube 30 corresponds to the outer diameter of the main bar 20 so that the tube 30 may be rotated with some play about the main bar 20.
  • Tube 30 comprises, at about its mid portion, a reinforcement head 32 to which a ribbed stud 34 is secured.
  • a drive assembly 36 is fixed to the right-hand free end portion of the tubular support 30.
  • the drive assembly 36 comprises a lower drive part 38, secured to the tubular support 30, and an upper counterpart 40 which is rotatably journalled on the tubular support 30.
  • a snap closure 42 when closed, holds the upper counterpart 40 tightened against the lower drive part 38, and when opened, allows to swing the counterpart on the tubular support 30, see the dotted line position in FIG. 1.
  • the drive part 38 comprises an horizontal drive roller (not shown) protruding into the free space between the two parts 38 and 40.
  • the counterpart 40 comprises an horizontal free running pressure roller (not shown) to engage the drive roller when the drive assembly is closed. At least one of the said two rollers has a resilient surface.
  • the drive roller is provided at its rear end with a female snap connection (not shown) for a flexible drive shaft.
  • the length of the tubular support 30 corresponds to that of the free right-hand portion of the main bar 20 taken from the right-hand head 18 to the bar end.
  • the support 30 is slid over that portion of the main bar 20 and secured for horizontal displacement by the end screw 44 to be screwed into a threaded blind hole in the main bar 20 (see FIG. 5).
  • the toilet seat 50 (FIG. 1 to 4) has the shape of an overlapping complete loop, the overlapping taking place at the rear region of the seat, seen as in FIG. 1.
  • the seat has the conventional flat section and comprises generally a first straight portion 52 followed by the ring portion 54.
  • This ring portion may be circular or oval, as convenient, or have any desired other shape.
  • the ring portion 54 ends on the top of and in superimposed relationship to the first straight portion 52, and is followed by the second straight portion 56 which is aligned with the first straight portion 52.
  • the beginning of the ring portion 54 coincides with its end, as it may best be seen in FIG. 1 and 2, such as to form a nearly continuous seating surface.
  • the general construction of the overlapping toilet seat is shown in FIG. 2.
  • the seat is made up of two main parts, namely a lower part 60 and an upper part 62. These two parts are generally made of synthetic materials and are congruent along the major portion of the seat. They are joined together at their matching surfaces, see FIG. 3 and 4, by cementing or welding such as high frequency or ultrasonic welding.
  • the end portion of the upper part 62 is joined by part insertion and molding with the seat support part 56 made preferably of a mechanically resistant material such as stainless steel.
  • This seat support part 56 ends in a grooved bushing 64 cooperating with the above described ribbed stud 34 of the fixation bar assembly 10.
  • Sharp blades 66 are provided at the borders of the straight portion 56 at the end and between the part 56 and the bushing 64. It is preferred to mount the blades 66 beneath the seat, as shown in FIG. 5.
  • the lower part 60 (FIG. 2) comprises the first straight portion 52 which is an extended arm molded to the ring portion 54.
  • the free end of the straight portion 52 is rounded to facilitate the feed-in of the protective sleeve.
  • This protective sleeve 70 made of paper, reinforced paper, or synthetic materials, is fanfold stacked in a supply box 72 which has a fixation flap 74 at one of its small surfaces.
  • the sleeve 70 is flattened and can be pulled out of the supply box 72 through a slot 76.
  • the outer circumference of the combined ring porting 54 is provided with a plurality of cavities 78 wherein free running balls 80 or roller 82 are lodged. These balls rollers will act as a kind of ball or roller bearing for the protective sleeve 70 as it travels along the toilet seat.
  • a drive assembly 84 comprises a drive box 86 housing an electric motor and metering means of the advance of the protective sleeve. These metering means may be based on time measurement or on revolution measurement of the drive roller in the drive part 38; the purpose of the metering means is to determine the advance of a predetermined length of the protective sleeve 70 over the seat 50.
  • a flexible shaft 88 provided with a male snap connection 90, connects the drive motor (not shown) to the drive roller (not shown) in the fixed drive part 38.
  • a push-button device 92 is connected via the line 94 to the drive box 86.
  • the main support bar is installed on the bare toilet bowl, after removal of the normal toilet seat if already installed.
  • the worm screws 24 are loosened, the nuts 14 and washers 16 are removed from the studs 12, the studs are inserted into the two corresponding vertical holes of the toilet bowl, and the studs are secured to the bowl.
  • the support tube 30 is slid over the main bar 20, and the end screw 44 is screwed into its hole and tightened.
  • the seat 50 is now installed with its grooved bushing 64 on the ribbed stud 34 in a slightly angled position.
  • the grooves in the bushing 64 and the ribs on the stud 34 cooperate as follows.
  • the seat supporting bushing 4 is mounted on the ribbed stud 34 in such a manner that the second straight portion 56 of the toilet seat will form a small positive angle with the horizontal plane.
  • the seat assembly forms a helical ramp since the two straight portions 52 and 56 are not in contact.
  • the rear upper portion of the seat will contact the lower one by the inherent resilience of the steel part 56.
  • the above described position of the bushing 64 on the stud 34 is fixed with the end screw 65 screwed and tightened in the threaded blind hole 67 of the ribbed stud 34.
  • the main bar 20 is now positioned in such a way that the toilet seat is centered over the opening of the toilet bowl.
  • the support tube 30 has just a small horizontal play between the right-hand stud head 18 and the end screw 44.
  • the bent portion 26 is to be positioned substantially horizontally.
  • the worm screws 24 are tightened in this position of the main bar 20.
  • the protective sleeve may now be fitted to the toilet seat. This step is the only one to be performed during normal use of the system of this invention.
  • the flap 74 of the supply box 72 is inserted into the slot 28 of the main bar 20, portion 26.
  • the leading end of the protective sleeve 70 is introduced over the first straight portion 52 of the toilet seat 50, then pulled manually around the seat (ring portion 54, and then over the second straight portion 56) along the path indicated by the arrows, until it reaches the support bushing 64 where it is cut by the edges 66 into an upper strip 71 and a lower strip 73.
  • the drive box 86 has previously been installed on the wall of the toilet room in the neighbourhood of the water tank of the toilet in such a way that the outlet of the flexible shaft 88 should be in the same plane, or below this plane, as the drive shaft in the unit 36.
  • the push-button device 92 may be fixed at any appropriate location.
  • the system works as follows. On touching the start button of the control device 92, the motor in the drive box 86 is energized. The rotational force obtained from the motor housed in the drive box 86 is transmitted by means of the flexible shaft 88 to the drive roller in the drive unit 36. Since the protective sleeve 70 (or the two individual strips 71, 73) are squeezed between the drive roller and the friction roller, a fresh length of sleeve 70 will be pulled from the supply box 72 over the seat. An automatic revolution or time counting switch located in the drive box 86 will stop the drive motor when a predetermined, appropriate length of fresh protective sleeve has been pulled over the toilet seat to cover it entirely.
  • the protective sleeve stored in the supply box in fanfold stacks may be printed, e.g. with instructions for the user. It may also be impregnated with desinfectant or biocidal preparations, in order to still improve toilet hygienics, and impregnated with perfume compositions.
  • a collecting box or bag for used protective cover may be provided at the outlet of the drive unit 36.
  • a cutter device to be operated manually for example, may also be provided at the outlet in order to improve the storage of used protective sleeve.
  • the drive box can be of various types of construction using electric sources, directly from the local mains network, from batteries, from storage accumulators, from photovoltaic devices, hydraulic devices, through power adaptors, etc.
  • the toilet seat protecting system may also be used in dry closets, such as in shelters.
  • the protective sleeve need not be arranged as a fanfold stack but may also be supplied from a roll.
  • one roller at least is actively driven by the drive motor.
  • the other roll namely the friction roll, may also be driven, for example by an appropriate toothed wheel gear.
  • the toilet seat of the invention may be provided, in a manner known per se , with a foldable seat cover lid.

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EP0852927A1 (de) * 1997-01-08 1998-07-15 L.T.R. Lorenzi Technological Resources, Ltd. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum befördern einer Schutzabdeckung entlang einer Toilettenbrille
EP2123203A1 (de) 2008-05-21 2009-11-25 Hasan Hüseyin Isik Toilettensitzauflage

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GB191104523A (en) * 1911-02-22 1911-08-24 Paul Schulz Improvements relating to Closet Seat Guards.
US4213212A (en) * 1977-09-07 1980-07-22 Hygomat Ag Arrangement for fitting and changing a tubular cover made of plastic film on a toilet seat, and method for forming a tube
CA1220902A (en) * 1985-09-27 1987-04-28 Paun Chisar Hygienic seat

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GB191104523A (en) * 1911-02-22 1911-08-24 Paul Schulz Improvements relating to Closet Seat Guards.
US4213212A (en) * 1977-09-07 1980-07-22 Hygomat Ag Arrangement for fitting and changing a tubular cover made of plastic film on a toilet seat, and method for forming a tube
CA1220902A (en) * 1985-09-27 1987-04-28 Paun Chisar Hygienic seat

Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0852927A1 (de) * 1997-01-08 1998-07-15 L.T.R. Lorenzi Technological Resources, Ltd. Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum befördern einer Schutzabdeckung entlang einer Toilettenbrille
US5913609A (en) * 1997-01-08 1999-06-22 L.T.R. Lorenzi Technological Resources Ltd. Apparatus and method for conveying a protective cover along a toilet seat
EP2123203A1 (de) 2008-05-21 2009-11-25 Hasan Hüseyin Isik Toilettensitzauflage

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