EP0451115A1 - An apparatus designed to facilitate the cleaning of hygienic services, in particular water closets and similar - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
- E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
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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
- A47K11/00—Closets without flushing; Urinals without flushing; Chamber pots; Chairs with toilet conveniences or specially adapted for use with toilets
- A47K11/10—Hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl, seat or cover, e.g. toilet brushes
- A47K11/105—Disposable covers to keep the bowl clean
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- the present invention concerns an apparatus designed to facilitate the cleaning of hygienic services, in particular water closets and similar.
- the invention is useful with respect to hygienic services for the public.
- the invention aims to provide a careful cleaning of the water closet while eliminating the need to depend on mechanical actions, by means of brushes or similar, in addition to the cleaning provided by the water of the flush.
- An advantage of the invention is that it can be realised in mechanically simple embodiments, with easy operation and maintenance.
- Fig. 1 denotes a water-closet in which can be seen the internal cavity 3 which has at the bottom of its bowl the discharge outlet 5.
- a distributing device 2 is placed, whose purpose is to deposit, on command, a section of paper 4 or other material in said cavity 3.
- the distributing device 2 which is located just above the water-closet 1, comprises a parallel -axis roller-couple 7 and 8 which are maintained in pre-established constant pressure one against the other. The two rollers 7 and 8 compress the section of paper 4 between them and by means of friction cause its advancement in the direction indicated by the arrow 9.
- the section of paper 4 which is deposited in the internal cavity 3 of the water-closet 1 is part of a continuous sheet which is housed in a feeding compartment comprising, in the embodiment of Fig. 1, a bobbin or roll 10.
- the sheet of paper is continuous, as in the embodiment of Fig. 1, but housed in a container 11 in which the sheet is stacked in folds.
- a compartment could be envisaged which would feed the rollers 7 and 8 with single pre-cut sheets, instead of a continuous sheet.
- the roller 7 acts as a drawing roller and is connected, by means of mechanical belt-drive transmission 12, with a mobile element 13, which is rotatingly mobile about an axis parallel to the axes of the parallel-axis roller-couple 7, and which is solid with the seat 6.
- the mobile element 13 comprises a group which interacts between the water-closet 1 and the seat 6 with the aim of maintaining said seat 6 automatically in the lifted position in the absence of a user.
- the belt 12 is wound around and stretched between a pulley 14, fixed coaxially to the mobile element 13, and a pulley 15, which is mounted laterally on the roller 7, a free-wheel mechanism being interposed between them to permit of rotating solidarity between the drawing roller 7 and the pulley 15 in only one direction, more precisely in the clockwise direction (indicated by the arrow 16).
- the section of paper 4 is advanced by means of friction as indicated by arrow 9.
- the roller 8 is mounted idle on its axis and is pressed (to a pre-established pressure) against roller 7 so as to be set in rotation by means of friction against said roller 7.
- the transmission ratio between the pulley 14 and and the pulley 15, as well as the diameters of the two pulleys 7 and 8 are arranged in such a way that in correspondence with the lowering of the seat 6, a length of paper 4 is drawn into the internal cavity 3 which is enough to cover a large part of the cavity walls around the discharge outlet 5.
- the continous section of paper 4 has universally distributed transversal perforations at regular intervals, or otherwise invitations arranged so as to facilitate the tearing of the section of paper 4 which is in the internal cavity 3 from the remaining section of paper 4 which is stretched between rollers 7 and 8. Said tearing is encouraged by the force of the flush water.
- the section of paper 4 which is deposited in the internal cavity 3 adheres, at least partially, to the surface of the internal cavity 3, thus constituting a sort of thin covering.
- the flushwater drags the section of paper 4 into the discharge outlet 5.
- the presence of the section of paper 4 therefore, prevents contact between the waste and the surface of the internal cavity 3, as well as facilitating the cleaning of said internal cavity 3 by rubbing against its surface as it is flushed away.
- the detachment of the section of paper 4 from the continous roll is facilitated by the presence of perforations or other invitations in the sheet itself.
- feeding of the paper might not be realised using a continuous roll, but rather through the distribution of single sheets taken from a special compartment wherein said single sheets would have been previously stacked.
- variants on the command system for drawing the paper could be envisaged.
- a control which was independent of the seat 6 might be envisaged, as could the use of a device for the distancing of the rollers 7 and 8 thus preventing, when considered necessary, the automatic drawing of the section of paper 4 when the seat 6 was lowered.
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- Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
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- Bidet-Like Cleaning Device And Other Flush Toilet Accessories (AREA)
- Toilet Supplies (AREA)
- Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
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Abstract
Description
- The present invention concerns an apparatus designed to facilitate the cleaning of hygienic services, in particular water closets and similar.
- Specifically, but not exclusively, the invention is useful with respect to hygienic services for the public.
- It presents a device which is activated upon use of the water closet or latrine by the user.
- In particular, the invention aims to provide a careful cleaning of the water closet while eliminating the need to depend on mechanical actions, by means of brushes or similar, in addition to the cleaning provided by the water of the flush.
- The invention, as characterised in the claims which follow, reaches the above-described aims in a way which is both simple and successful.
- An advantage of the invention is that it can be realised in mechanically simple embodiments, with easy operation and maintenance.
- Further characteristics and advantages will better appear in the description which follows, of some preferred but not exclusive embodiments of the invention, illustrated here purely in the form of non-limiting examples in the accompanying diagrams, in which:
- Figure 1 shows a schematic elevated side-view, partially sectioned, of a first embodiment;
- Figure 2 shows a schematic elevated side-view of a second embodiment of the invention.
- With reference to the above-mentioned figures, Fig. 1 denotes a water-closet in which can be seen the
internal cavity 3 which has at the bottom of its bowl thedischarge outlet 5. Posteriorly, behind theseat 6, a distributingdevice 2 is placed, whose purpose is to deposit, on command, a section of paper 4 or other material in saidcavity 3. In more detail, the distributingdevice 2, which is located just above the water-closet 1, comprises a parallel -axis roller-couple rollers internal cavity 3 of the water-closet 1 is part of a continuous sheet which is housed in a feeding compartment comprising, in the embodiment of Fig. 1, a bobbin orroll 10. In the embodiment of Fig. 2, the sheet of paper is continuous, as in the embodiment of Fig. 1, but housed in acontainer 11 in which the sheet is stacked in folds. - In other embodiments, not illustrated in the accompanying diagrams, a compartment could be envisaged which would feed the
rollers - The
roller 7 acts as a drawing roller and is connected, by means of mechanical belt-drive transmission 12, with amobile element 13, which is rotatingly mobile about an axis parallel to the axes of the parallel-axis roller-couple 7, and which is solid with theseat 6. Themobile element 13 comprises a group which interacts between the water-closet 1 and theseat 6 with the aim of maintaining saidseat 6 automatically in the lifted position in the absence of a user. Thebelt 12 is wound around and stretched between apulley 14, fixed coaxially to themobile element 13, and apulley 15, which is mounted laterally on theroller 7, a free-wheel mechanism being interposed between them to permit of rotating solidarity between thedrawing roller 7 and thepulley 15 in only one direction, more precisely in the clockwise direction (indicated by the arrow 16). In this way the section of paper 4 is advanced by means of friction as indicated by arrow 9. Theroller 8 is mounted idle on its axis and is pressed (to a pre-established pressure) againstroller 7 so as to be set in rotation by means of friction against saidroller 7. The transmission ratio between thepulley 14 and and thepulley 15, as well as the diameters of the twopulleys seat 6, a length of paper 4 is drawn into theinternal cavity 3 which is enough to cover a large part of the cavity walls around thedischarge outlet 5. - The continous section of paper 4 has universally distributed transversal perforations at regular intervals, or otherwise invitations arranged so as to facilitate the tearing of the section of paper 4 which is in the
internal cavity 3 from the remaining section of paper 4 which is stretched betweenrollers - The introduction of a section of paper 4 sufficient to cover the greater part of the
internal cavity 3 is realised by means of the lowering of theseat 6 from the rest position (upright) to the work position (horizontal). The drawing and advancing of the section of paper 4 in the direction indicated by the arrow 9 are produced by the friction effected on the section of paper 4 by therollers - The section of paper 4 which is deposited in the
internal cavity 3 adheres, at least partially, to the surface of theinternal cavity 3, thus constituting a sort of thin covering. - At the moment of flushing the water closet, the flushwater drags the section of paper 4 into the
discharge outlet 5. The presence of the section of paper 4, therefore, prevents contact between the waste and the surface of theinternal cavity 3, as well as facilitating the cleaning of saidinternal cavity 3 by rubbing against its surface as it is flushed away. The detachment of the section of paper 4 from the continous roll is facilitated by the presence of perforations or other invitations in the sheet itself. - In other embodiments, not illustrated in the accompanying diagrams, feeding of the paper might not be realised using a continuous roll, but rather through the distribution of single sheets taken from a special compartment wherein said single sheets would have been previously stacked.
- In yet other embodiments, variants on the command system for drawing the paper could be envisaged. For example, a control which was independent of the
seat 6 might be envisaged, as could the use of a device for the distancing of therollers seat 6 was lowered.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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IT04004990A IT1245635B (en) | 1990-03-29 | 1990-03-29 | EQUIPMENT SUITABLE TO FACILITATE THE CLEANING OF SANITARY SERVICES, IN PARTICULAR OF WATERS AND SIMILAR. |
IT4004990 | 1990-03-29 |
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EP0451115A1 true EP0451115A1 (en) | 1991-10-09 |
EP0451115B1 EP0451115B1 (en) | 1994-06-01 |
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EP91830108A Expired - Lifetime EP0451115B1 (en) | 1990-03-29 | 1991-03-20 | An apparatus designed to facilitate the cleaning of hygienic services, in particular water closets and similar |
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EP (1) | EP0451115B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE106214T1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE69102189T2 (en) |
IT (1) | IT1245635B (en) |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE19546850A1 (en) * | 1995-12-15 | 1997-06-19 | Karl Breitenbach | Toilet-seat with paper cover |
NL1008744C2 (en) * | 1998-03-30 | 1999-10-01 | Sibilla Maria Singendonk | Absorbent paper to line toilet bowl before defecation |
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DE125242C (en) * | ||||
GB189915098A (en) * | 1899-07-22 | 1899-12-23 | Alfred Johnson | Improvements in or relating to the Seats of Water Closets. |
GB190823910A (en) * | 1908-11-07 | 1909-07-08 | Hermann Richard | Improvements in Water Closet Seat Guards. |
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- 1991-03-20 EP EP91830108A patent/EP0451115B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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GB189915098A (en) * | 1899-07-22 | 1899-12-23 | Alfred Johnson | Improvements in or relating to the Seats of Water Closets. |
GB190823910A (en) * | 1908-11-07 | 1909-07-08 | Hermann Richard | Improvements in Water Closet Seat Guards. |
Cited By (2)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE19546850A1 (en) * | 1995-12-15 | 1997-06-19 | Karl Breitenbach | Toilet-seat with paper cover |
NL1008744C2 (en) * | 1998-03-30 | 1999-10-01 | Sibilla Maria Singendonk | Absorbent paper to line toilet bowl before defecation |
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EP0451115B1 (en) | 1994-06-01 |
IT1245635B (en) | 1994-09-29 |
IT9040049A1 (en) | 1991-09-29 |
ATE106214T1 (en) | 1994-06-15 |
IT9040049A0 (en) | 1990-03-29 |
DE69102189T2 (en) | 1994-09-08 |
DE69102189D1 (en) | 1994-07-07 |
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