EP1946691A1 - Automatische Reinigungsvorrichtung für einen Toilettensitz - Google Patents

Automatische Reinigungsvorrichtung für einen Toilettensitz Download PDF

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EP1946691A1
EP1946691A1 EP08000591A EP08000591A EP1946691A1 EP 1946691 A1 EP1946691 A1 EP 1946691A1 EP 08000591 A EP08000591 A EP 08000591A EP 08000591 A EP08000591 A EP 08000591A EP 1946691 A1 EP1946691 A1 EP 1946691A1
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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
    • A47K13/24—Parts or details not covered in, or of interest apart from, groups A47K13/02 - A47K13/22, e.g. devices imparting a swinging or vibrating motion to the seats
    • A47K13/30—Seats having provisions for heating, deodorising or the like, e.g. ventilating, noise-damping or cleaning devices
    • A47K13/302—Seats with cleaning devices

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  • the present invention relates to an automatic cleaning device for a toilet seat 2, and more particularly to an automatic cleaning device which can clean and parch a toilet seat 2 automatically after the toilet has been used.
  • an ordinary bathroom toilet in a public place includes a toilet body 1, a seat 11, and a cover 12.
  • the toilet belongs to a public property, it happens often that a user without public virtue steps on the seat 11 with both feet to use the toilet without lifting up the seat 11 due to a concern of sanitary problem, thereby contaminating the seat 11, such that following users are unable to use or dare not to use the toilet at all.
  • some places provide mats to be paved on the seat 11, it is rather troublesome in using.
  • the user sits directly on the contaminated seat 11 without paying attention to the sanitary condition, it is possible that he or she will be infected by bacteria or viruses.
  • it is also rather dangerous to an ordinary female, who wear high heels, to squad on the seat 11.
  • the present invention includes a seat, a cover, a liquid transmission device and a control unit, wherein the frame-shape seat is surrounded at peripheries of a top of a toilet body, a rear side of which is provided with a pivoting portion connected to a driving mechanism. Peripheries of the seat are provided with protruded ribs, inner rims of which are disposed with through-holes aligned alternately, with the through-holes being located above an interior side at the top of the toilet body.
  • a bottom rim of the cover is provided with a tube coil having alternate through-holes, with the tube coil being connected to a transmission tube by a plurality of manifolds.
  • the transmission tube is connected to a valve which is connected to an electromagnetic water valve and an electromagnetic air valve for connecting respectively to a container holding detergent and an electro-thermal element, such that when a toiler flushing device is activated, the cover will be covered on the seat by the driving mechanism, water will be spraying on the seat from the through-holes of the tube coil at the bottom of the cover by the liquid transmission device and the control unit, and the seat will be parched by hot air of the electro-thermal element, thereby achieving a result of cleaning the toilet seat.
  • the driving mechanism connected to the seat is provided with a turning wheel and a piston which is connected at an eccentric position of the turning wheel.
  • the turning wheel can rotate, so as to lift up or put down the seat.
  • valve connected to the transmission tube of the cover is connected to a water pipe
  • the transmission tube is provided with a groove having a through-hole
  • the water pipe is provided with a sheath portion corresponding to the groove.
  • the sheath portion is provided with a through-hole, enabling the sheath portion to be latched into the groove. Therefore, when the cover is lifted up and put down, the transmission tube will be driven to rotate, allowing the sheath portion to be offset or overlapped with the through-hole of the groove, so as to constitute a control for stopping or discharging water.
  • a front end of the seat is provided with a latch groove
  • a lower rim at a front end of the cover is provided with a push button which is disposed with a hook sheathed into a spring, such that when the cover is put down, the seat and the cover can be both lifted up after cleaning the seat, by locking the hook at the latch groove of the seat.
  • the present invention includes a seat 2, a cover 3, a liquid transmission device 33, and a control unit 39.
  • the frame-shape seat 2 is surrounded at peripheries of a top of a toilet body, a rear side of which is provided with a pivoting portion 4.
  • Peripheries of the seat 2 are provided with protruded ribs 21, inner rims of which are disposed with through-holes 22 aligned alternately and located above an interior side at the top of the toilet body.
  • a front end of the seat 2 is provided with a latch groove 23.
  • a rear side of the cover 3 is pivoted at the pivoting part 4 of the seat 2, so as to be lifted up or to be covered on the seat 2.
  • a lower rim at a front end of the cover 3 is provided with a push button 30 which is disposed with a hook 302 sheathed into a spring 301.
  • a bottom of the cover 3 is provided with a tube coil 31 which is corresponding to the ribs 21 of the seat 2, and is provided with alternate through-holes 311. In addition, the tube coil 31 is extended out of the cover 3 with a valve 34.
  • the liquid transmission device 33 includes further a container 37 for holding detergent, and a transmission tube 333 which is connected between the container 37 and the valve 34, allowing the detergent inside the container 37 to be exported to the tube coil 31 through the transmission tube 333 and the valve 34.
  • the tube coil 31 is connected to the transmission tube 333 by a plurality of manifolds 32, and the transmission tube 333 is connected to the valve 34.
  • valve 34 is further connected to an electromagnetic water valve 35 and an electromagnetic air valve 36 for connecting respectively to the container 37 and an electro-thermal element 38.
  • the container 37 is provided with a sterilized water dripping device 371, and is connected to a tap water pipe; whereas, the electromagnetic water valve 35, the electromagnetic air valve 36, and the electro-thermal element 38 are connected respectively to the control unit 39.
  • the pivoting portion 4 which is connected to the seat 2 includes further a driving mechanism which is composed of a turning wheel 41 and a piston 42.
  • the seat 2 is connected at an axis of the turning wheel 41, and the piston 42 is connected at an eccentric position of the turning wheel 41, such that the turning wheel 41 can rotate by an extension and compression of the piston 42, thereby lifting up or putting down the seat 2.
  • the valve 34 connected to the transmission tube 333 is connected to a water pipe 5, wherein the transmission tube 333 is provided with a groove 332 having a through-hole 331, and the water pipe 5 is provided with a sheath part 51, which is corresponding to the groove 332 and is disposed with a through-hole 511, allowing the sheath part 51 to be latched into the groove 332, such that when the cover 3 is lifted up and put down, the transmission tube 333 will be driven to rotate, enabling the sheath part 51 to be offset or overlapped with the through-holes 511, 331 of the groove 332, so as to constitute a control for stopping or discharging water.
  • the automatic cleaning device for the toilet seat is constituted, such that when a toilet flushing device is activated after the toilet has been used, water will be spraying on the seat 2 from the through-holes 311 on the tube coil 31 of the cover 3, and the seat 2 will be parched by hot air, thereby achieving a result of cleaning the toilet seat.
  • the piston 42 when the toilet flushing device is activated after the toilet has been used, the piston 42 will be extended by the control unit 39 to drive the turning wheel 41 to rotate, so as to put down the seat 2; at a same time, the electromagnetic water valve will be opened to transport the water in the container 37 and the sterilized water dripping device 371, along the water pipe 5.
  • the sheath portion 51 of the water pipe 5, and the through-holes 511, 331 of the groove 332 of the transmission tube 333 are opened to discharge the water due to the rotation of the transmission tube 333, the water will be transported to the tube coil 31 of the cover 3 from the transmission tube 333, and spraying on the seat 2 from the through-holes 311 to clean the seat 2.
  • the electromagnetic water valve 35 is closed after cleaning the seat 2; whereas, the electromagnetic air valve 36 and the electro-thermal element 38 are activated at a same time, allowing the hot air to be blown toward the seat 2 from the through-holes 311 on the tube coil 31 of the cover 3, so as to parch the seat 2.
  • the electromagnetic air valve 36 and the electro-thermal element 38 are deactivated, and this accomplishes a cycle of cleaning operation.
  • the piston 42 is compressed by the control unit 39 to drive the turning wheel 41 to rotate, so as to lift up the seat 2.
  • the sheath portion 51 of the water pipe 5 and the through-holes 511, 311 of the groove 332 of the transmission tube 333 are offset by the rotation of the transmission tube 333 to stop the water, wherein the hook 302 of the push button 30 at the lower rim of the front end of the seat 2 is latched at the latch groove 23 of the seat 2 by a tension of the spring 301, allowing he seat 2 and the cover 3 to be lifted up together.
  • the seat 2 can be put down again just by pressing down the push button 30 to release the hook 302 from the latch groove 23.
  • the control unit 39 includes further a detection switch 24 at a bottom of the seat 2.
  • the detection switch 24 When the detection switch 24 has detected that the seat 2 is at the top of the toilet body, the detection switch 24 will be turned on to open the control unit 39; whereas, when the detection switch 24 has detected that the seat 2 is lifted up with respect to the toilet body, the control unit 39 is closed.
  • the detection switch 39 can be also configured as a normal-open push switch which is opened normally.
  • the normal-open push switch will be at a state for turning on the control unit 39 by a weight of the seat 2; whereas, when the seat 2 is lifted up, the normal-open push switch will be closed. Therefore, if the seat 2 is lifted up, the toilet flushing device of the present invention will not be activated. On the contrary, when the seat 2 is at the top of the toilet body, the toilet flushing device can be activated effectively.
  • the present invention is provided with the cover having the water-spraying holes, in association with the multiple tubes, to automatically clean and parch the toilet seat to maintain the sanitariness of the toilet seat after the toilet has been used.
  • the present invention is compared with a conventional cup as below:

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FR2938418A1 (fr) * 2008-11-19 2010-05-21 Teodor Negoescu Dispositif pour nettoyer et desinfecter les abattants,la lunette et les parois de la cuvette de toilettes avec de la pression d'eau chaude.
EP2241235A1 (de) * 2009-04-14 2010-10-20 Hai-Sheng Huang Automatische Toilettenreinigungsvorrichtung
CN112790657A (zh) * 2019-11-13 2021-05-14 吴明坤 马桶自洁系统

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US8136171B2 (en) * 2009-04-14 2012-03-20 Hai-Sheng Huang Automatic toilet cleaning device
JP4521063B1 (ja) * 2010-02-01 2010-08-11 英之 村瀬 便座洗浄装置

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DE2907754A1 (de) * 1979-02-28 1980-09-04 Gertrud Stockburger Fa Einrichtung zum reinigen und/oder desinfizieren von klosetts
GB2204611A (en) * 1987-04-14 1988-11-16 Mak Chai Leung Apparatus for washing a toilet seat
US4924532A (en) * 1989-05-09 1990-05-15 Domenick Pennestri Cleaning and sanitizing system for a toilet seat
US4980931A (en) * 1989-09-01 1991-01-01 Chaskel Meisels Self sterilizing toilet seat

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DE2907754A1 (de) * 1979-02-28 1980-09-04 Gertrud Stockburger Fa Einrichtung zum reinigen und/oder desinfizieren von klosetts
GB2204611A (en) * 1987-04-14 1988-11-16 Mak Chai Leung Apparatus for washing a toilet seat
US4924532A (en) * 1989-05-09 1990-05-15 Domenick Pennestri Cleaning and sanitizing system for a toilet seat
US4980931A (en) * 1989-09-01 1991-01-01 Chaskel Meisels Self sterilizing toilet seat

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FR2938418A1 (fr) * 2008-11-19 2010-05-21 Teodor Negoescu Dispositif pour nettoyer et desinfecter les abattants,la lunette et les parois de la cuvette de toilettes avec de la pression d'eau chaude.
EP2241235A1 (de) * 2009-04-14 2010-10-20 Hai-Sheng Huang Automatische Toilettenreinigungsvorrichtung
CN112790657A (zh) * 2019-11-13 2021-05-14 吴明坤 马桶自洁系统

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