Classifications

• • 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
  • E03D9/04—Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices
  • E03D9/05—Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices ventilating the bowl
  • E03D9/052—Special arrangement or operation of ventilating devices ventilating the bowl using incorporated fans
• • 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
  • A47K13/307—Seats with ventilating devices

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a toilet bowl equipment comprising a base attached to the bowl, carrying a telescope and a device for sucking air into the bowl,
• the underside of the bezel being provided with a seal by which the telescope rests on the edge of the bowl, this seal being open at the front and rear to allow the passage of the air to the suction device through a suction opening made in the base, the suction device sucking air and pushing it through a filter emerging from the housing,
• a base comprising an advance provided in its upper part with a presence detection window directed above the telescope and forming under the detection window, a suction channel with the top of the rear of the bowl and opening into the bowl and
• a circuit for controlling the operation of the suction device having an infrared detector placed in the detection window for detecting a presence on the telescope and a power supply for the circuit and the suction device, the circuit managing the operation of the device aspiration, its delay and the display of the operating state such as its availability, its proper functioning and the state of its power supply as well as the need for recharging the power supply,
• the present invention aims to develop a toilet bowl equipment of the type defined above, to facilitate its integration and its installation on already installed bowls or in the installation means (fixing holes) correspond to variable dimensions , slightly different both in their transverse positioning and longitudinal, and also to ensure not only the purification of air but the request to perfume.
• the invention relates to a toilet bowl equipment of the type defined above, characterized in that
• a compartmentalized housing comprising
• the compartment is lined on each side by a compartment, one of which receives a power supply and the other a diffuser,
• a lid covering the compartments by separating them in a relatively tight manner, and this cover is perforated in its zones surmounting the outlet of the filter and the outlet of the diffuser.
• the WC equipment according to the invention makes it possible, on the one hand, to perform all the filtering functions of the sucked air and to complete this function by generating perfumed air with perfuming or odoriferous materials or, where appropriate air disinfection products while allowing to adapt this equipment to existing bowls, already installed or available in the 3rd market, without having to develop bowls specially designed for the installation of this equipment.
• this equipment can adapt very easily both in the transverse directions depending on the spacing of the two mounting holes of the glasses with flap, as in the longitudinal direction to take into account the possible water reserve installed directly on the back of the toilet bowl.
• the diffuser comprises a housing whose bottom is provided with an air inlet surmounted by a fan and having a load of diffusing and odoriferous materials, the outlet of the fan feeding the inlet of a pulsed air passageway passing over the charge of diffusing and odoriferous materials and the top of the housing has air outlet openings charged with odoriferous materials.
• This embodiment of the diffuser allows to integrate it easily into the housing of the equipment without having to increase the dimensions of the housing and create problems of size or positioning of the equipment on the top of the bowl , in front of the possible reserve of water carried by the back of the bowl.
• This diffuser is advantageously installed removably in the housing housing which, on the one hand, allows the replacement of the diffuser in case of failure of its blower (fan) or to facilitate replacement or loading with the diffusing material and / or odoriferous.
• the base housing cover has apertures above the compartment housing the diffuser and the cap covering the perforated area above the suction device compartment and the openings above the diffuser compartment.
• the output of the filtered air during the operation of the suction device and the outlet of the air charged with odorous or diffusing materials are two separate outputs, so that, in particular, the air containing substances odoriferous is not likely to be sucked into the suction device and pass through the filter area of this device, which would have the double disadvantage of one hand to neutralize the odoriferous air and secondly
• the suction duct of the bottom air of the plate has a V-shape open towards the bowl provided with fins directing the flow of air in the channel and the sor-0 tie towards the device suction is off-center in the direction of airflow sucked by the suction device.
• control circuit provides the time delay for adjustably delaying the operation of the suction device (start and duration of operation) the operation of the diffuser (start and duration of operation).
• the control circuit manages the operation of both the suction device purifying and filtering air, the diffuser diffusing air scented. This makes it possible to develop independent operating cycles for the two devices and, in particular, to possibly overlap the two operating cycles or to separate the two operating cycles. Furthermore, this allows also adjusting the operating time of each of the two devices and in particu ⁇ bind to extend the operating time of the suction device beyond the holding times detected by the presence detector.
• control circuit comprises adjustment members accessible at the opening of the housing for adjusting the timing of the suction device and that of the diffuser.
• the base comprises a plate provided with movable adjusting plates, supported on the top of the plate at windows made in the plate to adapt the fastening screws of the equipment to the geometry of the mounting holes of the bowl.
• adjustable fixing plates rest on the top of the plate by means of plate-shaped supports having a window corresponding to the window of the plate and bordering it to transmit the forces of the fixing screws and plates adjustable to the plate.
• This mounting means allows as already indicated generally above, a perfect adaptation of the equipment to the existing bowl.
• a compartmentalized housing comprises partitions defining the compartment of the suction device and its filter and the compartment of the diffuser
• a lid covering the compartments by separating them in a relatively tight manner, and this cover is perforated in its zone surmounting the outlet of the air filter and in the zone surmounting the compartment of the diffuser.
• the housing has a peripheral wall provided with a rebate and
• the cover has a peripheral wall descending to join hermetically the rebate of the housing.
• This embodiment of the housing and its lid not only facilitates access to the suction device, the air filter and the diffuser and its load of odoriferous and diffusing materials for maintenance interventions that must be possible for the user. without the intervention of a specialist.
• the lid is provided with a cap covering the perforated zones leaving an interval relative to the top of the lid to form a peripheral air outlet slot.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a toilet bowl equipment, with the flap closed, according to one embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the equipment
• FIG. 3 is a view from below of the base plate
• FIG. 4A is a view from above of a support and an adjustment plate
• FIG. 4B is an isometric view of the support and the adjustment plate with a screw
• FIG. 4C shows a variant of plate for the fixing screw
• FIG. 4D shows a support variant equipped with such a wafer
• FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the installation of the equipment on a toilet bowl
• FIG. 6 shows, in its parts 6A-6D, various states of assembly of the housing and its cover
• FIG. 7 is an isometric view of the open housing
• FIG. 8 is a side view of a battery case or odor diffuser
• FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the electronic and / or electrical control circuit of the equipment.
• FIG. 10 is a timing diagram of an example of operation of the equipment.
• the invention relates to a toilet bowl equipment formed of a base 1 attached to the bowl not shown and carrying a hinged bezel 2, covered by its flap 21 also arig- and a device suction 3 and a diffuser 4 housed in the housing 1 1 of the base.
• the lower face 22 of the telescope 2 (FIG. 2) is provided with a joint 23 with two branches 231, 232, open at the front and at the rear to allow the passage of air from outside and to through the bowl to a suction port 12 made in the base 1 and opening into the suction device 3 formed of a rotor equipped with an electric motor that sucks the air and discharges through a filter emerging from the casing 1 1.
• the base 1 comprises an advance 13 provided, in its upper part, with a detection window 14, detecting the occupation of the telescope; under the window 14, the base 1 forms a suction channel 15 opening into the orifice 12 with the top of the back of the bowl to which it is attached.
• the base 1 also carries the articulation of the bezel 2 and the flap 21.
• the operation of the equipment is controlled by a control circuit housed in the advance 13 of the base 1.
• This circuit controls the operation of the suction device 3 and the diffuser 4 according to the presence detected by the presence sensor in particular at the infrared of the window 14, the delay of the operation as well as the display of the functions such as the charge of the battery or, more generally, the operability of the suction device 3 and the diffuser 4.
• the air intake duct 15 is V-shaped open towards the trough at the end 13 of the base 1; its outlet, that is to say its small end, is turned towards the orifice 12 of the suction device 3. This shape is decentered in the direction of air flow imposed by the rotor, so as to promote the circulation of air at the rotor and through it.
• the bezel 2 is connected to the base 1 by a hinge formed of two hinges.
• the axis of the hinges and therefore the axis of the articulation of the telescope 2 to the base 1 are offset above the base, beyond the rear edge 24 of the telescope so as to allow an almost contiguous meeting between the rear edge 24 of the bezel 2 and the front edge 16 of the base 1 when the telescope rests on the bowl.
• the bottom view of Figure 3 shows the plate 5 constituting the underside of the base 1.
• the plate 5 receives the housing 1 1 imbricated by its edge in the edge of the plate.
• the suction channel 15 and the orifice suction 12 are made in the plate 5 which comprises on either side of the channel 15, a diamond-shaped sector constituting a support 51 through which a window 52 for mounting the screws fixing the base to the bowl.
• This fixing assembly consists (FIGS. 4A, 4B) of a trapezoidal support 53 constituted by a metal plate provided with a window 531 of dimensions corresponding to those of the window 52 and a movable plate 54, transversely window 531 in a free position.
• the support 53 comes to rest around the window 52 of the plate 5 and the plate 54 comes above the support 53.
• the plate 54 has an oblong slot 541 to be traversed by a screw 57 whose head rests against the edges of the slot 541.
• the support 53 is supported in a precise position against the top of the plate 5, for example by means of a lug 55 received by the orifice 532 of the support 53,
• Each plate 54 is supported on a support 53 and its transverse slot 541 allows the adjustment to bring the bezel 2 precisely in the middle of the bowl according to the different dimensions of cuvettes, the longitudinal adjustment being done by the positioning of the wafer 54 by report to support 53.
• the invention also relates to a variant of plate and support, namely a plate 54a constituted by a grid with bars and this plate 54 is applied to the back of the support 53 or is welded thereto or is performed at the same time as this one.
• the two windows 52 used for the adjustable fixing of the plate 5 to the bowl are made in symmetrical positions XX with respect to the axis of symmetry of the equipment, in order to allow the adjustable attachment of the equipment on a toilet bowl to adapt to the center distance of the fixing holes and their position relative to the opening of the bowl.
• the supports 53 on either side of the axis of symmetry XX are in reversed or symmetrical positions so as to come parallel to the V-shaped contour of the two lug-shaped supports 51. blood forming the bearing surfaces of the plate on the top of the back of the bowl.
• the plate 5 also includes chimneys 56 for fixing the housing 1 1.
• the suction channel 15 is provided with guide vanes 151 defining guide paths of the air flow towards the suction port 12.
• FIG. 5 shows the positioning of the equipment on the top of the bowl 7 by using the two fastening means constituted by the two screws 57 housed in the adjustment plates 54 supported on the supports 53 bordering the windows 52 on the top of the plate 5, the screws 57 pass through the holes 1 of the bowl.
• Figures 1, 6 to 10 show more particularly the structure of the base 1 and the housing 1 1 of the equipment.
• the base 1 carries the housing 1 1 housing the mechanical and electrical / electronic components of the equipment.
• the housing 1 1 is covered by a cover 17 with the filtered air outlet, formed by a first perforated zone 171 above the compartment 1 1 1 for the filtered air outlet and a second perforated zone 174 above the compartment 1 13 of the diffuser for the perfumed air outlet.
• These two zones 171, 174 are surmounted by a cap 172 overflowing with these openwork zibes and leaving with respect thereto a peripheral gap whose attachment is protected by a cover 173.
• the central portion of the cover 1.7 above the air passage of the base 1 is a curved portion and the entire lid itself has a convex shape down to the sides.
• the top of the cover 17 joins its side wall by a rounded very strong curvature, much more accentuated that a holiday.
• the junction between the various parts of the base 1, its advance 13 and the housing 11, are in transition shapes with very strong curvature, so as to promote the flow of water during cleaning and avoiding that are formed nooks hard to access for cleaning.
• the perforated portion 171 above the filter 6 is formed of lenticular radial slots and the center 175 is provided with a thread for receiving the fastening screw of the cap 172.
• the central housing 1 1 1 forms the air passage, from bottom to top above the opening 12 at the end of the suction channel 15 and receiving the suction device 3.
• This air passage is occupied at the bottom by the rotor and its motor. Above this, the passage is occupied by an air filter 6, removable, formed of a rigid envelope of rectangular horizontal section, flat bottom and domed top.
• the two housings 1 12, 1 13 on either side of the housing 1 1 1 receiving the filter 6 are occupied, one by the housing of a battery 81.
• the other housing 1 13 receives the diffuser 4 formed of a removable housing 41 equipped with a blower 42 and a load 45 of diffusing and perfuming material so as to perfume the pulsed air.
• FIG. 6D shows the structure of the underside of the cover 17 and in particular two ribs 177 which bar the underside to cooperate with partitions of the housing 1 1 and separate the compartments 1 1 1, 1 13. These ribs 177 are lined on the side of the air outlet zone 171 of the two chimneys or housings 178 for the fixing screws of the cover 17 to the housing 1 1.
• the housing 1 1 defines the three compartments 1 1 1, 1 12, 1 13 by its peripheral wall 1 14 and two partitions 1 15 bordering the central compartment 1 1 1.
• the above the peripheral wall 1 14 is in the form of rebate 1 141.
• the cover 17, the rebate edge, has a shape complementary to the shape of the rabbet 1 141 of the housing cap it hermetically.
• the partitions 1 15 separating the compartments 1 12, 1 13 and the compartment 1 1 1 of the air passage are provided with several cylindrical chimneys 1 15 1, vertical for receiving the fixing screws of the cover 17 through the screw passages 178 in homologous positions. These chimneys are also used for the holding and centering of the removable air filter 6 which has grooves 61 of complementary shape receiving the chimneys 1 151.
• FIG 8 schematically shows a side view of a diffuser 4 for perfuming the air.
• the diffuser 4 comprises a housing 41 having a shape similar to that of the housing of the battery 31, at least for its section since the two compartments 1 12, 1 13 are advantageously substantially symmetrical with respect to the plane of symmetry of the equipment. This simplifies the making of the molds and thus the manufacture.
• the diffuser 4 comprises a fan 42 for sucking air through the bottom 43 of the housing 41, the air arriving through the suction opening 12.
• the fan 42 opens into an air flow path schematized by the arrow 44.
• the air flow path is made in the housing 41 to pass the pulsed air and lick the load of odoriferous material 45 before exiting through the openings 44 1 of the lid 46; it closes the top of the housing 41 removably to allow access to the cavity 45 receiving the essential oils or other diffusing and odoriferous materials for recharging.
• the housing 41 is blocked in its compartment 1 13 by a connection by the shape and the connection of the blower 42 is by contacts 48 carried by the housing 41 and touching complementary contacts of the compartment 1 13.
• the power of the blower 42 is controlled by the control circuit 8 managing the operation of the equipment.
• the control circuit 8 (FIG. 9) is protectedly installed, as described, in the advance 13 of the base 1, so that it is in the immediate vicinity of both the presence sensor behind the window 14, the electrical supply or battery 81 of the motor of the suction device 3 and that of the diffuser 4.
• all the elements are protected against moisture or splashing water and are not subjected to any wear generated by movement since the connections between the control circuit 8, the detector and the display elements behind the window 14 as well as the motors are static links integrated into the base 1 and to the housing 1 1.
• the control circuit 8 detects a presence on the bezel 2 or near it to trigger the suction device 3, the if necessary with a delay.
• the circuit 8 limits the operating time of the suction device to a fixed or adjustable duration and at the end of the use of the WC, the circuit 8 optionally controls the operation or the continued operation of the suction device 3 during a limited time ⁇ 1.
• the operation of the diffuser 4 for perfuming the air is controlled according to the activation of the suction device 3, to function for example only after stopping the suction device 3 so that it first evacuates the odors by filtering them in the filter 6, for example on activated charcoal, then once the filtering period (T1, T2) has ended and the suction device 3 stopped, the diffuser 4 is also controlled in a delayed manner, to release a certain volume of perfumed air.
• the control circuit 8 shown schematically in Figure 9, is connected to the battery 81 or a power supply 82 connected to the mains. Both solutions can be considered.
• the control circuit 8 is also connected to the presence detector 83 to control the sequence of operation.
• the control circuit 8 receives adjustment instructions from one or two adjustment members 84, 85 making it possible to adjust the timing of the suction device 3 and an adjustment of the delay of the diffuser 4 perfuming the air, the output, the control circuit 8 being connected to the engine of the suction device 3 and the motor of the diffuser 4. It also comprises an indicator 86 to indicate the charge level of the battery 81 and a light 87 to signal the exhaustion of the charge of odoriferous materials.
• a cycle of operation of the equipment is shown by way of example in the diagram of Figure 10.
• the horizontal axis represents the time axis and the vertical axis, the operation of the equipment.
• the presence of an occupant is detected from time t1 until time t2.
• the detection of the present at time tl results in the triggering of the operation of the suction device 3 at time T1.
• the suction device 3 operates until time T2.
• Delay ⁇ 1 corresponds to the time during which the suction device 3 continues to operate after the instant T2.
• the time delay ⁇ 1 is adjustable according to parameters defined by the practice of the use of the equipment. This time delay can be more or less long according to the needs to filter the air in the volume of the WC, the possible forced air circulation, its aspiration, etc.
• the triggering of the diffuser 4 to perfume the air is at time T1 and ends at time T12.
• the operating time corresponds to the time delay ⁇ 1 1 (curve C2).
• the diffuser starts to operate at the instant Tl 1 just before the end of the operation of the suction device 3 at time T2 or corresponding to this time T2.
• the arrangement can also be modified so that the instant T1 is later than the instant T2.
• the different settings are parameters, preferably, are defined in practice especially according to the geometry of places.
• the operation of the suction device 3 and the diffuser 4 is protected and limited to a maximum duration, fixed, so as not to exhaust the power supply. 81, 82.
• the level of the battery 81 is preferably displayed by the light 86 behind the window 14.
• a light may indicate the need to recharge the batteries or indicate the need to replace the filter.
• the filter is preferably controlled by accumulating its duration of use; a known time limit of the filter then displays the need for its replacement by a light behind the window 14.
• the charging of the battery or its replacement is done very simply by accessing the housing 1 12 of the battery 81 after removal of the cover 17.
• the power supply 82 is directly from the network and respecting the regulations for electrical installations in bathroom or other volumes.
• the installation of the equipment according to the invention is very simply on existing bowls replacing a telescope.
• the place occupied by the housing 1 1 is very limited, also this housing, which corresponds practically to the plate or mounting plate of a usual telescope, can perfectly be installed without difficulty in front of the tank in the case of a bowl surmounted at the rear of a tank.

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