GB2475808A - Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler - Google Patents

Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler Download PDF

Info

Publication number
GB2475808A
GB2475808A GB201102080A GB201102080A GB2475808A GB 2475808 A GB2475808 A GB 2475808A GB 201102080 A GB201102080 A GB 201102080A GB 201102080 A GB201102080 A GB 201102080A GB 2475808 A GB2475808 A GB 2475808A
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
toilet
toilet device
seat
bowl
secured
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
GB201102080A
Other versions
GB2475808B (en
GB201102080D0 (en
Inventor
Ronnie Nganwa
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of GB201102080D0 publication Critical patent/GB201102080D0/en
Publication of GB2475808A publication Critical patent/GB2475808A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2475808B publication Critical patent/GB2475808B/en
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Links

Classifications

    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D9/00Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D11/00Other component parts of water-closets, e.g. noise-reducing means in the flushing system, flushing pipes mounted in the bowl, seals for the bowl outlet, devices preventing overflow of the bowl contents; devices forming a water seal in the bowl after flushing, devices eliminating obstructions in the bowl outlet or preventing backflow of water and excrements from the waterpipe
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D3/00Flushing devices operated by pressure of the water supply system flushing valves not connected to the water-supply main, also if air is blown in the water seal for a quick flushing
    • E03D3/10Flushing devices with pressure-operated reservoir, e.g. air chamber
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/02Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor
    • E03D5/024Operated hydraulically or pneumatically
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03DWATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D9/00Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
    • E03D9/14Noise-reducing means combined with flushing valves
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03FSEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F1/00Methods, systems, or installations for draining-off sewage or storm water
    • E03F1/006Pneumatic sewage disposal systems; accessories specially adapted therefore

Landscapes

  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Hydrology & Water Resources (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Epidemiology (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Aviation & Aerospace Engineering (AREA)
  • Sanitary Device For Flush Toilet (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a toilet lid plunger pump device 10 for pressurizing the air in a toilet bowl to evacuate waste, prevent clogging and to unclog toilets. The device may be electrically and or manually operated and may also act as a sound muffler. The device comprises a resilient plunger member 32 which may have a circumference generally equal to that of the bowl rim, with a rigid top 40 that has two arms 42 on opposite sides, which arms have magnetic plates (44 figure 3) attached to their undersides, and which project into a chamber containing a small, pulsed-operation, quick-acting bipolar electromagnet 26 with two poles 32. When an electric pulse is applied, the electromagnet creates a magnetic field that pulls down the plunger top which pressurizes the sealed bowl and evacuates the waste.

Description

TOILET PLUNGER PUMP AND SOUND MUFFLER
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The current invention reconfigures toilet lids, that are currently mostly redundant, to perform utility functions. This invention relates to a toilet bellows plunger pump device that compresses the air in the toilet bowl thus increasing air pressure therein to evacuate the waste in a conventional toilet water trap, thus replacing water as the sole medium for waste evacuation with a combination of water and compressed air. The water is thus conserved and limited to rinsing the bowl before evacuation and replenishing the water trap which provides the medium in which the waste is evacuated and acts as a natural seal for trapping the air in the bowl before it can be compressed and pressurized.
Conventional toilet plungers/pumps such as those issued under US. Pat. No. 6A05,385(B1) and US. Pat. No. 6M67,668 are configured to only unclog toilets by positioning the plunger over the toilet drain and manually directing blasts of compressed air at obstructions in the drainftrapway. US. Pat. No, 5,768,719 claims to unclog toilets by incorporating a toilet seat assembly with a plaint lid top substantially covering said lid, which a user has to press to manually and gradually pressurize the air in the bowl, aiding a flush operation that dislodges the obstruction.
The current invention however has been configured to evacuate waste, prevent clogging in the first place and to unclog toilets by providing an efficient compression process, informed by the large surface area of the current invention's plunger component that is determined by the circumference of the bowl rim, and its structural, generally cylindrical, design partly defined by a rigid top and sealing means. When compared to other toilet plungers whose surface area is limited to the dimensions of the trap way and/or are configured to only facilitate manual push-pull operations to unclog toilets, a single downward pull of the present invention's electric plunger's rigid top, or downward push when adapted for exclusively manual operation or for either electric or manual compression, is sufficient to compress and pressurize a larger volume of air, sufficient enough to evacuate waste from the bowl while preventing clogging and unclogging because of the high pull force that ranges from 25 to 440 pounds. When installed onto the bowl, the toilet will be able to use as low as 0.5 to 2 liters of water per flush, depending on the dimensions of the trapway which determine the volume of water needed to achieve a water trap, and the circumference of the plunger. The water is then limited to rinsing the bowl, providing a water trap/air seal and a medium in which the waste is evacuated.
Air compressors used in flush toilets either compress the air in the toilet tank, so that the water is discharged into the bowl under pressure, or they introduce air from the atmosphere into a specially designed pressure sealable toilet bowl so as to evacuate waste out of the toilet under pressure. Other systems use negative pressure suction systems to suck the waste out of the toilet bowl. The present invent does the opposite by applying positive pressure to evacuate the waste, when the volume or available air space between the water trap and the plunger top is reduced.
Those toilets that discharge water under pressure still use significantly more amounts of water than the present invention to evacuate the waste, while the latter two above-mentioned either tend to use significantly larger amounts of energy and/or they are not designed to work with conventional flush toilets and need specialized toilet units to operate.
The main concern of the present invention is to bring the benefits of directly evacuating waste with compressed air, to conventional flush toilets which presently use water as the sole medium for waste evacuation, either under pressure and/or gravity, using a device that has been specially designed to be fitted or retrofitted onto these toilets. The electric embodiment of the device uses significantly less energy per flush than what was used to treat and distribute the water saved not to mention the energy that would have gone into treating the waste water that was saved, The flush toilets preferred for use with the present invention are those with trapways that can achieve a water trap with as low as 0,5 to 2 liters of water, thus facilitating flush cycles that use about 0.5 to 4 liters of water.
Thus the present invention provides a mechanism that helps users of conventional flush toilets to reduce on their carbon foot prints by increasing and improving on the water and ultimately energy efficiency of these toilets. This is achieved by striking a balance between applying a small electric pulse for a fraction of a second to the device, and saving several liters of treated water per flush. Ultimately if you consider the small amounts of treated water and power used by this device to evacuate waste, vis-à-vis the larger amounts of treated water used by current flush toilet models and by extension amounts of energy used to treat and distribute this water, it can be inferred that this toilet device is an energy saver, Conventional toilet bowl lids with a two dimensional structure tend to allow most of the sound waves produced during the flushing process in the bowl escape into the surrounding environment. The present invention by virtue of its three dimensional, chambered structure and sealing mechanism dissipates the energy of the sound waves created in the bowl allowing for an indistinct, quite and discrete flushing experience. This also forms the basis for configuring a device that operates exclusively as a toilet lid sound muffler.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides for a three dimensional toilet lid with an inbuilt plunger system configured to work as a pump that compresses the air within the toilet bowl, to evacuate waste, prevent clogging and unclogging toilets by reducing the available air space or volume between the plunger's rigid top and the bowl cavity, thus creating air pressure within the bowl, that is greater than the atmospheric pressure in the plumbing lines on the other end of the water trap containing the waste, thus evacuating the waste.
The device is securable to conventional flush toilet bowls, The hydraulics behind the device are determined by the ratio between the larger circumference and cross-sectional area of the plunger member and that of the smaller trapway.
Evacuation by the present invention is because of two factors acting simultaneously. The first one is the evacuation caused by the pressurization brought about by the actual physical displacement of the compressed air. The volume of water and waste occupying the trapway has a coffesponding volume of air within the bowl. If the available air volume, for the same mass of the said air, above the water trap is reduced, it displaces a given volume of water in the trap and the waste therein. The distance descended by the plunger top to evacuate a given volume of waste is inversely proportional to its diameter.
If the trapway has a diameter of 5 cm and the plunger 30 cm, then the device has the capacity to evacuate 0.49 liters of the waste through a flush distance of approximately 25 cm for every 7 millimeters (mm) descended by the plunger top. Similarly, if a trapway with a diameter of 7 cm is used, then the same plunger top will have to compress through the vertical distance of approximately 7 mm for every 0.49 liters of the waste evacuated through a flush distance of 13 cm, meaning the plunger top descends through approximately 2.2 cm for every 1.5 liters of the waste evacuated through a flush distance of 40 cm. The other factor is the velocity of the displacement/compression which produces a momentum that helps to further evacuate the water trap and the waste contained therein, especially solid waste, out of the bowl.
The device comprises of a toilet seat that is pivotally mounted onto the bowl and has a rubber seal which runs along the circumference of its underside, so as to make contact with the full length of the bowl rim in an operating position. This rubber seal has a small flexible flap extension that completely seals off under pressure, the intersection at which the seat rubber seal and bowl rim meet, to prevent any pressure leakages.
Pivotally mounted on top of the toilet seat is the modified bowl lid comprised of a three dimensional superstructure that has a base configured to sit on top of the toilet seat with a similar rubber seal. The base of this superstructure has between 1 to 4 pressure valve(s) fitted at the edge of air-inlet(s) that run through its structure and are meant to allow an inflow of fresh air into the bowl to replace what has been displaced by the compression.
This prevents the device from sucking back the waste that was evacuated and gases from the plumbing lines when the plunger begins to rise. It also prevents the plunger from getting stuck as it rises after the compression, especially in instances were an optional trapway valve has been included.
The plunger member comprises of a collapsible, resilient material which is attached along the said base and has generally the same circumference as the particular conventional toilet bowl rim onto which the device is mounted. It has a rigid top with two semi circular arms that project through a wall into a chamber that houses a small bipolar electromagnet. Due to its structural design, the resilient member, preferably comprised of rubber material, folds neatly during compression. It also provides the energy needed to raise the plunger back to its standing position at a height of 3 to 8 cm, were a contact member on its top topside mates with a permanent magnet, attached to the underside of the detachable wall top. This protects the plunger from the negative effects of gravity, while not interfering with the plunging process.
The arms of the plunger, that are astride the central axis of the plunger top, are each fitted, along their mid sections, with ball bearings, comprising of a lightweight non magnetic material, that only have outer races, the inner races being provided by rods made of non magnetic material that are mounted about the poles, at a point, to be vertically over the two poles of the bi polar electromagnet on opposite sides of the base! toilet rim. This helps stabilize the movement of the plunger top as it descends and automatically rises after compression.
The undersides of the arms have magnetic plates, preferably composed of ferro magnetic material, attached there under. The mass and weight of the plates should be balanced and limited so as not to put undue strain on the plunger. These provide the surface upon which the magnetic field, created by the bi polar electromagnet, grips and pulls down the arms.
The bipolar electromagnet, whose main body sits at the back of the superstructure, may be either an AC or DC electromagnet. For the DC electromagnet a rectifier-controller is needed.
To ensure a proper air tight fit and to prevent possible dislodgment of the device during operation, a lock component may be pivotally hinged onto the front of the cover that encompasses the device.
A pressure valve is sealed in fluid flow communication within or at the section connecting the tank to the bowl so as to enable a continuous unbaffied flow of water through the water duct during the flush, while also providing a pressure seal during the compression. This is achieved with an interior diameter of the valve that has a gentle gradient.
A slightly different valve can be optionally sealed into the opening of the trapway in the bowl, to trap sewer gases, and prevent them entering the building in case a user neglects to replenish the water trap, in an embodiment using the two phase flush cycle and also to facilitate a unisex urinal that uses as low as 0.5 liters of water, depending on the dimensions of the trapway, per evacuation.
The flush cycle typically involves three stages beginning with a flush of as low as 0.5 liters of water after using the toilet, to rinse the bowl, followed by the compression and evacuation and lastly another flush or flow of as low as 0.5 liters to replenish the water trap. For the embodiment that has a time delay relay switch which integrates the water flush system with the electro air compression mechanism, a single press of a button or rotation of a handle initiates a flush of water, followed automatically with the compression and evacuation activated by the ondelay relay circuit of the bipolar electromagnet after the bowl has been rinsed and as the water continues to flow into the bowl to replenish the trapway.
Another type of flush cycle involves instances were a trapway valve is included to provide for a unisex urinal, where a single flush of as low as 0.5 liters, depending on the dimensions of the trapway, to simply rinse the bowl, followed by evacuation of liquid waste, without replenishing the trap, will constitute a flush cycle.
Two manual embodiments of this technology are achieved by reconfiguring the cover to terminate at the wall adjacent to the plunger where it is secured, instead of encompassing the whole device, and by also removing the wall top thus exposing the plunger's rigid top.
The three dimensional structure and plurality of chambers also forms the basis for a toilet lid sound muffler that aids in dissipating the energy of the sound waves produced in the toilet bowl during flushing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a partially cut away perspective view of the device installed on a conventional toilet focusing on the bowl rim area that is partly in cross section; FIG. 2 is a partially cut away perspective view showing the device installed on a conventional toilet that is partly in cross section; FIG. 3 is a vertical cross sectional view taken along the left to right center line of a first embodiment of the inventive pump; FIG. 4 is a vertical cross sectional view taken along the left to right center line of a second embodiment of the pump; FIG. S is a vertical cross sectional view taken along the left to right center line of a third embodiment of the pump; FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the device; FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the superstructure and wall top; FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the plunger arm; FIG. 9 is a side perspective view of the adjustable hinge; FIG. 10 is a side perspective view of the cover showing the rotation of the lock; FIG. 11 is a cross sectional perspective view of the superstructure; FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the water duct and trapway seat with a transparent valve.
FIG. 13 shows a transparent cross sectional view of the water duct and trapway valve seat; FIG. 14 is a side cross sectional view of the water duct valve in the water duct; FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing the plunger, electromagnet and rods mounted onto the base of the superstructure with the wall cut out; FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the plunger; and FIG. 17 is a vertical cross sectional view taken along the left to right center line of the inventive sound muffler.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
The invention will now be described solely by way of example and with reference to the drawings in which: FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 illustrate the electric toilet lid plunger pump device 10 mounted onto a toilet bowl 16 by a hinge 12 secured at the back section of the toilet bowl 16. The toilet bowl 16 best shown by FIG. 2, is any with a suitable trapway 18 that can preferably achieve a water trap 20 with as low as 0.5 to 2 liters. The toilet bowl 16 is connected by a water duct 22, defined by the section between a flush valve and the toilet bowl 16, which channels water under gravity or pressure, from a toilet tank 24. The toilet tank 24 contains a flushing mechanism that releases or is adjustable to release as low as 0.5 to 2 liters of water per flush, thus facilitating flush cycles that use 0.5 to 4 liters of water, The flush cycles include one where the toilet is flushed immediately after use with as low as 0.5 to 2 liters of water to rinse the bowl 16, followed by a press of the bipolar electromagnet's 26 switch 68 to evacuate the waste and then a second flush of as low as 0.5 to 2 liters to replenish the water trap 20, thus using a total of 1 to 4 liters. The other involves a cycle of a single flush of 0.5 to 2 liters to rinse the bowl 16 before evacuation.
A bipolar electromagnet 26 is preferred because its magnetic field has a greater reach out than that of other electromagnets and out performs them when operating through an air gap.
As best illustrated in FIG. 15, a small AC or DC bipolar electromagnet 26 is mounted onto the base 28 of the superstructure 30 and has two poles 32 measuring between 15 to cm in length with a diameter of about 1 to 3 cm, running on opposite sides of a conventional toilet bowl rim 34 to provide a downwards pulling force. The poles 32 especially the section directly below the arms 42 have a magnetic pull force that can range from 25 to 440 pounds, depending on the specifics of the electromagnet. This force helps in preventing clogging and uncloging a toilet. The bipolar electromagnet 26 whose main body is mounted on the base 28 at the back of the superstructure 30 ranges in dimensions and specifications such as from 15/16 4 1/8 inches for the width, 15/18-3 7/8 inches for the length and 7/8-2 1/2 inches for the height and may weigh between 900 grams to 2.7 kilograms while plugged 118 to an electric power source and operating on about 5 to 15 watts of electric power, depending on the desired pull force and type of bipolar electromagnet. The bipolar electromagnet 26 is configured for pulsed operation and belongs to the category of quick-acting electromagnets and is either an AC or DC electromagnet.
For the DC category the bipolar electromagnet 26 is connected to a rectifier-controller.
This rectifier-controller, is powered by as low as 5 watts to 50 watts, of electric power, and converts AC power to the DC power needed to operate a DC bipolar electromagnet.
It is also preferably programmed or configured to automatically time out the magnetic field, without relying on human judgment, thus releasing the magnetic force after the compression, by supplying a pulse of reverse current before the electric circuit is preferably automatically broken by the normally open, push to make switch 68 mounted on the bipolar electromagnet 26. The whole process should take a fraction of a second. A similar normally open, push to make switch 68, that automatically breaks the electric circuit when the button is released, is preferred for an embodiment with an AC bipolar electromagnet. A normally open early make switch model where the contacts connect the circuit just before the button or switch is fully engaged is preferred. This switch system facilitates the two phase flush cycle and is preferred especially when retrofitting the device 10 onto existing toilet models.
In an embodiment that incorporates a switch that integrates the water flush system and an on-delay relay mechanism, preferably mounted onto the tank 24 in a splash resistant enclosure, the actuator, when manipulated by the user, simultaneously activates the water flush and starts the timing mechanism of the relay that sends an electric current to the bi polar electromagnet 26 as the device 10 then pressurizes the air in the bowl 16, a few seconds after the initiation of the water flush. The normally-open, time closed (NOTC) contact of the relay, is closed by the application of power to the relay coil, after the coil has been energized, which energization simultaneously starts with the initiation of the water flush. There is a delay in closing direction, in the direction of the coil energization.
The switch is a preferably normally-open early make, push-to-make switch. A relay which consumes power only for an instant, such as a latching time delay relay is preferred. As a result of this switching configuration, a single press of a button or rotation of a handle initiates a flush of water, followed automatically with the compression and evacuation of waste, activated by the on-delay relay circuit of the bipolar electromagnet 26, after the bowl 16 has been rinsed and as the water continues to flow into the bowl 16 to replenish the trapway 18, in an embodiment without a trapway valve 46(b).
When the bipolar electromagnet 26 is switched on, a magnetic field is created, which reaches out to magnetic plates 44 measuring about 1-5 cm by 5-15 cm and preferably comprised of ferro magnetic material, that are secured under the arms 42 of the plunger 36 which is then pulled down through a height of 1 to 5 cm, compressing the air in the sealed toilet bowl 16 and evacuating the waste and the water trap 20 due to the pressure differential created between the toilet bowl 116 and the plumbing lines on opposite sides of the water trap 20.
This pressure pushes against sealing means comprised of a preferably free swinging, hinged water duct valve 46(a) which then sealingly mates under pressure with the front face of the water duct valve seat 48(a) to contain the pressure within the bowl 16 in conjunction with the air-inlet valve(s) 50, shown in FIG. 11, hinged to the front of air-inlet(s) 52 running through the base 28 of the superstructure 30, which sealingly mate under pressure with the edge of said air-inlet(s) 52 within the bowl 16.
The pressure is further contained in the bowl 16 by sealing means comprised of the toilet seat rubber seal 54 and superstructure base rubber seal 56, which rubber seals have flexible flap extension members 58 to sealingly mate with the inner edge of a conventional toilet bowl rim 34 and the inner edge of the toilet seat 60 respectively under pressure created when said plunger's rigid top 40 descends through 1 to 5 cm. The said toilet seat rubber seal 54 is attached along the circumference of the underside of the said toilet seat 60 to come into contact with the said bowl rim 34 when in an operating position, while the superstructure's base rubber seal 56 contacts the toilet seat 60. These seals are clamped in place during operation by a latch 62 and mortise 82. The said base 28 and toilet seat 60 have a width of 6 to 8 cm along the main section that runs on top of the bowl rim 34 with a thickness of 1 to 3 cm.
The plunger 36, seen best in FIGS. 15 and 16, has a circumference generally equal to that of the inner edge of the superstructure's base 28 and the particular conventional round or elongated toilet bowl rim 34 onto which the device 10 is mounted, with a diameter of about 28 to 32 cm. It is comprised of a 3 to 13 cm high resilient, collapsible member 38 with a circumferentially ridged, corrugated bellows design, in a cup-like, generally cylindrical configuration with an open cavity, which opens outwardly through the open end that is attached and sealed with adhesive along the inner edge of the superstructure's base 28 and formed of preferably rubber material. It has a top 40 constructed from a rigid light weight material, preferably comprised of plastic, with arms 42 measuring about 2 to 5 cm by 5 to 15 cm that project into a chamber housing the bi polar electromagnet 26. Compressible rubber stopper(s) or spring(s) slightly longer than the height of the magnetic lock, may be attached onto the topside of the plunger's rigid top 40 to mate with the wall top 106 and cushion the impact as the plunger 36 rises and the magnetic plate 44 mates with the permanent magnet 108.
As the plunger 36 descends, a pair of ball bearings 64 best illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 16, positioned along the central axis of the plunger's rigid top 40 and secured onto the central portion of the plunger arms 42, ensure that the movement of the plunger 36 is stable, smooth and even on both sides. To achieve this, the ball bearings 64, that have a height of about 1 cm, do not have an inner race, instead the balls make contact with a rigid non-magnetic rod 66 secured at a point on the superstructure base 28, about the poles 32, to vertically stand on opposite sides of the superstructure 30. These rods 66, which sit on the poles 32, with a height of 2 to 6 cm above the said poles 32, are cylindrical in shape with a diameter of 1 to 4 cm, are positioned to vertically intersect with and pass through the center of the ball bearings 64. The ball bearings 64 are made of a light weight non-magnetic material preferably plastic, though part of the magnetic plate 44 secured on the underside of the arms 42 may have a circular provision 70 for attachment onto the underside of the ball bearings 64 in order to increase the surface area for the magnetic field to act on. The ball bearings 64 may be encased in a light weight magnetic material that will not unduly strain the resilient member 38, in combination with a non-magnetic rod 66, though the balls will always have to be comprised of a non-magnetic material.
Non-magnetic material is used to ensure that the magnetic field created does not interfere with the free movement of this stabilization system and the plunging process.
When the plunger's rigid top 40 has descended through an air gap informed by a vertical distance of 1 to 5 cm, a process that takes a fraction of a second, a rectifier-controller, if a DC electromagnet is used, then supplies a timed pulse of reverse current to the bipolar electromagnet 26 which effectively releases the magnetic force on the arms 42 within a fraction of a second of supplying the pulse of DC power that created the said magnetic force. It's preferred that the force is released when the said arms 42 are 1 to 5 mm away from the poles 32 to avoid an impact or an impact at full force. A compressible rubber stopper 72 of about 2 to 3 mm thick with a radius or length of 1 to 5 mm, or a spring may be attached to the front and back of the arms 42 or magnetic plates 44 and on opposite sides of the ball bearings 64 undersides, to make contact with the poles 32 and cushion any impact andlor prevent direct contact between the magnetic plates 44 and the poles 32.
This also helps mitigate the effects of magnetic retention on the plunger's resilient member 38 as it rises especially if the device 10 does not have a provision for a rectifier-controller to supply reverse current to facilitate a clean release of the plunger arms 42.
Alternatively or in combination with the compressible rubber stoppers 72, the vertical spaces 104 on opposite sides of the wall's 102 mid section, which provide for the unhindered vertical movement of the arms 42, may terminate at a height of 1 to 3 mm above the poles 32, thus preventing direct contact. This also provides a surface on which the arms 42 make contact to prevent unwanted bending of the arms 42 and rods 66 during manual compressions, when the device 10 has been adopted for both either electro or manual compression. This air gap hereinabove is defined by the vertical distance between the topside of the poles 32 and the underside of the rigid top 40, when the plunger 36 is in a standing rest position.
With the magnetic field switched off, the compressed plunger 36 will begin to automatically rise due to the upward thrust provided by the restoration energy stored in the compressed resilient member 38. This creates suction forces which open the air-inlet valves SO allowing in fresh air from the atmosphere through the air-inlet(s) 52 to replace the displaced air. This prevents the device 10 from sucking back into the bowl 16, the evacuated waste and gases from the plumbing lines and also getting stuck as it rises. A trapway valve 46(b) with a seat 48(b), generally similar to the water duct valve 46(a) with a seat 48(a), may be sealed in fluid flow communication, within the trapway 18 opening to the upleg 116 to trap sewer gases, and prevent them entering the building in case the user neglects to replenish the water trap 20 after evacuation.
The trapway valve 46(b) with a seat 48(b) also enables the adaptation of the toilet, using the present invention, as a unisex urinal that uses as low as 0.5 liters of water, depending on the dimensions of the trapway 18, per flush cycle to rinse the bowl 16, with no need to replenish the water trap 20 after liquid waste is evacuated. Similarly with liquid waste evacuation, once a trapway valve 46(b) with a seat 48(b) is sealed within the trapway 18, there is no need for water in the trapway 18 prior to using the toilet.
The valves illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, are preferably comprised of compressible rubber seats 48(b) that have a diameter slightly larger than that of the trapway 18 and water duct 22 respectively and a length of 1-5 cm. This allows for the trapway valve seat 48(b) to be sealed within the opening of the said trapway 18, while the water duct valve seat 48(a) is sealed within the water duct 22 as illustrated in FIG. 14, preferably at a point closest to the water duct-toilet bowl joint 74 that must be pressure sealed, or within or at the exit of a spud or flush valve seat. These valves must be in fluid flow communication so as to enable a continuous flow of water or waste and prevent baffling during the flush and evacuation, This is achieved by configuring the internal diameter 76 of the valves with a gradual gentle gradient terminating at the back were it joins with the external diameter whose circumference is adapted for sealing within the particular water duct 22 or trapway 18, as the case may be, while ensuring that the internal diameter 76 is as wide as possible. The water duct sealing means may simply comprise of a valve that mates with the exit edge of a spud or flush valve seat under pressure.
The water duct valve seat 48(a) is secured in front of the flush valve, within the spud or in front of the said spud, and for the two piece models can be adapted with a mounting flange that can also act as a pressure seal, as it sits between the tank 24 and bowl 16 under the tank's weight. The trapway valves' 46(b) movements may be constrained by a horizontally secured return spring positioned along said trapway valves' 46(b) hinge, to supply just enough force to keep the valve 46(b) always mated with the front face of the trapway valve seat 48(b)when in an idle mode, hence keeping out sewer gases, but insufficient to withstand the compression, thus allowing for the free unhindered movement of waste during evacuation. Alternatively the face of this trapway valve seat 48(b) may be configured to face upwards into the upleg 1116 section of the trapway 18, providing biasing means such that the valve 46(b) sealingly mates with the seat 48(b) under its own weight when in an idle mode.
To further ensure a properly positioned air tight fit and to prevent possible recoiling and dislodgment of the device 10 brought about by the sudden momentum especially generated during the electrically powered compression, the front of the cover 78, which cover 78 is detachably secured with threaded screws along the outer edge of the superstructure's base 28 and encompasses the device 10 at a height of between 3 to 9 cm, is fitted with a latch 62 that is hinged onto the front section of the said cover 78 illustrated in FIG. 10, to rotate about a 10 to 60 degree axis, in and out of a plastic or rubberized mortise 82. The mortise 82 consists of either a hole, groove or catch positioned at the front of the bowl 16, and is either embedded in the bowl 16, attached to the bowl 16 with adhesive or is secured to this point by stands secured to the floor or fastened in place by a belt in which case the contours of the mortise 82 should be defined by those of the front section of the bowl 16 to prevent unnecessary movement. A combination of the aforementioned methods to secure the mortise may be used. The latch 62 is preferably L-shaped. Several dimensions can be configured such that the section which actually latches with the mortise 82 is up to 5 cm long to allow for adjustments when retrofitting the device 10 onto a bowl 16 with an adjustable/adaptable hinge assembly 86 embodiment of the hinge. To further facilitate retrofitting, the superstructure base rubber seal 56 will be wider at the back section. The latch 62 has 1 or 2 return springs attached to the upper section of its backside that are connected to the cover 78 to ensure the lock, comprised of the latch 62 and mortise 82, is securely clamped during operation. The latch 62 has a deep indent or ridge on its front topside that acts as a handle 84 to facilitate hand gripping and movement of the device 10 with respect to the bowl 16.
Referring to FIG. 9, is an adjustable/adaptable hinge assembly 86 that is meant to be adjustable so as to stand forward up to a given distance away from the holes 14 at the back section of the bowl 16, to provide the biasing means that allows the device 10 to stand or lean in an inclined position against the front face of the toilet tank 24 when the toilet is being used. This prevents the device 10 from toppling forward in cases were the device 10 has been retrofitted onto a toilet with a short roughin distance or a toilet with a larger than standard tank width such that the distance between the holes 14 at the back section of the bowl 16, into which the hinge assembly 86 is secured, and the front face of the tank 24 is less than the height of the device 10. Because of these dimensions the preferred maximum height of the superstructure 30 from the topside of the base 28 is 3 to 7 cm. Alternatively a tank 24 with a shorter back-front width can be constructed for the toilet.
The adjustableladaptable hinge assembly 86 is secured on opposite sides of the bowl's 16 back section with a pair of two mounting brackets 88, which have a plurality of parallel holes on their frames. One of the brackets 88 is attached to a hinge sleeve 90, and is securable with bolts onto the other bracket at said holes. The said other bracket is attached to a bolt 92 that goes through one of the holes 14 at the back of the bowl 16 and is secured in place by two rubber washers 100, one at the topside and the other on the underside of each of the holes 14 with a metallic washer 98 added to the undersides. A mounting nut 96, preferably with a flange, is then threaded onto the bolt 92. This arrangement should absorb and distribute the forces created during the operation of the device 10. A lock nut or lock washer is added to prevent loosening. The said brackets 88 should be secured along two sets of parallel holes 112 on their frames to form a grid of opposing forces which cancel out each other thus preventing unwanted sideways movement of the device 10 at this hinge assembly 86. To further ensure stability of the hinge assembly 86 the hind section of the bolts 92 should be connected by a cross beam 114 with a rubber underside that sits on the bowl 16 surface. Two cross beams 114 securable onto each other may be used to further facilitate retrofitting.
To further help maintain the center of gravity and stability when the device 10 is biased against the front face of the toilet tank 24, the behind 2 to 5 cm, section of the cover 78 may weigh more than the front.
The superstructure 30, as seen best in FIGS. 7 and 11, includes a wall 102 with a height of 3 to 9 cm adjacent to the plunger 36 that may be used to prevent unnecessary bulging of the resilient member 38. The wall 102, whose inner suiface is preferably smooth and/or lubricated, has two vertical spaces 104 on opposite sides of its mid section which provide for the unhindered vertical movement of the plunger's arms 42. A wall top 106 is securable to the top edge of this wall 102 using threaded screws and acts as a stopper limiting the plungers 36 rise to a given height and standing rest position. To reduce the strain of the weight of the rigid top 40 on the resilient member 38 when in a standing rest position. a small magnetic lock is preferred to provide holding means. It consists of a permanent magnet 108 with a pull force slightly bigger than the weight of the plunger's rigid top 40 and its components, which is secured to the center of the wall top's 106 underside. A magnetic contact member 110 is also attached onto the plunger's rigid top topside face to mate and lock onto the permanent magnet 108 when the plunger 36 automatically rises back to its original position and shape after the compression.
The toilet seat 60, superstructure 30 that includes the base 28 and wall 102, wall top 106, latch 62, mortise 82 and the cover 78 are preferably comprised of a rigid plastic material.
One skilled in the art will recognize that a variety of materials are compatible with the present invention.
The chambered structure, made possible by the three dimensional configuration of this pivotally mounted toilet lid, acts as a sound muffler. The sound waves created in the bowl 16 during the flush are progressively dissipated as they vibrate the plunger 36, the wall 102 or wall top 106 and finally the cover 78, creating an indistinct and quieter flushing experience than current two dimensional lids can offer. This is further facilitated by the air tight fit provided by the lock, seat rubber seal 54 and superstructure base rubber seal 56. This forms the basis for a toilet lid sound muffler device illustrated in FIG. 17, that makes use of this three dimensional structure with chamber(s) 120. The walls 102 of the sound muffler device, encompassing the chamber(s) 120, have a progressively increasing height. A lining of sound insulation and/or absorption material such as acoustic foam sheets to further dissipate the energy of the sound waves produced in the bowl 16 during the flush, may be incorporated. In another embodiment, the air in a chamber 120 with concave walls 120 may be sucked out to create a vacuum through which the sound waves can not travel. An air seal may be incorporated using the seat rubber seal 54 and superstructure base rubber seal 56 fastenable under the weight of the muffler or using a lock.
A dual electric and manual toilet lid plunger pump embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 4, that gives the user an option to either use electric power or manual force is configurable by limiting the cover 78 to only encompass the chamber housing the arms 42, rods 66 and bi polar electromagnet 26, by terminating the said cover 78 at the face or top edge of the wall 102 were it is detachably secured at a height of 3 to 9 cm.
This device 10 does not have a wall top 106, thus exposing the plunger's rigid top 40 to also facilitate a manual compression. The arms 42 are fitted with a magnetic contact member 110 on the topside to mate with permanent magnets 108, which have a pull force slightly larger than half the weight of the said rigid top 40, secured on opposite sides of the under side of the said cover 78. A circular compressible rubber with a height slightly longer than that of the magnetic locks, may be attached along the topside of the plunger's rigid top 40, to mate with the cover 78 and completely seal off the chamber when not in use and also cushion the impact as the plunger 36 rises and the magnetic plates 44 mate with the permanent magnets 108. Alternatively in an embodiment were the cover 78 does not over lap the wall 102, the cushioning may be secured to the topside of the arms 42.
A totally manual embodiment of the present invention to facilitate exclusively manual compressions, illustrated in FIG. 5, is achieved by removing the electromagnetic components of the invention while exposing the plunger's rigid top 40 as described herein above. The plunger's rigid top 40 is manually pushed downwards by the user through an air gap that is not restrained by the limited reach of a magnetic field thus allowing for a greater vertical distance descended by the rigid top 40 and a larger volume of air compressed. This particular air gap is defined by the vertical distance between the topside of the superstructure's base 28 and the underside of the rigid top 40, when the plunger 36 is in a standing rest position. The plunger arms 42 are fitted with holding means comprised of locks with a magnetic contact member 1110 attached on their topsides to mate with permanent magnets 108, which have a pull force slightly larger than half the weight of said rigid top 40, secured on opposite sides of the under side of the said cover 78. This helps mitigate the effects of gravity on the resilient member 38. A circular compressible rubber about the height of the magnetic locks, may also be attached along the topside of the plunger's rigid top 40, to mate with the cover 78 and completely seal off the chamber when not in use and also cushion the impact as the plunger 36 rises and the magnetic plates 44 mate with the permanent magnets 108. Alternatively in an embodiment were the cover 78 does not over lap the wall 1102, the cushioning may be secured to the topside of the arms 42.
It should be appreciated that preferred embodiments of the invention have been described above. However many modifications, variations, changes and alterations will be contemplated and apparent to those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore the invention should not be limited to the described embodiments. To ascertain the full scope of the invention, the following claims and any modifications within the scope of the claims, should be referenced.

Claims (82)

  1. What is claimed is: 1. A toilet lid plunger pump device for pressurizing the air in a toilet bowl to evacuate waste, prevent clogging and to unclog toilets comprising: a pivotally mounted toilet seat with sealing means; a three dimensional toilet lid pivotally mounted on a hinge and securable to said toilet bowl, said lid having covering means and a superstructure consisting of a base and wall, said base having air-inlet(s) extending therethrough with valve(s) attached thereto and sealing means, supports downwards pulling means connected to controlling means in turn connected to an electric power source, with said downwards pulling means having two poles on opposite sides of said base with two rods secured thereto, to intersect with stabilizing means secured to the arms of a plunger's rigid top with cushioning means, said arms projecting through vertical spaces on opposite sides of said wall adjacent said plunger; a water duct sealing means within a water duct connecting toilet tank to said bowl; trapway sealing means; locking means.
  2. 2. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said toilet seat sealing means includes a rubber seal attached along said seat's underside circumference to run along a toilet bowl rim when in an operating position.
  3. 3. The toilet device according to claim 2, wherein said seal has a flexible flap extension member to sealingly mate with inner edge of said toilet bowl rim under pressure.
  4. 4. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said base sealing means, comprised of preferably rubber material, is attached along the circumference of said base's underside to run along said seat when in an operating position.
  5. 5. The toilet device according to claim 4, wherein said seal includes a flexible flap extension member, which sealingly mates with inner edge of said toilet seat under said pressure created as said rigid top descends through an air gap.
  6. 6. The toilet device according to claim 5, wherein said air gap is the vertical distance between the said rigid top underside, when said plunger is in a standing rest position, and the topside of said poles.
  7. 7. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said air-inlet(s) have valve(s) hinged to their opening(s) in the bowl, to sealingly mate with an edge defining said air-inlet(s) under pressure.
  8. 8. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said hinge includes an assembly secured by two threaded bolts in holes on opposite sides of a toilet bowl's back section and held in place by a rubber washer on the upside and downside of said toilet bowl back section, and a threaded nut with a flange and/or metallic washer and lock nut, on both undersides of said toilet bowl back section.
  9. 9. The toilet device according to claim 8, wherein said hinge assembly is adjustable along a forwards and backwards horizontal plane, said plane consisting of a pair of two mounting brackets connected to a hinge sleeve and said threaded bolt respectively and securable onto each other on opposite sides of said toilet bowl back section.
  10. 10. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said plunger is comprised of a resilient, collapsible material, attached along inner edge of said base, with a circumferentially ridged, corrugated bellows, open cavity, cup-like, generally cylindrical configuration, with a circumference generally equal that of said toilet bowl rim,
  11. 11. The toilet device according to claim 10, wherein said resilient, collapsible material includes rubber and plastic that can automatically rise back to original position and shape after compression.
  12. 12. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said rigid top, formed of a light weight material, includes two arms on opposite sides and astride the central axis of said rigid top.
  13. 13. The toilet device according to claim 12, wherein said arms have a ferro-magnetic plate secured to their undersides.
  14. 14. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said stabilizing means include ball bearings that do not have an inner race, comprised of a lightweight non magnetic metallic or rigid plastic material.
  15. 15. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said poles are horizontally mounted along said base, with the said poles extending directly below said magnetic plates.
  16. 16. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said rods being non magnetic are cylindrical in shape, rigid and mounted on said base about said poles at a point to vertically connect with the balls of said ball bearings and provide an inner race,
  17. 17. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said wall with two vertical spaces on opposite sides, runs adjacent to said plunger.
  18. 18. The toilet device according to claim 17, wherein said wall has a detachable top and holding means.
  19. 19. The toilet device according to claim 18, wherein said holding means includes a permanent magnet having a pull force equal to the weight of said rigid top, secured to the central point of said wall top's underside to mate with a contact member, being magnetic, secured on the topside of said rigid top.
  20. 20. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said downwards pulling means is an electromagnetic force.
  21. 21. The toilet device according to claim 20, wherein said electromagnetic force is provided by a quick-acting, pulsed operation AC or DC bipolar electromagnet, to provide a magnetic pull especially at the section directly below said arms.
  22. 22. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means includes a manual or automatic switch mechanism to break the electrical circuit.
  23. 23. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means includes a rectifier-controller.
  24. 24. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means includes a switch which simultaneously activates the said toilet's water flush mechanism and the said bipolar electromagnet's on-delay relay circuit.
  25. 25. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said water duct sealing means includes a valve with a seat, comprised of a preferably compressible material such as rubber, sealed in fluid flow communication within the said water duct.
  26. 26. The toilet device according to claim 25, wherein said valve is hinged to sealingly mate with front face of said seat under pressure.
  27. 27. The toilet device according to claim 25, wherein said seat has an inner diameter with a gradient that unites with outer diameter at the back of the said seat and can be adapted with a mounting flange for mounting and pressure sealing about a spud or bowl-tank joint.
  28. 28. The toilet device according to claim 25, wherein said sealing means includes a free swinging valve to sealingly mate under pressure with the said seat, exit edge of a flush valve seat or a spud.
  29. 29. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said toilet bowl has a trapway to achieve a water trap with water delivered under pressure and/or gravity from said toilet tank's flush mechanism.
  30. 30. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said trapway sealing means includes a valve with a seat, comprised of a preferably compressible material such as rubber, sealed in fluid flow communication within the upleg of the said trapway.
  31. 31. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said valve is biased to sealingly mate with front face of said seat when in an idle mode.
  32. 32. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said trapway valve includes a horizontally secured return spring positioned along hinge of said valve, to supply just enough force to keep said valve sealingly mated with front face of said seat when in an idle mode.
  33. 33. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said seat has an inner diameter with a gradient that unites with outer diameter at the back of the said seat.
  34. 34. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said trapway valve enables the adaptation of said toilet as a unisex urinal.
  35. 35. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said locking means includes a latch pivotally secured to front of said cover encompassing said lid to rotate about an axis in and out of a mortise, said latch backside being fitted with return spring(s) secured to said cover.
  36. 36. The toilet device according to claim 35, wherein said mortise, comprised of plastic or rubber material, includes a hole, catch or groove attached to, secured at or embedded in the front of said bowl.
  37. 37. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said cushioning means include compressible stopper(s) or spring(s) secured to the topside of said rigid top and the underside of said arms.
  38. 38. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said covering means is securable to outer edge of said base to encompass said superstructure.
  39. 39. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said covering means includes a cover secured to only encompass the said arms, said rods and said bi polar electromagnet, and secured to said wall with no top to expose said plunger's rigid top and facilitate a dual electric and manual toilet lid plunger pump that gives the user an option to use either electric power or manual force.
  40. 40. The toilet device according to claim 39, wherein said cover is secured along the outer edge of the said base of the said superstructure and the top edge or face of the said wall.
  41. 41. The toilet device according to claim 39, wherein said wall has a set of vertical spaces on opposite sides of the said wall's mid section which stretch from the top edge of said wall and terminate at a height above or equal the height of the said poles.
  42. 42. The toilet device according to claim 39. wherein said arms are fitted with holding means.
  43. 43. The toilet device according to claim 42, wherein said holding means include locks comprised of a magnetic contact member attached to each of the topsides of said arms to mate with permanent magnets that have a pull force of half the weight of said rigid top, said permanent magnets secured on opposite sides of the underside of said cover.
  44. 44. A toilet lid plunger pump device for pressurizing the air in a toilet bowl to evacuate waste, prevent clogging and to unclog toilets, adapted for exclusively manual compression comprising: a pivotally mounted toilet seat with sealing means; a three dimensional toilet lid pivotally mounted on a hinge and securable to said toilet bowl, said lid having covering means and a superstructure consisting of a base and wall, said base having air-inlet(s) extending therethrough with valve(s) attached thereto and sealing means, supports two rods, to intersect with stabilizing means secured to the arms of a plunger's rigid top with cushioning means, said arms projecting through two vertical spaces on opposite sides of said wall adjacent said plunger; a water duct sealing means within a water duct connecting toilet tank to said bowl; trapway sealing means; locking means.
  45. 45. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said toilet seat sealing means includes a rubber seal attached along said seat's underside circumference to run along a toilet bowl rim when in an operating position.
  46. 46. The toilet device according to claim 45, wherein said seal has a flexible flap extension member to sealingly mate with inner edge of said toilet bowl rim under pressure.
  47. 47. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said base sealing means, comprised of preferably rubber material, is attached along the circumference of said base's underside to run along said seat when in an operating position.
  48. 48. The toilet device according to claim 47, wherein said seal includes a flexible flap extension member, which sealingly mates with inner edge of said toilet seat under said pressure created as said rigid top descends through an air gap.
  49. 49. The toilet device according to claim 48, wherein said air gap is the distance between the said rigid top underside, when said plunger is in a standing rest position, and the topside of said base.
  50. 50. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said air-inlet(s) have valve(s) hinged to their opening(s) in the bowl. to sealingly mate with an edge defining said air-inlet(s) under pressure.
  51. 51. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said hinge includes an assembly secured by two threaded bolts in holes on opposite sides of a toilet bowl's back section and held in place by a rubber washer on the upside and downside of said toilet bowl back section, and a threaded nut with a flange and/or metallic washer and lock nut, on both undersides of said toilet bowl back section.
  52. 52. The toilet device according to claim 51, wherein said hinge assembly is adjustable along a forwards and backwards horizontal plane, said plane consisting of a pair of two mounting brackets connected to a hinge sleeve and said threaded bolt respectively and securable onto each other on opposite sides of said toilet bowl's back section.
  53. 53. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said plunger is comprised of a resilient, collapsible material, attached along inner edge of said base, with a circumferentially ridged, corrugated bellows, open cavity, cup-like, generally cylindrical configuration with a circumference generally equal that of said toilet bowl rim,
  54. 54. The toilet device according to claim 53, wherein said resilient, collapsible material includes rubber and plastic that automatically rises back to original position and shape after compression.
  55. 55. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said rigid top, formed of a light weight material, includes two arms on opposite sides and astride the central axis of said rigid top.
  56. 56. The toilet device according to claim 55, wherein said plunger top arm's topsides are fitted with a magnetic contact member to mate with two permanent magnets, that have a pull force of half the weight of said rigid top, secured on opposite sides of the underside of said cover.
  57. 57. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said stabilizing means include ball bearings that do not have an inner race, comprised of a lightweight metallic or rigid plastic material.
  58. 58. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said rods are cylindrical in shape, rigid and mounted on said base at a point to vertically connect with the balls of said ball bearings to provide an inner race,
  59. 59. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said wall runs adjacent to said plunger, with two vertical spaces on opposite sides of the wall.
  60. 60. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said water duct sealing means includes a valve with a seat, comprised of a preferably compressible material such as rubber, sealed in fluid flow communication within the said water duct.
  61. 61. The toilet device according to claim 60, wherein said valve is hinged to sealingly mate with front face of said seat under pressure.
  62. 62. The toilet device according to claim 60, wherein said seat has an inner diameter with a gradient that unites with outer diameter at the back of the said seat and can be adapted with a mounting flange for mounting and pressure sealing about a spud or bowl-tank joint.
  63. 63. The toilet device according to claim 60, wherein said sealing means includes a free swinging valve to sealingly mate under pressure with the said seat, exit edge of a flush valve seat or spud.
  64. 64. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said toilet bowl has a trapway to achieve a water trap with water delivered under pressure andlor gravity from said toilet tank's flush mechanism,
  65. 65. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said trapway sealing means includes a valve with a seat, comprised of a preferably compressible material such as rubber, sealed in fluid flow communication within the bowl opening to the upleg of the said trapway.
  66. 66. The toilet device according to claim 65, wherein said valve is biased to sealingly mate with front face of said seat when in an idle mode.
  67. 67. The toilet device according to claim 65, wherein said trapway valve includes a horizontally secured return spring positioned along hinge of said valve, to supply just enough force to keep said valve sealingly mated with front face of said seat when in an idle mode.
  68. 68. The toilet device according to claim 65, wherein said seat has an inner diameter with a gradient that unites with outer diameter at the back of the said seat.
  69. 69. The toilet device according to claim 65, wherein said trapway valve enables the adaptation of said toilet as a unisex urinal.
  70. 70. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said locking means includes a latch pivotally secured to front of said cover encompassing said lid to rotate about an axis in and out of a mortise, said latch backside being fitted with return spring(s) secured to said cover.
  71. 71. The toilet device according to claim 70, wherein said mortise. comprised of plastic or rubber material, includes a hole, catch or groove attached to, secured at or embedded in the front of said bowl.
  72. 72. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said covering means includes a cover secured along the outer edge of the said base of the said superstructure and the top edge or face of the said wall, to encompass said rods, said stabilizing means and said arms.
  73. 73. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said arms are fitted with holding means.
  74. 74. The toilet device according to claim 73, wherein said holding means include locks comprised of a magnetic contact member attached to each of the topsides of said arms to mate with permanent magnets that have a pull force of half the weight of said rigid top, said permanent magnets secured on opposite sides of the underside of said cover.
  75. 75. The toilet device according to claim 44, wherein said cushioning means include compressible stopper(s) or springs secured to the topside of said rigid top and the underside of said arms.
  76. 76. A three dimensional toilet lid sound muffler comprising: a pivotally mounted toilet seat; a three dimensional toilet lid pivotally mounted on a hinge and securable to a toilet bowl, said lid comprised of a superstructure with a base and chamber(s) separated by walls.
  77. 77. The toilet device according to claim 76, wherein said walls with a progressively increasing height, run along the topside circumference of the said base from the inner edge to outer edge of said base, encompassing a series of said chambers.
  78. 78. The toilet device according to claim 76, wherein said walls include a lining of sound insulation and/or absorption material.
  79. 79. The toilet device according to claim 76, wherein said walls being concave, encompass a said chamber containing a vacuum.
  80. 80. The toilet device according to claim 76, wherein said seat and said base have undersides with rubber seals attached thereto to run along the length of the said toilet bowl's rim and toilet seat respectively when in an operating position to provide an air seal either under the weight of the device or fastened by locking means.
  81. 81. The toilet device according to claim 80, wherein said locking means includes a latch pivotally secured to front of said outer most wall to rotate about an axis in and out of a mortise, said latch backside being fitted with return spring(s) secured to said cover.
  82. 82. The toilet device according to claim 81, wherein said mortise includes a hole, catch or groove attached to, secured at or embedded in the front of said bowl.* * * * * * * * * * Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows: 1. A toilet lid plunger pump device for pressurizing the air in a toilet bowl to evacuate waste, prevent clogging and to unclog toilets comprising: a pivotally mounted toilet seat with sealing means; a three dimensional toilet lid pivotally mounted on a hinge and securable to said toilet bowl, said lid having covering means and a superstructure consisting of a base and wall, said base having air-inlet(s) extending therethrough with valve(s) attached thereto and sealing means, supports downwards pulling means connected to controlling means in turn connected to an electric power source, with said downwards pulling means having two poles on opposite sides of said base with two rods secured thereto, to intersect with stabilizing means secured to the arms of a plunger's rigid top with cushioning means, said arms projecting through vertical spaces on opposite sides of said wall adjacent said plunger; a water duct sealing means within a water duct connecting toilet tank to said bowl; trapway sealing means; locking means.C2. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said toilet seat sealing means CO includes a rubber seal attached along said seat's underside circumference to run along a toilet bowl rim when in an operating position.3. The toilet device according to claim 2, wherein said seal has a flexible flap extension member to sealingly mate with inner edge of said toilet bowl rim under pressure.4. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said base sealing means, comprised of preferably rubber material, is attached along the circumference of said base's underside to run along said seat when in an operating position.5. The toilet device according to claim 4, wherein said seal includes a flexible flap extension member, which sealingly mates with inner edge of said toilet seat under said pressure created as said rigid top descends through an air gap.6. The toilet device according to claim 5. wherein said air gap is the vertical distance between the said rigid top underside, when said plunger is in a standing rest position, and the topside of said poles.7. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said air-inlet(s) have valve(s) hinged to their opening(s) in the bowl. to sealingly mate with an edge defining said air-inlet(s) under pressure.8. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said hinge includes an assembly secured by two threaded bolts in holes on opposite sides of a toilet bowl's back section and held in place by a rubber washer on the upside and downside of said toilet bowl back section, and a threaded nut with a flange and/or metallic washer and lock nut, on both undersides of said toilet bowl back section.9. The toilet device according to claim 8, wherein said hinge assembly is adjustable along a forwards and backwards horizontal plane, said plane consisting of a pair of two mounting brackets connected to a hinge sleeve and said threaded bolt respectively and securable onto each other on opposite sides of said toilet bowl back section.10. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said plunger is comprised of a resilient, collapsible material, attached along inner edge of said base, with a circumferentially ridged, corrugated bellows, open cavity, cup-like, generally cylindrical configuration, with a circumference generally equal that of said toilet bowl rim, 11. The toilet device according to claim 10, wherein said resilient, collapsible material includes rubber and plastic that can automatically rise back to original position and shape after compression.12. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said rigid top, formed of a light weight material, includes two arms on opposite sides and astride the central axis of said rigid top, 13. The toilet device according to claim 12, wherein said arms have a ferro-magnetic plate secured to their undersides.14. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said stabilizing means include ball bearings that do not have an inner race, comprised of a lightweight non magnetic metallic or rigid plastic material.15. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said poles are horizontally CO mounted along said base, with the said poles extending directly below said magnetic plates.16. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said rods being non magnetic are cylindrical in shape, rigid and mounted on said base about said poles at a point to vertically connect with the balls of said ball bearings and provide an inner race, 17. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said wall with two vertical spaces on opposite sides, runs adjacent to said plunger.18. The toilet device according to claim 17, wherein said wall has a detachable top and holding means.19. The toilet device according to claim 18, wherein said holding means includes a permanent magnet having a pull force equal to the weight of said rigid top, secured to the central point of said wall top's underside to mate with a contact member, being magnetic, secured on the topside of said rigid top.20. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said downwards pulling means is an electromagnetic force.21. The toilet device according to claim 20, wherein said electromagnetic force is provided by a quick-acting, pulsed operation AC or DC bipolar electromagnet, to provide a magnetic pull especially at the section directly below said arms.22. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means includes a manual or automatic switch mechanism to break the electrical circuit.23. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means includes a rectifier-controller.24. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said controlling means includes a switch which simultaneously activates the said toilet's water flush mechanism and the said bipolar electromagnet's on-delay relay circuit.25. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said water duct sealing means includes a valve with a seat, comprised of a preferably compressible material such as rubber, sealed in fluid flow communication within the said water duct.26. The toilet device according to claim 25, wherein said valve is hinged to sealingly mate with front face of said seat under pressure.27. The toilet device according to claim 25, wherein said seat has an inner diameter with a gradient that unites with outer diameter at the back of the said seat and can be adapted with a mounting flange for mounting and pressure sealing about a spud or bowl-tank joint.28. The toilet device according to claim 25, wherein said sealing means includes a free swinging valve to sealingly mate under pressure with the said seat, exit edge of a flush valve seat or a spud.29. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said toilet bowl has a trapway to achieve a water trap with water delivered under pressure and/or gravity from said toilet tank's flush mechanism.CO 30. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said trapway sealing means i-includes a valve with a seat, comprised of a preferably compressible material such as rubber, sealed in fluid flow communication within the upleg of the said trapway.31. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said valve is biased to sealingly mate with front face of said seat when in an idle mode.32. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said trapway valve includes a horizontally secured return spring positioned along hinge of said valve, to supply just enough force to keep said valve sealingly mated with front face of said seat when in an idle mode.33. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said seat has an inner diameter with a gradient that unites with outer diameter at the back of the said seat.34. The toilet device according to claim 30, wherein said trapway valve enables the adaptation of said toilet as a unisex urinal.35. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said locking means includes a latch pivotally secured to front of said cover encompassing said lid to rotate about an axis in and out of a mortise, said latch backside being fitted with return spring(s) secured to said cover.36. The toilet device according to claim 35, wherein said mortise, comprised of plastic or rubber material, includes a hole, catch or groove attached to, secured at or embedded in the front of said bowl.37. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said cushioning means include compressible stopper(s) or spring(s) secured to the topside of said rigid top and the underside of said arms.38. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said covering means is securable to outer edge of said base to encompass said superstructure.39. The toilet device according to claim 1, wherein said covering means includes a cover secured to only encompass the said arms, said rods and said bi polar electromagnet, and secured to said wall with no top to expose said plunger's rigid top and facilitate a dual electric and manual toilet lid plunger pump that gives the user an option to use either electric power or manual force.40. The toilet device according to claim 39, wherein said cover is secured along the outer edge of the said base of the said superstructure and the top edge or face of the said wall.41. The toilet device according to claim 39, wherein said wall has a set of vertical spaces on opposite sides of the said wall's mid section which stretch from the top edge of said wall and terminate at a height above or equal the height of the said poles.42. The toilet device according to claim 39. wherein said arms are fitted with holding means.43. The toilet device according to claim 42, wherein said holding means include locks comprised of a magnetic contact member attached to each of the topsides of said arms to mate with permanent magnets that have a pull force of half the weight of CO said rigid top, said permanent magnets secured on opposite sides of the underside of said cover.* * * * * * * * * *
GB201102080A 2011-01-17 2011-02-07 Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler Expired - Fee Related GB2475808B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB1100739.0A GB201100739D0 (en) 2011-01-17 2011-01-17 Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB201102080D0 GB201102080D0 (en) 2011-03-23
GB2475808A true GB2475808A (en) 2011-06-01
GB2475808B GB2475808B (en) 2012-03-28

Family

ID=43736531

Family Applications (2)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GBGB1100739.0A Ceased GB201100739D0 (en) 2011-01-17 2011-01-17 Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler
GB201102080A Expired - Fee Related GB2475808B (en) 2011-01-17 2011-02-07 Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GBGB1100739.0A Ceased GB201100739D0 (en) 2011-01-17 2011-01-17 Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (2) GB201100739D0 (en)

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN105113594A (en) * 2015-08-28 2015-12-02 王启军 Mechanical automatic water flushing closestool
CN108978830A (en) * 2018-08-26 2018-12-11 张惠丽 A kind of scan-type flushing toilet seat

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070209100A1 (en) * 2006-03-09 2007-09-13 O'hanley Alex H Method and apparatus for unclogging a toilet
US20080155744A1 (en) * 2007-01-02 2008-07-03 Weber Wang Toilet, toilet seat, and cleaning method thereof
US20090300835A1 (en) * 2008-05-06 2009-12-10 Philip Ralph Belpasso Air flush system

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20070209100A1 (en) * 2006-03-09 2007-09-13 O'hanley Alex H Method and apparatus for unclogging a toilet
US20080155744A1 (en) * 2007-01-02 2008-07-03 Weber Wang Toilet, toilet seat, and cleaning method thereof
US20090300835A1 (en) * 2008-05-06 2009-12-10 Philip Ralph Belpasso Air flush system

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN105113594A (en) * 2015-08-28 2015-12-02 王启军 Mechanical automatic water flushing closestool
CN108978830A (en) * 2018-08-26 2018-12-11 张惠丽 A kind of scan-type flushing toilet seat

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2475808B (en) 2012-03-28
GB201100739D0 (en) 2011-03-02
GB201102080D0 (en) 2011-03-23

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
KR101163357B1 (en) Water-saving toilet
JP4518669B2 (en) Flight facilities
US7103925B2 (en) Odor eliminating system for a toilet, toilet including the odor eliminating system, and toilet seat assembly
GB2475808A (en) Toilet plunger pump and sound muffler
US20050155143A1 (en) Water-saving flush toilet
JP6146597B1 (en) Wall-mounted toilet unit and support member
KR20180110097A (en) Toilet structure
CN211646611U (en) Odorless closestool
US5652969A (en) Flush apparatus for use with toilet odor venting apparatus
JP5462989B2 (en) Bowl tilting toilet
CN216664366U (en) Low-water-tank toilet stool with negative-pressure auxiliary flushing function
CN105696668A (en) Electronic toilet based on separately electronic and manual control
CA2646372C (en) Tilting bowl toilet
KR101023763B1 (en) Human body sensor unit and non-power auto-flush device of chamber pot using the same
CN209443541U (en) Water-saving toilet pan
CN205100334U (en) Water -saving closestool
CN214940765U (en) Old person service device like lavatory
CN104264764A (en) Squatting pan
CN219315937U (en) Box chair capable of collecting excrement
CN217630304U (en) Sanitary fitting with a ventilation device
CN218091139U (en) Toilet bowl with deodorization function
KR102626578B1 (en) Apparatus removing stink in toilet bowl of straight buried water supply type
KR920008182B1 (en) Ventilator in the toilet
CN204098183U (en) Pan
JP4281519B2 (en) Toilet bowl cleaning device

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20150207