Flush Closet Patents (Class 4/300)
  • Patent number: 8364546
    Abstract: A restroom monitoring system for monitoring attributes of fixtures within a restroom using sensors. Additional attributes are determined from the monitored attributes. Consumable usage levels are estimated based on predetermined consumption levels associated with usage states of the fixtures. The restroom monitoring system provides an indication of the need for replenishment of consumables based on the monitored attributes of the fixtures. In addition, restroom monitoring system may provide additional information regarding the restroom attributes to a service provider, a manager or a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sloan Valve Company
    Inventors: Edward Yenni, Peter J. Jahrling
  • Publication number: 20130007953
    Abstract: Providing: a molding material for a household plumbing equipment which has superior surface hardness as well as superior water resistance for use in the household plumbing equipment inherent from a polymethyl methacrylate resin, and yet has improved solvent resistance; and a household plumbing equipment fabricated using the molding material. The molding material for a household plumbing equipment is characterized by containing a thermoplastic resin comprising the polymethyl methacrylate resin and a polytrimethylene terephthalate resin in a mass ratio of 90:10-50:50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takaya Niu, Kazumasa Rokushima
  • Publication number: 20120297528
    Abstract: An improved miniature portable child's training toilet comprises a first chamber with a toilet seat opening, a second chamber connected thereto, and a flap member at a connection point. A miniaturized tank portion with valve means and means of selectively causing the valve to open, allows fluid from the tank to move under gravity to the first chamber and continue into the second chamber, flushing material into the second chamber of the toilet. A means of separating the first and second chambers of the toilet for emptying the second chamber after flushing comprises a gasket for sealing the junction of the chambers. An electronic sound and light producing means plays congratulatory sounds and causes the toilet to illuminate when flushed. An alternate embodiment further comprises an “S” bend connecting the chambers, forming a water trap, and causing siphon action when the toilet is flushed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventor: Dorcas Petite
  • Publication number: 20120278984
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with a toilet and a method of storing and cleaning a toilet utensil is provided. A toilet includes a toilet bowl, a tank storing a quantity of water, and a flushing device controlling a flow of the quantity of water from the tank to the toilet bowl. A toilet utensil holding structure is located within the tank, wherein the toilet utensil holding structure positioned to hold at least one toilet utensil. A tank cover is positioned over an opening in the tank. The tank cover has at least two cover portions independently movable to one another, wherein at least one of the two cover portions controls access to the at least one toilet utensil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventor: George Yiergos Eleftheriou
  • Publication number: 20120180208
    Abstract: Toilet unit (10) is located in a hospital room (12) and display (18) indicates whether occupied and if “available for use”. When the person wants to initiate the flush operation to begin, waving a hand in front of a flush-actuation sensor (34) instructs control unit (26) to start a sequence of actions including locking seat (28) and lid (26) together on the cistern, and simultaneously a delay timer (48) is initiated, set for a delay of 16 seconds being based on a flush duration of 8 seconds for a 4.5 litre flush and (8) further seconds for the miasma, generated by the flush, to subside completely. Accordingly, there is effectively or actually no risk of any contaminated or infected liquid or “miasma” water droplets exiting the cistern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Saflushmyss Limited
    Inventor: Grahame White
  • Patent number: 8215601
    Abstract: A beverage container receptacle adapted for installation relative to fixed first and second structures. The receptacle includes a container-holding first part having a container rest and a periphery that defines a void in which is received a portion of the fixed first structure that extends along a first axis. The periphery at least partially surrounds the first axis, and the receptacle is supported by the first structure when it is installed relative thereto. The receptacle also includes a receptacle-retaining second part slidably positioned relative to the first part. The second part is adapted for movement relative to the first structure received in the void and toward engagement with the second structure. The receptacle is adapted for being supported against angular movement in at least one direction about the first axis through the engagement of the second part with the second structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Third Hand Marketing, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin W. Downs
  • Publication number: 20120144570
    Abstract: A rail vehicle has at least one sanitary unit in which a WC device with an outlet pipe is to be installed. A car-body-side waste water pipe connection for connecting to the outlet pipe is provided. An intermediate pipe element is attached to the sanitary unit such that one side of the intermediate pipe element is used for a connection to the outlet pipe and the other side is used for a connection to the waste water pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Sander Van Lieshout
  • Patent number: 8142572
    Abstract: A lavatory pan washing apparatus includes a water supply unit supplying washing water into a rim so that a whirling flow is formed in a lavatory bowl, an air inlet pipe connected to a water discharge channel continuing to the downstream side of a water sealing portion of a pan, an air sucking unit sucking air through the pipe from the channel, and a control unit configured to activate the water supply unit at a time of washing of the pan so that the washing water is supplied into the water sealing portion. The control unit is configured to start activation of the air sucking unit after rise of a water level in the lavatory bowl, so that air is sucked through the pipe from the channel. The control unit is configured to deactivate the water supply unit after air has flowed through the air inlet pipe into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shirai, Osamu Matsumoto, Aki Shirako, Haruo Yamasaki, Kenichi Ito, Yasuhiro Kondo, Ken Hirabayashi, Atsushi Ito
  • Publication number: 20120060270
    Abstract: An appliance for a toilet having a flush responsive audio player plays preselected audio content keyed in response to a toilet flush event, the audio content having a meaning that is meant to induce a predetermined response in the user of the toilet. The preselected audio content may be pre-installed audio content, user-selected and installed audio content and/or user-generated, custom audio content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Kevin J. Ihlefeld, Timothy C. Ihlefeld
  • Publication number: 20120023653
    Abstract: A shaped body suitable for use as acid-releasing body in toilets includes 10-95% of a lactic acid oligomer with an average degree of polymerization between 1.8 and 4. The shaped body provides for the controlled release of lactic acid, which serves to reduce or prevent to the formation of calcium and magnesium deposits in the toilet, contributes to soap scum removal, and has a sanitizing and disinfecting effect. The shaped bodies may be used in-bowl or in-cistern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: PURAC BIOCHEM BV
    Inventor: Rudolf Eduard Nijburg
  • Publication number: 20120017362
    Abstract: The sports-themed toilet and plunger set includes a toilet that is inscribed with a favored team's logo and is painted in that team's basic colors. The set also includes a plunger that is inscribed with a rival team's logo and is painted in the rival team's basic colors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventor: Richard S. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8099802
    Abstract: Flush toilet equipment comprises a bowl, a flush mechanism that supplies flush water to the bowl through a flush water passage, and a minute bubble generator. The minute bubble generator generates minute bubbles. The bubbles are 0.1-1000 ?m in bubble diameter and mixed with the flush water. In this construction, since the minute bubbles are fully diffused into the flush water, various effects such as improvement of toilet flush effect, etc. can be further enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Kitamura, Yasunari Maeda, Takaya Niu, Kazumasa Rokushima, Yoshihiro Ito, Naoki Shibata, Noriyuki Kitachi, Masato Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8082605
    Abstract: A low volume hygienic apparatus used a high pressure spray to break up solid waste material in a containment chamber and to push liquid and broken-up solid waste from the containment chamber. A high pressure nozzle is pointed into the containment chamber and configured to break-up the solids using a prescribed pressure level and to propel the liquids and the broken-up solids from a chamber interior through a chamber outlet of the containment chamber. A completing structure is disposed between the chamber outlet and a drain and is configured to draw liquids and broken-up solids from the chamber at the end of a flushing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventor: Dan Marius Andreiu
  • Patent number: 8006324
    Abstract: A urinal discharge pipe assembly comprising a discharge pipe having a passageway therethrough from an inlet in communication with a urinal discharge outlet and an outlet in communication with a urine disposal system, a foam dispensing device having a foam outlet open into the passageway for discharge of an allotment of foam into the passageway between the inlet and the outlet adequate to form a temporary foam plug across the passageway blocking the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Gotohti.com Inc.
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones
  • Patent number: 7976600
    Abstract: A device for detection, collection, containment, neutralization, and elimination of aerosolized contaminants has a lid that fully covers an edge of a toilet bowl for containment of exiting aerosolized contaminants. The lid including a main lid section and a single piece lid cap, with the single piece lid cap having a housing for accommodating an article. The single piece lid cap having a first vent located normal to a natural vertical upward move of the aerosolized contaminants, and a second vent at a back end of the single piece lid cap, oriented substantially parallel to the vertical upward movement of the aerosolized contaminants. The aerosolized contaminants are detected, collected, contained, neutralized, and eliminated by the article within the housing, allowing only uncontaminated air out of the second vent through a natural upward movement of the aerosolized contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Inventor: Joseph Safuto
  • Patent number: 7966675
    Abstract: A combination dumpster and portable toilet system is disclosed and described. The housing provides an enclosure for collection of refuse. The housing also provides for secure stowage of portable toilets to and from a worksite, as well as protection of the portable toilets from falling debris, theft and vandalism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Inventor: Jeffrey Matejka
  • Publication number: 20110113540
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plumbing fixture (e.g. a bidet or toilet) of the type having a frontal basin and means for directing a supply of water to the basin for cleaning the basin. The plumbing fixture includes a modular housing mountable behind the basin and at least one control positioned in the modular housing to control operation of the plumbing fixture. The control may be selected from the group consisting of light controls, bidet wand position controls, bidet wand heated air supply controls, bidet wand water supply controls, lid position movement controls, seat position movement controls, deodorizer controls, audio device controls and ultra violet sanitizer controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Eric M. Plate, Peter W. Denzin, Joseph L. Stauber
  • Publication number: 20110023222
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating a realistic granite or other pattern on a substrate, such as a sink, bath, or piece of furniture. The apparatus and method may use gelcoat to create a regular or irregular pattern. The apparatus may use pressurized air or gear pumps to pump paint from tanks to a spraying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: WoodCrafters Home Products, LLC.
    Inventor: Abraham TANUS
  • Patent number: 7832030
    Abstract: A motorized toilet bowl cleaning device includes a main body having a frame that attaches to a rim of a toilet bowl; a container coupled to the main body capable of holding a cleaning solution; a dispenser coupled to the container to spray the cleaning solution; an electric motor coupled to the main body; at least one brushing arm attached to the main body, a power source for powering the electric motor; and at least one moving wheel driven by a motor such that when the main body is attached to the rim, the wheel is in engaging contact with a surface of the rim. The dispenser is positioned and angled in a manner to spray the cleaning solution onto an inside wall of the toilet bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Bolivar Nunez, Isabel Chavez
  • Publication number: 20100216357
    Abstract: A watercraft having a main hull and at least one deployable outrigger pontoon moveable between a stored condition in which the at least one outrigger pontoon is located adjacent the main hull, and a use condition in which the at least one outrigger pontoon is located spaced from the main hull to increase at least one footprint dimension of the watercraft at the waterline, the at least one deployable outrigger pontoon moving at least partially outwardly and downwardly during deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2008
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: BRINGABOATALONG PTY LTD
    Inventors: Hilary Eric Hanslow, Elizabeth Margaret Hanslow
  • Publication number: 20100058520
    Abstract: A toilet seat and cover position detection system that includes a toilet assembly in a room with a door wherein a two position toilet seat cover is attached to the toilet assembly. Attached to the seat cover is a transmitter device means whereby the transmitter device is activated to broadcast a signal when the seat cover is in the vertical position. A receiver device means attached to the door and activated upon opening the door, detects the transmitter broadcast signal emitted when the seat cover is in the raised position. When a signal is detected, an alarm device means is activated by the receiver device and notifies user that the seat cover is in the raised position as the user opens the door to exit. The transmitter device means may also be attached to a two position toilet seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Robert Brian Madden, Karen Popek Madden
  • Publication number: 20100043129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing greywater, comprising the following steps:—supplying water to a reservoir of a greywater device;—collecting the supplied water in the reservoir;—conducting water out of the reservoir to at least one reservoir of a water consumer;—monitoring the water quality; and—flushing the water from the reservoir of the greywater device and/or the reservoir of the water consumer into a sewer drain when the water quality drops below an acceptable level. Furthermore, the invention relates to a control system for controlling a greywater device, a system for reusing greywater, comprising a greywater device and a control system, and a greywater consumer, in particular a toilet, which is connected to such a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Johannes Donaes Jacobus Platteel, Sjoerd Pieter Wouda
  • Publication number: 20100031429
    Abstract: In a toilet bowl which includes a bowl body, a sitting member and a water reservoir, a new toilet bowl system usable for sitting facing front is disclosed, which comprises a bowl body having a longitudinal vertical opening, a backrest or chest support member which is provided apart from an upper side of the bowl body and the sitting member, a support handle which is installed at a side surface of the backrest or chest support member, a water reservoir which is not contacted with an upper side of the bowl body and the sitting member and stores water for flushing urine and feces, a water reservoir support member for supporting the water reservoir, and a chest support member support member which is engaged at the water reservoir and supports a backrest or chest support member support. A wheelchair user can more easily use in a forward facing posture while saving a space in a toilet room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Chang-Duk Kim, Young-Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20090241849
    Abstract: A pet waste management device includes a housing having upper and lower ends. The device includes a receiving bowl positioned in the housing, the bowl having an open upper end and a lower end having an outlet. A cover is situated upwardly adjacent the bowl upper end. A water outlet is positioned adjacent the bowl upper end to introduce water into the bowl. A supply line provides water to the water outlet. The device includes a first foot pedal configured to selectively allow water from the supply line to enter the bowl through the water outlet. A drain line is operatively coupled to the bowl lower end to drain contents of the bowl. The device includes a heating unit to prevent water from freezing, the heating unit including a resistive heating element and a thermostat and is in electrical communication with a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Curt R. Fournier, Victoria D. Januszewski
  • Publication number: 20090217445
    Abstract: A hygienic plug-in unit that is adapted to a flush toilet system is disclosed that includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber all connected together. In the first chamber, water is intake and distributed into the other chambers by the refilling mechanism. In the second chamber, a sensor is electrically coupled to an atomizer. In the third chamber, a detergent and deodorizing substance is stored. When a user is detected by the sensor, the sensor activates the atomizer device to release the cleansing and deodorizing substance in form of a mist into a toilet bowl located below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Hoang Van Nguyen, Ngoc Anh Mai
  • Publication number: 20090193571
    Abstract: A toilet unit for use in a supine position comprises a depressed section formed on a mattress, a U-shaped casing adapted to mount a butt-pad provided with a U-shaped central groove section thereon, and a urination and defecation treating unit of a substantially U-shape loosely fitted into the U-shaped central groove section of the butt-pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicants: MINORU NAKAMURA, SANYO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Nakamura, Yong Ha Kim, Hyun Ok Do
  • Publication number: 20090188031
    Abstract: A disposal system is provided. In an embodiment, by way of example, the disposal system can include a first tank adapted to be at least partially filled with waste fluid. The disposal system can also include a waste processing device adapted to receive waste fluid and adjust one or more properties of the waste fluid. Additionally, the waste disposal system can include a jet engine comprising a first chamber adapted to contain a fluid undergoing compression. The jet engine can be in fluid communication with the waste processing device to receive the waste fluid from the waste processing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Dwyer, Richard F. Wessels, David R. Hollingsworth
  • Publication number: 20090077729
    Abstract: The invention consists of a discontinuous helical auger contained within a heated vessel filled with sawdust. The auger enables thorough turning of sawdust enclosed within a heated vessel enabling function of the assembly as a waterless biotoilet. Control of auger rotation works to maximize the biodegradation of human toilet waste through physical breakdown of organic matter, through stimulation of evaporation of the aqueous fraction, and through supporting a benign microflora to effect biodegradation. This discontinuous helical auger enables maintenance of a flat horizontal upper planar surface of the sawdust mass while maximizing aeration of the sawdust mass. The angle of the helical blade and discontinuities therein work to draw the organic matter very gradually toward the opposite end of the biotoilet from the toilet hole, maximizing dewatering and aerobic breakdown.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Christopher Adam McLeod
  • Publication number: 20090044323
    Abstract: A device consisting of a standard size toilet seat, hinged at the back and attached by suitable hardware to a smaller, child size toilet seat with molded handles, which can then be attached, through use of the same hardware, to a standard public use toilet, and lid. The device can be configured to allow use by an adult, or by a toddler. The Tot-Pot portion of the configuration can be attached directly to an existing adult toilet seat, or be joined with an adult seat for joint installation. The device is specifically designed and intended for use in the public restroom arena, and will fit all standard toilet devices in use, and by providing handles for ease and sanitation in lifting and for child support, a splash guard for protection of leakage of waste onto the adult seat, and a hinged back such as to provide an oblique, obtuse angle when raised, sanitation concerns of dual use are alleviated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: James Randall Feemster
  • Patent number: 7485166
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for detection, collection, containment, neutralization, and elimination of aerosolized contaminants, comprising a lid that fully covers an edge of a container for containment of exiting aerosolized contaminants, with the lid having housing for accommodating an article. The housing comprising a top vent aligned along atop of a bottom vent, with the top vent optionally smaller in size than the bottom vent, and with the housing, the top vent, and the bottom vent located normal to a natural vertical upward move of the aerosolized contaminants. The aerosolized contaminants are detected, collected, contained, neutralized, and eliminated and sanitized by the article within the housing, allowing only uncontaminated air out of the top vent through a natural upward movement of the aerosolized contaminants via the force of the flush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph Safuto
  • Publication number: 20080222783
    Abstract: This invention concerns a sanitary article, in particular a toilet with a form that permits a physiologically correct position for defecation, and is so practical that it can be used even by elderly or disabled persons. This toilet, which is a type that ensures that angle ?, formed by the femur (3) with the lumbosacral segment (4) of the rachis, is less than 90°, is characterized by the fact that it provides a means of supporting said user's body (1), so that no burden is placed on the lower limbs, allowing the user to assume a position where the knees are higher than the pelvis, so that the knee joint is approximately at the height of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventor: Stefano Mattioli
  • Publication number: 20080209619
    Abstract: A toilet fill valve having a mechanism for preventing leakage from a tank of the toilet between flush cycles. The mechanism includes links that are normally locked to prevent the fill valve from opening. The links are operatively connected to a handle of the toilet such that the links are unlocked and allow the fill valve to open only when the handle of the toilet is purposely operated to initiate a flush cycle. Otherwise, the links do not allow the fill valve to open even if water leaks from the tank and causes a float of the fill valve to be lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Bouchard
  • Publication number: 20080148469
    Abstract: A water closet assembly and/or closet flange seal wherein the closet flange seal includes a horn section, a body section, and a sealing fin each formed of a material having a Shore A hardness of less than about 83. The horn section includes a connecting flange, a conical wall, and a ring end wall with the conical wall being integral with and interconnecting the connecting flange and ring end wall. The body section is integral with the horn section and includes a tubular body with an outer face, a first end integral with the horn section, and a second end. The sealing fin extends outwardly from the outer body face, circumscribes the body, and is oriented in a predetermined angle relative to the outer face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony John Dipzinski, Arthur William Shorey
  • Patent number: 7353577
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved system and method for casting toilets. In the disclosed method, at least one of a shell, engine and rim configuration for a toilet is provided, wherein the configuration is selected from a plurality of shell, engine and rim configurations defined by a corresponding plurality of shell, engine and rim molds. Each mold defines a casting space therewithin for casting the selected configuration therefrom. Each shell configuration includes a hollow housing space for disposition of a unique sanitaryware performance engine configuration therewithin. While still greenware, the cast engine is disposed in the shell housing space to form at least one shell and engine assembly thereby. Subsequently, and while also in a green state, the cast rim is assembled with the shell and engine assembly and the entire shell, engine and rim assembly is fired to form a single integral piece of sanitaryware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Inventors: Graham Davies, Benjamin M. Ferrer
  • Publication number: 20080060121
    Abstract: A containment chamber and associated methods for use in, e.g., a toilet or other solid or fluid carrying structure. In one embodiment, the containment chamber comprises input and output portions, and is configured to move liquids and solids between an inlet port and an outlet port. The chamber is further configured to fill to a prescribed volume level, and has at least one shaped portion to prevent backflow (e.g., of odor) associated with the liquids and solids. A first nozzle is disposed in the containment chamber and configured to break-up the solids using a prescribed pressure level to propel the liquids and the solids from an input portion through the output portion of the containment chamber. A velocity increasing structure is disposed between the output portion and the outlet port and configured to increase an effective velocity of the liquids and solids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Dan Marius Andreiu
  • Publication number: 20080060122
    Abstract: A low volume hygienic apparatus used a high pressure spray to break up solid waste material in a containment chamber and to push liquid and broken-up solid waste from the containment chamber. A high pressure nozzle is pointed into the containment chamber and configured to break-up the solids using a prescribed pressure level and to propel the liquids and the broken-up solids from a chamber interior through a chamber outlet of the containment chamber. A completing structure is disposed between the chamber outlet and a drain and is configured to draw liquids and broken-up solids from the chamber at the end os a flushing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Dan Marius Andreiu
  • Patent number: 7334272
    Abstract: A flushing controlling mechanism includes a toilet bowl having a trap, a room, a hollow cylinder, a first piston, an inlet, an outlet and a first opening. The room selectively communicates with the trap via a first waste pipe, and a second waste pipe alternately communicates with the room. The hollow cylinder is received in the toilet bowl, and the first piston is movable inside the hollow cylinder. The inlet is adapted to be connected to a water source to allow water to flow into the water tank so as to move the first piston upward inside the hollow cylinder. The outlet selectively communicates with the trap of the toilet bowl. The first opening communicates with the suction space and the room of the toilet bowl. In addition, there is a device to accelerate downward movement of the first piston. Thus, the waste in the trap of the toilet bowl is sucked into the room and disposed from the second waste pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventor: Fu-Chang Liao
  • Publication number: 20080040844
    Abstract: A system capable of generating foam in a sanitary appliance includes a dosing device previously filled with a foaming substance, the dosing device metering a dosage of the substance, an agitation mechanism to agitate the substance to create foam, a receptacle to retain the substance for communication with the agitation mechanism, a fluid supply to allow fluid transport of the substance to the receptacle, and a trigger for activating the fluid supply. A dosing device of this system is further provided, including a container filled with a foaming substance, a positioner to position and house the container, the positioner further including a pin capable of creating a bottom aperture of the container, a fluid supply, wherein the outlet of the fluid supply is directed at the aperture on the bottom end of the container. A container is also provided that can be used in the dosing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventor: Meng Chow
  • Publication number: 20080034486
    Abstract: A covered toilet includes a cross braced drawer frame positioned around a wall mounted toilet connected to a wall tank and a discharge line in the wall. A sliding cover mounted on hidden tracks covers the toilet in a closed position. A pair of drawers are provided in the frame and may each be used when the cover is in the closed position. In operation, the cover may be slid to one side so that the toilet may be used. Automatic operation may be provided by sensing the presence of a user to open the cover and maintain the cover open while the user is present. The user's departure may be detected so that the cover may be automatically closed and the toilet flushing operation may be automatically actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Troy Adams, Lisa Adams
  • Patent number: 7325257
    Abstract: A plumbing fixture includes a receptacle for receiving waste, a tank for storing water, and an electrically operated pump that conveys water from the tank into the receptacle to flush the waste through a drain. The duration that the pump in operated to flush the waste is altered in response to variation of the electrical voltage supplied to the plumbing fixture. The pump is operated to decrease the amount of water in the tank when that amount is sensed to be excessive. Further operation of the pump is inhibited for a given interval to avoid overheating when the pump has been operating too frequently. The pump is cycled on and off in predefined patterns to indicate different malfunctions to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Anton J. Kolar, Jeffrey J. Mueller, Peter Denzin, Robert Byron Freville
  • Publication number: 20070245472
    Abstract: A sanitary foam supplying apparatus including sanitary foam and a device is dedicated to enhance the sanitary quality in the toilet. A foam liquid having the functions of disinfection, cleanness, odorous lubrication and long-term lubrication can be generated and sprayed from a dedicated container. Also, a storage device, a controller, a conveying device and a spraying device may be included. When the user is using the toilet, the foam is properly sprayed on the toilet, the inner bottom portion of a urinal and a water seal surface so that the sanitary foam has the suitable thickness and has the long-term lubrication. Consequently, the sanitary foam can isolate the pong of the crap and the splash before and after the flush. Also, the foam being sprayed may provide the functions of disinfection, cleanness, the odorous deodorization, the enhancement of the sanitary quality and the effective lubrication of the inner portion of the toilet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Wen-Hsien Kao
  • Patent number: 7272864
    Abstract: The flushing flow distributor has a first channel (21) which is to be connected to a discharge (45) of the flushing cistern (4), and a second and a third channel (24, 25, 69). The second channel (24) and the third channel (25) are in each case to be connected to a toilet bowl (10). The first channel (21) has a nozzle (17, 18, 19, 55, 62) which outputs the water to the two other channels (24, 25, 69). The nozzle (17, 18, 19, 55, 62) is preferably designed as a free jet nozzle. The flushing flow distributor is preferably designed as a pipe interrupter. It is preferably used on a pressurized flushing cistern (4) and permits flushing with less flushing water while at the same time requiring less space and with a flushing action which is at least ample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Geberit Technik AG
    Inventors: Stefan Grob, David Drexel, Abdullah Oengören
  • Patent number: 7263758
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved system and method for casting toilets. In the disclosed method, at least one of a shell, engine and rim configuration for a toilet is provided, wherein the configuration is selected from a plurality of shell, engine and rim configurations defined by a corresponding plurality of shell, engine and rim molds. Each mold defines a casting space therewithin for casting the selected configuration therefrom. Each shell configuration includes a hollow housing space for disposition of a unique sanitaryware performance engine configuration therewithin. While still greenware, the cast engine is disposed in the shell housing space to form at least one shell and engine assembly thereby. Subsequently, and while also in a green state, the cast rim is assembled with the shell and engine assembly and the entire shell, engine and rim assembly is fired to form a single integral piece of sanitaryware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: American Standard Intl. Inc.
    Inventors: Graham Davies, Benjamin M. Ferrer
  • Patent number: 7263727
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the hygienic toilet with a user protection from evacuations is designed. A self-foaming liquid soap as a high efficiency absorbing substance is used from contaminations produced during evacuations. A water tank is comprised of two compartments: one is for flashing water that could be a regular gravity tank, or a pressure assisted flash water, and a separate compartment is for a self-foaming liquid soap. A toilet bowl is designed with two rims: one is for a flashing water and another one for a soap foam. A soap foam is applied into a bowl walls and on a water surface on a bowl bottom for protection from evacuations and reflections into a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Inventors: Viacheslav V. Zhurin, Lyudmila V. Zhurin
  • Patent number: 7096521
    Abstract: A beverage holder with advertising display providing a slot at the top of the display for the placement of an advertisement card, the beverage holder being designed to be attached to a flush valve housing in a commercial sanitary fixture such as a urinal or toilet without modification to the flush valve, the beverage holder having a base with a threaded opening for a long threaded shaft to hold a clear plastic display mounted on top of said shaft as a changeable eye level advertisement and a plurality of depending legs with end teeth that engage the flush valve housing of the sanitary fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Josh Rifkin
  • Patent number: 6957450
    Abstract: A sanitary system including a toilet adapted for use in a recreational vehicle, and a recreational vehicle including the toilet and sanitary system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: SeaLand Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Sigler, Edward McKiernan
  • Patent number: 6910230
    Abstract: A public sanitary device, comprising one or more walk-in positions, each having a receptacle for human excrement and/or urine, which is connected to a waste pipe for connection to a sewage system. The sanitary device has the characteristic that it is provided with means for causing at least partial submerging thereof in the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Urilift B.V.
    Inventor: Marten Alberto Schimmel
  • Patent number: 6859951
    Abstract: A toilet accessory concealment and toilet bowl evacuation apparatus designed to conceal common bathroom accessories as well as provide one with limited knowledge of plumbing systems with a safe and effective way to reduce the water level in a water closet bowl, or toilet bowl, to facilitate cleaning. The apparatus includes a water-tight primary compartment, a water-tight secondary compartment, and a cover configured to cooperate with the primary compartment and obscure the view of the inside of the primary compartment. The primary compartment is sized and configured to conveniently house a toilet brush, or other bathroom accessory, and retain a first predetermined quantity of liquid when the brush is not in the compartment. The secondary compartment is sized and configured to conveniently house a roll of toilet paper, or other bathroom accessory, and retain a second predetermined quantity of liquid when the roll of toilet paper is not in the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventor: Eleanor French Spreitzer
  • Publication number: 20040194199
    Abstract: The invention discloses a treatment apparatus for the excrement and a bio-toilet using the treatment apparatus. The treatment apparatus includes a tank, a reactor basin in the tank for containing the raw material and the excrement and having at least two parallel, concave parts having curved profile in the bottom part of the tank, a temperature control means for maintaining the temperature of the basin at a predetermined range; and at least two mixing devices which match with the at least two concave parts, each of them can rotate around a rotation shaft, the helical blade stirrer secured to the rotation shaft by a plurality of spokes. The bio-toilet is waterless, and thus a large quantity of water can be saved and the pollution of the environment due to the drainage of sewage can be avoided. Furthermore, treated by the treatment apparatus of the present invention, the microorganisms and the organic materials are combined and converted into stable loosen soil and the organic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Andy Ming Fen Tung
  • Patent number: 6792628
    Abstract: The current invention relates to an environmentally friendly and inexpensive way to dispose of solid animal waste that is installed in conjunction with a household sanitary sewer. The system includes a basin covered with a lid that is installed near a building's sewer cleanout. A wye filling is added to the cleanout so that waste that is deposited into the basin is washed into the household sanitary sewer by pouring a bucket of water in the basin after the waste is deposited to carry it into the household sanitary sewer. The invention provides a solution to the need for the safe and clean disposal of dog solid waste without the need for any sort of scoopers, diapers or bagging devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Inventor: Richard C. Humphrey