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US 11,454,013 B2Granted
Automatic disinfection of the spray nozzle of a bidet/toilet combination
AssigneeGrohe AG
InventorsAchim Mielke, Olaf Schneider
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Abstract
The invention relates to a bidet/toilet combination (1) comprising: —a toilet bowl (2) surrounding a bowl space (3); —a spray device (4) comprising a spray nozzle (5) located in the bowl space (3); wherein the spray nozzle (5) is arranged and designed to adopt a rest position (6) and a use position (7). The invention also relates to a method for operating said toilet and to the use of said bidet/toilet combination.
Claims9
A bidet/toilet combination (1) comprising, as toilet components,
- a. a toilet bowl (2) surrounding a bowl space (3);
- b. a spray device (4) comprising a spray nozzle (5) arranged in the bowl space (3);
- wherein the spray nozzle (5) is arranged and designed for traveling to a rest position (6) and a use position (7);
- wherein the spray device (4) comprises a water supply (8), a disinfectant supply (9), a water outlet and a disinfectant outlet (12);
- wherein a disinfectant can be fed via the disinfectant supply (9) as the spray nozzle (5) travels to the rest position (6);
- and
- wherein water and the disinfectant are separately applied to an end face of the spray nozzle (5) via the water outlet and the disinfectant outlet (12).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.