Gas collection device and gas detection system
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsShinichi Abe, Daisuke Ueyama, Etsuro Shimizu
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Abstract
A gas collection device is installed in a toilet including a toilet seat and a toilet bowl. The gas collection device includes a flow path connected to a predetermined tank, and an introduction portion that introduces a sample gas into the flow path. The introduction portion is located between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl, or located inside or above the toilet seat. The introduction portion does not protrude toward an inside of the toilet bowl from a rim portion of the toilet bowl when located between the toilet seat and the rim portion. The introduction portion does not protrude toward the inside of the toilet bowl from the toilet seat when located inside or above the toilet seat.
Claims9
A gas collection device including a toilet seat and a toilet bowl, the gas collection device comprising:
- a flow path connected to a predetermined tank;
- and
- an introducer that introduces a sample gas into the flow path and that is located between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl, wherein the introducer includes
- a first opening connected to the flow path,
- a second opening having an opening area larger than an opening area of the first opening, and
- an introduction surface that connects the first opening and the second opening, wherein the introducer
- does not protrude toward an inside of the toilet bowl from a rim portion of the toilet bowl.
A gas collection device including a toilet seat and a toilet bowl, the gas collection device comprising:
- a flow path connected to a predetermined tank;
- an introducer that introduces a sample gas into the flow path and is located between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl, wherein the introducer does not protrude toward an inside of the toilet bowl from a rim portion of the toilet bowl;
- and
- a blower facing the introducer and capable of blowing the sample gas to the introducer.
A gas detection system comprising:
- a sensor unit that outputs a voltage corresponding to a concentration of a specific gas;
- and
- a gas collection device that collects a sample gas to be supplied to the sensor unit,
- wherein the gas collection device includes a toilet with a toilet seat and a toilet bowl, the gas collection device including
- a flow path connected to a predetermined tank, and
- an introducer that introduces the sample gas into the flow path and that is located between the toilet seat and the toilet bowl, wherein the introducer includes
- a first opening connected to the flow path,
- a second opening having an opening area larger than an opening area of the first opening, and
- an introduction surface that connects the first opening and the second opening, and
- wherein the introducer
- does not protrude toward an inside of the toilet bowl from a rim portion of the toilet bowl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.