Programmable toilet flush initiating, monitoring and management system and method thereof
AssigneeHydraze, Inc.
InventorCharles Dylan Grody
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a toilet flushing initiating, monitoring and management system initiated by the unlocking of a locking member on a door mounted in a stall typically found in a bathroom such as a public bathroom. Signal patterns from flushing controller and a door housing controller are recorded and analyzed to identify associated fault conditions. Notifications of the associated fault conditions are output and communicated to an authorized user, such as a facilities manager.
Claims20
A system for managing toilet flushing in a bathroom stall, comprising:
- (i) a door housing controller comprising,
- a door lock chamber,
- a slider capable of translating from a first position to a second position, the slider comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- a signal emitter configured to send a wireless signal to a flush signal receiver when the slider is in the second position,
- a sensor configured for sensing the slider when the slider is in the second position, the sensor operatively connected to the signal emitter;
- (ii) a toilet flushing controller operatively joined to the flush signal receiver;
- (iii) a toilet flushing actuator controlled by the toilet flushing controller;
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- (iv) a system controller in communication with the toilet flushing controller and the door housing controller, wherein the system controller also receives and also analyzes, records and/or provides one or more instructions based on one or more corresponding signal patterns from both the toilet flushing controller and the door housing controller;
- wherein the system controller is configured to output a specific fault notification in response to the corresponding signal pattern received from the toilet flushing controller and the door housing controller.
A method for managing toilet flushing in a bathroom stall, comprising:
- outputting by a toilet flushing system, a specific fault notification in response to a corresponding signal pattern received from a toilet flushing controller and a door housing controller of the toilet flushing system;
- wherein the toilet flushing system comprises:
- (i) the door housing controller comprising:
- a door lock chamber,
- a slider capable of translating from a first position to a second position, the slider comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- a signal emitter configured to send a wireless signal to a flush signal receiver when the slider is in the second position,
- a sensor configured for sensing the slider when the slider is in the second position, the sensor operatively connected to the signal emitter;
- (ii) the toilet flushing controller operatively joined to the flush signal receiver;
- (iii) a toilet flushing actuator controlled by the toilet flushing controller;
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- (iv) a system controller in communication with the toilet flushing controller and the door housing controller, wherein the system controller also receives and also analyzes, records and/or provides one or more instructions based on one or more corresponding signal patterns from both the toilet flushing controller and the door housing controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.