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US 12,616,343 B2Granted
Drying device, fixed seat assembly and toilet
AssigneeLixil Living Technology (Suzhou) Corporation
InventorsNi Tiejun, Yan Peihua, Huang Ying, Dai Zhiqiang, Zhu Jing, Masayuki Makino
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Abstract
A drying device, a fixed seat assembly and a toilet. The drying device includes a housing, provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a fan, positioned inside the housing and adjacent to the air inlet; a heater, located inside the housing and adjacent to the air outlet; and an air bucket, disposed at the air outlet. The air bucket is capable of reducing the risk of water or dirt entering the air outlet, thus being helpful in protecting the heater.
Claims14
A drying device for a user of a toilet, comprising
- a housing comprising a housing body connected to an air outlet cavity duct, the housing provided with a housing air inlet and a housing air outlet;
- a fan positioned inside the housing body adjacent to the housing air inlet;
- a heater located inside the air outlet cavity duct adjacent to the housing air outlet;
- and
- an air bucket disposed at the housing air outlet,
- wherein
- the air outlet cavity duct extends downward obliquely from the housing body, and comprises a first end connected to the housing body, and a second end comprising the housing air outlet,
- the air bucket extends downward and forward from the air outlet cavity duct, and is configured to extend downward towards a toilet basin, and to extend forward towards the user,
- the air bucket is configured to be positioned at a top edge of the toilet basin, and
- the air bucket comprises a warm air outlet configured to direct warm air forward towards the user to dry the user after using the toilet.
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