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US 2006/0031980 A1Published application
Toilet ventilation
OwnerBernardino Hernandezinventor
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Abstract
A toilet with ventilation apparatus has an open air passageway from a bowl through a rim, flush valve and overflow tube to an air space above water in a tank, and a conduit from the air space to outside a room where the toilet is located.
Claims3
1-6. (canceled)
A toilet with ventilation apparatus, comprising:
- an open air passageway from a bowl through a rim, flush valve and overflow tube to an air space above water in a tank;
- a conduit from the air space to outside a room where the toilet is located;
- with the conduit being integrally formed in a back wall of the tank;
- with the conduit having an open inlet above the water in the tank and an outlet at the bottom of the conduit;
- the outlet being located exterior of the tank and below a back wall of the tank;
- with a hose connected to the outlet and extending behind the toilet and through a room wall adjacent to and behind the toilet;
- with a fan connected to the hose on another side of the room wall and remote from the toilet;
- and with a seal between the lid and a top rim of the tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.