Toilet bowl assembly with air aspiration and filtration
OwnerRamez Ghardi, Jayda Ghadriinventors
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Abstract
A toilet bowl assembly comprising a base fixed to a bowl, provided with a toilet seat and a device for aspirating air from the bowl. The base comprises an extension that has its upper part provided with a presence detection window directed to above the seat and forming an aspiration channel opening into the bowl. A circuit for controlling the function of the aspirating device with an infrared detector situated in the detection window to detect a presence on the seat and with an electric power supply for the circuit and the aspirating device.
Claims13
A toilet bowl assembly comprising a base fixed to a bowl, provided with a toilet seat and a device for aspirating air from the bowl, the underside of the seat being provided with a seal by which the seat is supported on the rim of the bowl, said seal being open to the front and to the rear to allow air to pass towards the aspirator through aspiration opening formed in the base, the aspirating device comprising a rotor driven by an electric motor to aspirate air and circulate it through a filter that discharges from the housing, characterized by
- a base comprising an extension that has its upper part provided with a presence detection window directed to above the seat and forming, beneath the detection window, an aspiration channel with the upper side of the rear of the bowl and opening into the bowl, and
- a circuit for controlling the function of the aspirating device with an infrared detector situated in the detection window to detect a presence on the seat and with an electric power supply for the circuit and the aspirating device, said circuit managing the functioning of the aspirating device, its timing and the display of the functional state such as its availability, its orderly functioning and the supply condition as well as the necessity to recharge the supply.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.