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US 2025/0027308 A1Published application
Multi-function toilet
OwnerDouglass Harthinventor
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Abstract
A toilet system and methods are provided to control automated toilet functions, such as flushing, locking, toilet plume vacuuming, alerting, closing, chemical agent introduction, and sterilization.
Claims18
A toilet comprising:
- a bowl comprising a top opening;
- a first fluid source carrying a first fluid, said first fluid source communicatively coupled to said bowl;
- a seat carried by said bowl, said seat carried pivotally between a seated position and an upright position;
- a lid carried by said bowl, said lid carried pivotally between a closed position covering said top opening, and an open position exposing said top opening;
- a control panel carried by said toilet, said control panel coupled to a power source;
- a plurality of inputs coupled to said control panel, said inputs comprising:
- a flush sensor coupled to said control panel and carried by at least one of said
- fluid source, said seat, and said handle;
- a lid sensor coupled to said control panel;
- a fan control coupled to said control panel;
- a plurality of outputs coupled to said control panel, said outputs comprising:
- a flush control communicatively coupled with said first fluid source and operable in response to said flush sensor;
- a seat position changing device operable in response to said lid sensor, said seat position changing device positioning said seat between said seated position and said upright position;
- a vacuum controlled by said fan control, said vacuum positioned to withdraw air from a void space above a fluid level of said bowl;
- an alert system comprising at least one of an audible alert and a visible alert;
- said alert system alerting to an operating parameter comprising at least one of actuation of said lid, a fluid level in said bowl above a predetermined overflow level, a fluid level in said first fluid source above a predetermined flush-ready level, said fluid level in said first fluid source at a predetermined full-flush level, and a power source status.
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