Construction for a water closet
OwnerToshiro Ohtakeinventor
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Abstract
A water closet, comprising a floor, a movable stool disposed above the floor and mounted for vertical displacement above the floor and a drive apparatus connected to the stool for moving the stool to a selected height above the floor. The drive apparatus may include a drum connected to the stool and vertically movable in a hole in the floor. The stool may further be provided with a seat having two facing arcuate portions slidable on the stool and a pair of base rods connected to each arcuate portion extending at an angle downwardly toward the floor and through respective guides so as to adjust the spacing between the arcuate portions and resulting width of the seat with the vertical movement of the stool above the floor.
Claims6
A toilet for human waste, adjustably positionable on a support at floor level comprising:
- an outer tubular drum member connected to the support and extending downwardly therefrom;
- a stool member supported on said outer drum including a seat and bowl portion and a tubular drum portion extending downwardly from said bowl portion, said drum portion comprising an inner drum member concentrically slidable in said outer drum member;
- said outer drum member including at least one elongated slot therein having an internal vertical rack formed along one elongated edge thereof;
- a shaft rotatably mounted on said inner drum member;
- a pinion connected to said shaft and engaged with said rack;
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- drive means connected to said shaft for rotating said pinion and moving said inner drum member upwardly and downwardly with respect to said outer drum member.
A toilet for human waste adjustably positionable on a support at floor level comprising:
- an outer tubular drum member connected to the support and extending downwardly therefrom;
- a stool member supported on said outer drum including a seat and bowl portion and a tubular drum portion extending downwardly from said bowl portion, said drum portion comprising an inner drum member concentrically slidable in said outer drum member;
- said inner drum member including at least one elongated slot therein having an internal vertical rack formed along one elongated edge thereof;
- a shaft rotatably mounted on said outer drum member;
- a pinion connected to said shaft and engaged with said rack;
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- drive means connected to said shaft for rotating said pinion and moving said inner drum member upwardly and downwardly with respect to said outer drum member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.