Sanitary unit

A sanitary unit comprising a vessel mounted to be movable between a first position of use and a second position for cleaning, cleaning means for brining into action when the vessel is in said second position, a pipe for discharging dirty water and dejections, control means for controlling the displacement of the vessel between said first position and said second position, actuating means for actuating the cleaning means, programming means for co-ordinating the actions of said control means and said actuating means in the course of each cycle of operation of the sanitary unit, and initiating means which initiate a cleaning cycle associated with said programming means, said programming means comprising a set of detectors for respectively generating signals respectively representing given situations of said sanitary unit and given states of said control means and actuating means, a set of memory means connected for respectively storing said signals during a given period of said cycle of operation and relay means connected to said memory means for exciting said control means and actuating means as a function of a selective excitation of said memory means.