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US 4,338,690 AGranted
Automatic mechanism for flush and raising toilet seat
OwnerJung H. Hsieh, Jung K. Hsiehinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an automatic mechanism for flush and raising a toilet seat which permits the seat to be raised automatically to a vertical, non-use position and the wash water to automatically flush the urinal after the occupancy of the toilet seat.
Claims6
An automatic mechanism for flushing a toilet and controlling the positioning of a toilet seat, comprising:
- a toilet seat having end plate means pivoted at the back of a toilet bowl;
- an actuating device on the back of said toilet bowl and normally biasing said seat toward a vertical position;
- means for controlling movement of said toilet seat including means operable to hold said seat in a near horizontal position and to release said holding means when said seat is occupied by a user and moved downwardly from said near horizontal position so that said seat will be raised to a vertical position by said actuating device after termination of occupancy;
- means for automatically flushing said toilet including means operable in response to movement of said seat from a horizontal to a vertical position.
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