Sanitary unit

A sanitary unit comprising an enclosure, partition means for separating said enclosure into a front usage zone accessible to a user and a normally inaccessible rear maintenance zone, a bowl juxtaposed with said partition means and mounted for pivoting between a utilization position in which said bowl projects generally horizontally from said partition means into said usage zone and a cleansing position in which said bowl is pivoted rearwardly at least partially past said partition means, cleansing means disposed in said maintenance zone for cleaning said bowl in said cleansing position, and drive means for pivoting said bowl between said utilization and cleansing positions, said bowl having a closed base, an outer wall defining an opening which is above said base in said utilization position of said bowl and a separating wall extending generally vertically when said bowl is in said utilization position and dividing said opening into a front utilization section and a rear evacuation section, the upper face of said separating wall cooperating with said outer wall to define a rim surrounding said utilization section of said opening, and said separating wall cooperating with a rear part of said outer wall and with said base to define a passage between said utilization section and said evacuation section of said opening, said evacuation section being higher than said passage in said utilization position, whereby to contain the contents of the bowl, and being lower than said passage in said cleansing position, whereby to empty the contents of the bowl into said maintenance zone.