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US 4,901,736 AGranted
Toilet having urine tester
OwnerChuan-Chih Huanginventor
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Abstract
A toilet includes an urine tester having a test tube secured to an operator pivotally mounted in a toilet seat, which can be operatively biased for receiving a urine liquor passed from a toilet user, and for visual detection of possible disease symptoms directly from the tester formed in the toilet for convenient and hygienic self-examination.
Claims5
A toilet having urine tester comprising:
- a toilet seat seating on a toilet bowl, a warm water supplier for supplying warm water, a front nozzle for spraying warm water supplier from said supplier for flushing a user's genitals portion and a rear nozzle for spraying water from said supplier for flushing a user's anus;
- a urine tester having a test medium stored therein, said test medium being selected from a plurality of floatable balls of different weights and colors for measuring specific gravity of an urine as filled in said tester, or a test paper, or a test reagent for visual detection of some disease symptoms directly from the tester;
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- a positioning operator pivotally securing said tester on the toilet seat for operatively biasing said tester for receiving urine as passed from a user into said tester, or for positioning the tester for detection, or for flushing the tester as water-sprayed by said nozzles,
- the improvement which comprises:
- said urine tester including a test tube having the test medium filled therein, and a hopper portion secured on an opening of the tube, said hopper having a plurality of drain holes formed in a bottom of said hopper portion for passing a collected urine liquor through said drain holes into said tube, and having a lug for connecting said positioning operator;
- and said positioning operator including a link connecting the lug of said tester to normally pose said tester under a front portion of said toilet seat, a rotating knob secured on a side arm portion of said link, and a positioning locker mounted on the toilet seat for selectively biasing said link and said tester for testing or flushing operations.
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