Automated cleansing apparatus adaptable to a commode
OwnerGilbert C. Garcia, Rodolfo G. Valdesinventors
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Abstract
Addressing primarily the needs of physically incapacitated individuals, this invention is a device connected to a common toilet for aiding such individuals in their cleansing of their private body parts with an apparatus that has a unique seat that seals fluids beneath the body of the user. The apparatus is basically an automatic cleansing device that one can connect to a toilet for spraying a warm water-soap solution followed by the spray of a warm water rinsing fluid and completed with the automatic flushing of the toilet as well as the blowing of heated air across the user's private body parts for drying the private body parts; this device is controlled in a variety of ways including electric switches, timers, or other manually operated mechanisms.
Claims15
An apparatus for use in conjunction with means for receiving bodily excretions, such as a toilet, for removing waste products from the surface of a body after the excretion of said waste products, comprising:
- a support structure;
- means for directing a solution onto the surface of a body, said directing means being connected to said support structure and comprising a tube which encloses a fluid passage in fluid communication with a pressurized supply of the solution for directing the solution through an exit end of the tube onto the body surface;
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- means for pivoting said tube with respect to said support structure in an oscillatory manner such that the solution is directed onto the body surface along an arc traversed by the exit end of said tube, said pivoting means being operatively connected between said tube and said support structure;
- said pivoting means comprising:
- a shaft which is linked with said tube in a manner such that the position of the exit end of said tube correlates with the orientation of said shaft;
- an electric motor for rotating said shaft;
- a rotating electrical contact attached to said shaft wherein said rotating contact is electrically connected to the power terminal of said motor so as to cause the operation of said motor when said rotating contact is connected to an electric power source;
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- an annularly-shaped contact positioned to engage said rotating contact during rotation thereof, said annularly-shaped contact being electrically connected to said electric power source but having a discontinuity at a certain point thereof, wherein said rotating electrical contact makes an electrical connection with said annularly-shaped contact as said rotating contact rotates along with said shaft of said electric motor except when said rotating contact rotates to said discontinuity, said electrical connection completing a first electrical pathway for causing operation of said motor;
- said annularly-shaped contact being positioned relative to said shaft such that said first pathway is completed except when the rotation of said shaft corresponds with a retracted position of the exit end of said tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.