Electrically operated toilet
AssigneeMicrophor, Inc.
InventorsVernon W. Haselswerdt, John M. Mayfield, Jr.
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Abstract
An electrically operated toilet wherein a toilet bowl is coupled to an electrically operated water valve which selectively flows water into the toilet bowl. An electrically operated waste valve is coupled to the discharge opening of the toilet bowl for selectively allowing waste material to pass out of the toilet bowl. A control unit is coupled to the water valve and to the waste valve for operating the water valve and the waste valve is a synchronous manner so that water is allowed to flow into the toilet and subsequently out of the discharge opening, while ensuring that the waste valve closes off the discharge opening after the flush cycle is completed.
Claims12
An electrically operated toilet comprising:
- water receiving means for receiving pressurized water;
- a toilet bowl in fluid communication with the water receiving means, the toilet bowl having a discharge opening for flowing waste material therefrom;
- an electrically operated water valve, coupled to the water receiving means, for selectively allowing water to flow into the toilet bowl;
- an electrically operated waste valve, coupled to the toilet bowl, for selectively allowing waste material to flow through the discharge opening, the waste valve including a cover for covering the discharge opening;
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- control means, coupled to the water valve and to the waste valve, for operating the water valve and the waste valve so that water is allowed to flow into the toilet and subsequently out of the discharge opening, the control means comprising:
- a first switch for selectively activating the water valve;
- a motor;
- linkage means, coupled to the motor and to the cover, for moving the cover for selectively uncovering the discharge opening when the motor is activated;
- switch activating means, disposed in close proximity to the first switch, for causing the first switch to activate the water valve when the motor is activated, the switch activating means including a cam mounted on the motor, the cam rotating when the motor is activated, and the cam having a lobe which selectively contacts the first switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.