U.S. patent application number 10/097663 was filed with the patent office on 2002-09-19 for water closet bowl with suction apparatus.
Invention is credited to Bassorelli, Julio Cesar.
Application Number | 20020129441 10/097663 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 11440690 |
Filed Date | 2002-09-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020129441 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Bassorelli, Julio Cesar |
September 19, 2002 |
Water closet bowl with suction apparatus
Abstract
This invention relates to a sanitary device comprising a body
with a pierced carrier (11) defining a channel (11a) for a
distribution of a flush water, and a trap (12) terminating in a
soil pipe (12') as in water closet bowl. The body of the sanitary
device is integrally formed with at least one suction conduit (13),
having various holes opening inwards said device body and
connectable to at least one suction apparatus for internal airing
of the device body and the removal of bad smells from the body. The
suction apparatus is reversible in order to create a jet towards
the interior of the body of the device.
Inventors: |
Bassorelli, Julio Cesar;
(Brescia, IT) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MCGLEW & TUTTLE, PC
SCARBOROUGH STATION
SCARBOROUGH
NY
10510
US
|
Family ID: |
11440690 |
Appl. No.: |
10/097663 |
Filed: |
March 12, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
4/213 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E03D 9/052 20130101;
E03D 11/02 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
4/213 |
International
Class: |
E03D 009/04 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Mar 14, 2001 |
IT |
BS 2001 U 000029 |
Claims
1. A sanitary device comprising a body with a pierced carrier (11)
defining a channel (11a) for a distribution of a flush water, and a
trap (12) terminating in a soil pipe (12'), characterised in that
at least one suction conduit (13) is provided, having various holes
opening inwards said body of the sanitary device and connectable to
at least one suction apparatus for internal airing and the removal
of bad smells from said body, the suction apparatus being
reversible in order to create a jet towards the interior of the
device body.
2. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the air
suction conduit (13) is integrally formed in the body of the
sanitary device above the channel for the water distribution.
3. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the air
suction conduit (13) is integrally formed in the body below the
channel for the water distribution.
4. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein the air
suction conduit (13) is formed integrally in the body
concentrically to the channel for the water distribution.
5. The sanitary device according to claim 1, wherein said suction
conduit (13) consists of a tubular element, located in the body,
either inside or outside the channel for the water
distribution.
6. The sanitary device according to any of the claims 1-5, wherein
the suction apparatus is connected to the suction conduit (13) and
is located at a distance from the bowl.
7. The sanitary device according to any of the claims 1-5, wherein
the suction apparatus is connected, at the inlet, to the air
suction conduit and, at the discharge, to the soil pipe, through a
non-return valve (17).
8. The sanitary device according to any of the above claims,
wherein the pierced carrier (11) defining the channel (11a) for the
water distribution is connected to a system for distributing
hygienic substances, detergent, deodorant or biodegradable
material.
9. The sanitary device according to any of the above claims,
wherein the suction conduit (13) is connected to a distribution
system for a hygienic substance, detergent, deodorant or
biodegradable material.
10. The sanitary device according to any of the above claims,
wherein the carrier (11) defining the channel for the water
distribution or the suction conduit is connected to an ionisation
system.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] This invention concerns the filed of sanitary equipment and
refers in particular to a water closet bowl with an apparatus for
eliminating unpleasant odours.
STATE OF THE ART
[0002] Water closet bowls have already been proposed, either
incorporating or connected to a suction apparatus that is intended
to air and eliminate the bad smells that form within them. In one
known model, this apparatus is connected, at the inlet, to a
suction opening that opens above the rim of the bowl and, at the
discharge, to the soil pipe of the water from the bowl itself.
However, the efficiency of this device is limited by the fact that
the suction tube does not draw the foul air directly from the basin
of the toilet bowl, but from above.
[0003] In another known embodiment, the suction apparatus
communicates with a suction chamber that rests upon the rim of the
toilet bowl, or which is formed in part of a bowl lid, and conveys
the foul air directly to the outside or towards an activated carbon
filter. The suction apparatus is, therefore, only applicable to
bowls equipped with an additional suction chamber, located above
the body of the toilet bowl. At present, there do not exist water
closet bowls designed in such a way as to release hygienic,
deodorising or biodegrading substances.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] An object of this invention is to provide a water closet
bowl with an efficient suction apparatus, which draws the air
directly from the basin of the sanitary bowl, without resorting to
other elements made separately and then added.
[0005] Another object of the invention is to make a water closet
bowl in ceramic or other defining material, incorporating within
itself a channel for a discharge of the flush water and, at least
one conduit for aspiration of the air within the bowl basin.
[0006] A further object of the invention is to provide a toilet
bowl with one, two or more conduits that can be used selectively to
introduce various substances into the bowl itself.
[0007] These objects are achieved by means of a toilet bowl in
which a suction conduit is formed directly within the body of
ceramic or other material of the said toiled bowl, either above,
below or concentrically with a water distribution channel, and
wherein said conduit has holes that open inwardly and which is
connected to an air suction apparatus.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] Further details of the invention will become clearer in the
description below, where reference is made to the enclosed
drawings, which are indicative but not binding, and where:
[0009] FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-section of a water closet bowl
having suction conduit leading to a suction unit located at a
distance;
[0010] FIG. 2 is a similar cross-section of a water closet bowl,
with a suction apparatus incorporated.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0011] In the drawings a body 10 of a toilet bowl is shown usually
made in ceramic, but which may also be made of plastic or metal. In
the upper part of its basin, the bowl 10 has a carrier 11, which
defines a channel 1 a. This channel 1 a is connected in a way
already known to a box 11' for releasing the flush water, and has
holes 11b for discharging the flush water into the bowl itself.
Lower down, the bowl has a trap 12, which is connected to the soil
pipe 12'.
[0012] At the same level as the carrier 11 defining the channel 11a
for the water distribution, the toilet bowl 10 is equipped with at
least a second conduit 13. This may be completely, integrally
formed within the carrier 11, as shown in the drawings, or may
consist of an additional tube that is inserted into said carrier.
In either case, the conduit 13 may be located above, below or
concentrically outside or inside the channel 11 a, and it has holes
or openings 13' that open inwards to the bowl. This conduit 13 is
connectable to at least one suction unit, for the aspiration of the
air within the basin of the bowl, see arrow F.
[0013] In FIG. 1, the suction unit is not shown. It may be located
at a distance from the toilet bowl 10, to which it is connected by
means of an appropriate tube 14, which communicates with the air
suction conduit 13. This arrangement is particularly suitable for
expelling the foul air in the external environment.
[0014] Alternatively, FIG. 2, a suction unit 15 may be associated
with the body of the toilet bowl, in air-operated communication at
one end with the suction conduit 13 and, at the other, by means of
a passage 16, with the soil pipe 12', in order to convey the
aspirated air in the direction shown by the arrow F'. The passage
16 that communicates with the soil pipe 12' will therefore be
equipped with a non-return valve 17, in order to prevent the reflux
of foul air from the soil pipe when the device is not in
operation.
[0015] The suction unit may be operated by its own switch, or by
the light switch or by a micro switch which is connected to a
normal toilet lid or seat.
[0016] Thus, the flush water is distributed through the channel
11a, and the air is aspirated from inside the toilet bowl via the
conduit 13. However, via the water distribution channel 11a or
through the suction tube 13, there may also be supplied another
product, such as a hygienic substance, a detergent, a deodorant or
a biodegradable material.
[0017] These substances may be liquids, powders or contained in
soluble balls or capsules, and may be placed in a container that is
connected to the toilet bowl, for use when needed. These substances
will be released at different moments from the water flush and/or
the suction, being facilitated if the suction process is inverted
so as to give a direct jet into the bowl itself.
[0018] Within the channel 11a or the conduit 13, there may also be
housed an ionisation system, again with the purpose of freshening
the air.
[0019] The above-described embodiment may be modified and varied
without altering the scope of the invention. In fact, the suction
system may be similarly applicable to other sanitary devices that
have at least one distribution channel for the water, as for
example a bidet, or in those devices in which a toilet bowl and
bidet are incorporated into a single unit.
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