Toilet odor elimination system

Abstract

A toilet odor elimination device and system prevents malodorous toilet odors from escaping into the surrounding air by means of vacuum-like inward flow of air into gasketed toilet where such together with any malodorous are ported out the rearward portion of the toilet into the plumbing vent pipe with assist of vacuum-like pump or motor optimally of sufficient power to maintain lower air pressure within the toilet bowl than its surrounding air pressure.

Description

BACKGROUND

[0001] Contemporary logic and engineered plumbing advances reflect the immutable fact that socio-economic differences in bathroom accoutrements, most notable the toiles, still share common dilemma respecting not totally overcoming instances of, or the potential to produce, malodorous orders in the stall, bathroom and sometimes out into nearby areas.

[0002] In the workplace communal bathrooms stress all but the few with private bathrooms. For the most part family home situations sharing bathrooms meet similar dilemma with users. Eaters have amplified concerns in this regard.

[0003] NASA scientist have obliquely addressed the handling of human wastes respecting the earthly dilemma outlined by inventor supra. Whereas NASA has focused on the handling, containment and recycling of human wastes, inventor's invention addresses the order of human wastes in gravity based environment.

[0004] The mega home improvement stores' line of bathroom products all lack a product line that prevents malodorous orders from escaping the toilet; as do do-it-yourself publications

[0005] And Popular Science and Popular Mechanics and Mother Earth, from inventor preusals, appear not to offer product for such.

[0006] Inventor's multiple 48 state travels and gamut use of various rest rooms and use of socio-malodorous odors from escaping the toilet.

SUMMARY

[0007] A toilet odor elimination device and system optimally produces a lower air-pressure within the toilet bowl as compared with bathroom air-pressure outside the toilet bowl thereby allowing only the inflow of air into the toilet bowl area where both interior malodorous odors and inflow air are vented out strategically fenestrated points along the toilet bowl rim area, which then exhausts outside, flows outside via the normative external venting pipe for the bathroom.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0008] FIG. 1-A Is a top view of a toilet seat.

[0009] FIG. 1-B Is a top view of slightly smaller toilet rims flat surface.

[0010] FIG. 2 Is a flexible, drillable soft tubing_gasket mater.

[0011] FIG. 3 Is a top view gasket configured according to the present invention.

[0012] FIG. 4 Is a partial cut away view of gasket material with inside facing air pathways drilled/molded into such.

[0013] FIG. 5 Is a partial cut away view of a gasket according to the present invention.

[0014] FIG. 6 Is a partial cut away view of a gasket according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[0015] FIG. 7 Is a side view of a toilet.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0016] Old toilet bowls allow malodorous odors to escape the toilet bowl into the surrounding bathroom air where it migrates outward further.

[0017] The toilet odor elimination device and system described herein pulls air into the toilet bowl 90, runs it to the normative plumbing vent pipe 76, where such is vented outside via this exhaust/vent pipe.

[0018] To Facilitate producing a lower air pressure within the toilet bowl 90 than the outside air pressure a better seal along the toilet bowl rim 20 must be established; gaps 96 between top surface of the toilet bowl rim 94 and bottom surface of the toilet seat 92 are sealed via running the appropriately dimensioned gasket material 62, 78 between the two surfaces affixing the gasket material either to the toilet seat bottom or the top surface of the toilet bowl rim.

[0019] Such will seal all but small inflow air space toward toilet's front 64, 84. Two-x round gasket material 30 with appropriate sized circular hollow core can be split lengthwise 50, and when made of drillable material, affixed between toilet bowl top rim and toilet seat bottom as described above together with smaller, durable, flexible tube porting 80 incoming air from strategically drilled holes 52, 64, 82 in the length-cut gasket rearward to standard plumbing vent pipe. FIGS. 5 and 6 show inward repose of air pathways 64, 82 integral to such gasket materials. Gasket materials could also extent into inside of flat surface of the toilet bowl rim ie, deeper in bowl for enhances inward air flow.

[0020] Sufficiently powerful vacuum-like pump 72 is connected to the porting tube 72 to provide air flow rearward through the odor elimination systems according to the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a cut away view of gasket materials primary air pathway 80 and individual gasket air ways 82, interior reposed, collectively producing vacuum, low air pressure inside the bowl effectively preventing malodorous order escape though restive, inward air flow of outside air into bowl.

[0021] Multiple toilet configurations could employ singular, larger vacuum-like pump capable of servicing multiple porting tubes simultaneously. Alternatively, improvements to the design and manufacture of old toilets and toilet seats constant with odor elimination systems according to the present invention parameters can produce more seamlessly effective products for malodorous toilet order elimination. Further, plumbing installation adaptations can variably more fully provide seamlessness of odor elimination systems according to the present invention into contemporary and future bathrooms and bathroom facilities.

[0022] Odor elimination systems according to the present invention systems could be activated various ways, a pressure switch at the toilet seats underside, a motion activated switch, a wall switch, and/or delayed-off mechanism, or a fully always on odor elimination systems according to the present invention system can be wired up; or made wireless.

Claims

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4. A system for reducing waste odor from a toilet bowl, comprising: a toilet comprising a bowl having rim portion, a seat disposed above said rim portion, and a gap separating said rim and said seat; a gasket disposed between said rim and said seat and having a plurality of air pathways operationally connected to a primary air pathway; and a vacuum pump operationally connected to said primary air pathway; wherein said vacuum pump is capable of lowering the air pressure within the toilet bowl relative to air pressure outside the toilet bowl by drawing air through air pathways.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein said vacuum pump is operationally connected to a bathroom vent pipe.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein said vacuum pump is activated by a pressure switch located in the toilet seat.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein said vacuum pump is operationally connected to the primary air pathway of a second toilet.

8. A kit for retrofitting an existing toilet fixture with an odor elimination system, comprising: a gasket comprising a plurality of air pathways operationally connected to a primary air pathway, wherein said gasket sized and configured to sealably fit between the seat portion and the bowl rim portion of an existing toilet bowl fixture; a vacuum pump operationally connectable to the primary air pathway of said gasket; and an activation switch operationally connectable to said vacuum pump.

9. The kit of claim 8, wherein said activation switch is a pressure switch mountable to the toilet seat of an existing toilet fixture.

10. The kit of claim 8, wherein said activation switch is a motion detection device.