Sanitary closet

Claim 2

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flUshing device for the closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a position of rest and a position of operation for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash the lower body parts of the user, wherein the improvement comprises an encased carrying frame structure supported by a wall and/or the floor, said encased frame structure supporting the closet bowl, a flushing water tank, means for heating a supply of washing water, pressure generating means for delivering washing water to said water spraying device, blower means for delivering warm air into the closet bowl, and actuating means for the operation of said flushing device and said water spraying device, in which the rear side of the bowl is provided with openings for the passage of a movable nozzle tube of said spraying device, and for the connection of a flushing pipe, an air delivery and suction conduit and a drainpipe, in which said air delivery and suction conduit is connected with an air blower provided with an air heating device, and in which an intake of the air blower is combined with an air filter containing a deodorizing agent.

Claim 3

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flushing device for the closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a position of rest and a position of operation for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash the lower body parts of the user, wherein the improvement comprises an encased carrying frame structure supported by a wall and/or the floor, said encased frame structure supporting the closet bowl, a flushing water tank, means for heating a supply of washing water, pressure generating means for delivering washing water to said water spraying device, blower means for delivering warm air into the closet bowl, and actuating means for the operation of said flushing device and said water spraying device, in which the rear side of the bowl is provided with opening for the passage of a movable nozzle tube of said spraying device, and for the connection of a flushing pipe, an air delivery and suction conduit and a drainpipe, in which said air delivery and suction conduit is connected with an air blower provided with an air heating device, and in which said air delivery and suction conduit is provided with a branch conduit leading to a section ventilator provided with an odor absorbing filter.

Claim 4

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flushing device for the closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a position of rest and a position of operation for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash the lower body parts of the user, wherein the improvement comprises an encased carrying frame structure supported by a wall and/or the floor, said encased frame structure supporting the closet bowl, a flushing water tank, means for heating a supply of washing water, pressure generating means for delivering washing water to said water spraying device, blower means for delivering warm air into the closet bowl, and actuating means for the operation of said flushing device and said water spraying device, in which the rear side of the bowl is provided with opening for the passage of a movable nozzle tube of said spraying device, and for the connection of a flushing pipe, an air delivery and suction conduit and a drainpipe, in which said air delivery and suction conduit is connected with an air blower provided with an air heating device, and in which said air delivery and suction conduit is provided with a branch conduit leading to a section ventilator provided with an odor absorbing filter.

Claim 5

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flushing device for the closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a position of rest and a position of operation for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash the lower body parts of the user, wherein the improvement comprises an encased carrying frame structure supported by a wall and/or the floor, said encased frame structure supporting the closet bowl, a flushing water tank, means for heating a supply of washing water, pressure generating means for delivering washing water to said water spraying device, blower means for delivering warm air into the closet bowl, and actuating means for the operation of said flushing device and said water spraying device, in which said actuating means for the flushing device and the spraying device comprises a pushbar arranged at the front side of the frame structure on the level of the back of a person using the closet.

Claim 6

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flushing device for the closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a position of rest and a position of operation for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash the lower body parts of the user, wherein the improvement comprises an encased carrying frame structure supported by a wall and/or the floor, said encased frame structure supporting the closet bowl, a flushing water tank, means for heating a supply of washing water, pressure generating means for delivering washing water to said water spraying device, blower means for delivering warm air into the closet bowl, and actuating means for the operation of said flushing device and said water spraying device, in which said actuating means for the flushing device and the spraying device comprises a pushbar arranged at the front side of the frame structure on the level of the back of a person using the closet.

Claim 7

A sanitary closet according to claim 3 in which the pushbar operates mechanical actuating members for the discharge valve of the flushing water, such as a lever and a string transmission, and an electrical switch for controlling the pump.

Claim 8

A sanitary closet according to claim 4, in which said pushbar comprises two positions of operation, the pushbar in the first position operating the mechanical actuating members for the discharge valve of the flushing member, and in the second position the pushbar additionally actuates the electrical switch for controlling the pump.

Claim 9

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flushing device for a closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a retracted rest position and an extended operatiVe position for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash lower body parts of a user, comprising: a base frame, a closet bowl connected forwardly on the frame, a flushing water tank connected on the frame rearward of the bowl, the water tank comprising first and second superposed compartments, a mechanically actuated discharge valve connected to the first compartment and a flushing water inlet pipe connected to the discharge valve and to the closet bowl for delivering flushing water from the first compartment to the bowl upon opening of the valve, a tube positioned in the first and second compartments and communicating the first compartment with the second compartment, the tube having an opening close to a bottom of the second compartment, a thermostatically controlled heating device mounted in the second compartment close to the bottom thereof, and a suction tube connected to the second compartment and having an opening submerged near an upper portion of the second compartment, water pressure generating means connected to the suction tube, a spray tube connected to the water pressure generating means, an opening in a rear side of the bowl, a movable nozzle mounted in the opening for reciprocation therethrough, the nozzle being connected to the spray tube for receiving pressurized water therefrom and for extending outward into the bowl upon receiving pressurized water from the spray tube, lower means for delivering water into the closet bowl, and actuating means for operating the flushing valve and the pressure generating means.

Claim 10

A sanitary closet of the kind having a flushing device for a closet bowl and a water spraying device movable between a retracted rest position and an extended operatiVe position for delivering a spray of preheated water to wash lower body parts of a user, comprising: a base frame, a closet bowl connected forwardly on the frame, a flushing water tank connected on the frame rearward of the bowl, the water tank comprising first and second superposed compartments, a mechanically actuated discharge valve connected to the first compartment and a flushing water inlet pipe connected to the discharge valve and to the closet bowl for delivering flushing water from the first compartment to the bowl upon opening of the valve, a tube positioned in the first and second compartments and communicating the first compartment with the second compartment, the tube having an opening close to a bottom of the second compartment, a thermostatically controlled heating device mounted in the second compartment close to the bottom thereof, and a suction tube connected to the second compartment and having an opening submerged near an upper portion of the second compartment, water pressure generating means connected to the suction tube, a spray tube connected to the water pressure generating means, an opening in a rear side of the bowl, a movable nozzle mounted in the opening for reciprocation therethrough, the nozzle being connected to the spray tube for receiving pressurized water therefrom and for extending outward into the bowl upon receiving pressurized water from the spray tube, lower means for delivering water into the closet bowl, and actuating means for operating the flushing valve and the pressure generating means.

Claim 11

A sanitary closet according to claim 6 in which said base frame has a forward extending portion partially surrounding the bowl, and wherein the bowl has a circumferential horizontal flange extending outward along an upper annular edge of the bowl, whereby the bowl is supported on the forward extending portion of said frame.

Claim 12

A sanitary closet according to claim 7 in which said forward extending frame portion includes two spaced horizontal beams and a frame member supported on the beams, said flange of the bowl resting on said frame member, and encasing panels mounted on the frame member for enclosing the bowl.

Claim 13

A sanitary closet according to claim 6 in which the water pressure generator means comprises an electrically driven pump mounted in the frame, and wherein the movable nozzle tube comprises a horizontally oriented telescoping nozzle tube for horizontal forward extension into a center of the bowl upon receiving water pressure from said pump and further comprising a spring for withdrawing a telescoping portion of the nozzle out of the bowl when the pump is turned off.

Claim 14

A sanitary closet according to claim 6 further comprising air delivery and suction conduit respectively connected with an outlet and an intake of the air blower means, and further comprising an air heating device in one conduit.

Claim 15

A sanitary closet according to claim 2, in which the connection of the air delivery and suction conduit with the blower of warm air or with the suction ventilator is controlled by a pivotable flap adapted to occupy two positions for alternately closing and opening the communication of said conduit with the air blower or with said suction ventilator.

Claim 16

A sanitary closet according to claim 11, in which said pivotable flap is held in one of its two positions by gravity and in the other position by the pressure of the air delivered by said blower.