Ventilating toilet seat

Claim 1

A ventilating toilet seat comprising in combination: a toilet bowl; a water tank positioned adjacent to said toilet bowl; a toilet seat positioned on said toilet bowl and rotatably hinged thereon, said toilet seat having an interior chamber therein; ventilation ducts extending from said interior chamber to said toilet bowl, said ventilation ducts comprising openings in forward and rearward portions of said toilet seat; dual vacuum ducts attached to each end of the rear portion of said toilet seat and in communication with each end of the rear portion of said interior chamber; each of said vacuum ducts being integrally formed at the rear portion of said toilet seat and extending upwardly and outwardly from said toilet seat in a direction towards the rear of said toilet bowl and being located outwardly of the toilet seat hinge whereby said toilet seat may be rotated without interference by said dual vacuum ducts; dual flexible hoses attached to each of said dual vacuum ducts; a vacuum producing device attached to said dual flexible hoses, said vacuum producing device comprising a housing positioned beneath said water tank, said housing having an enclosed, arcuate generally U-shaped exhaust chamber having opposed portions and an electric motor centrally positioned in an enclosed housing portion between the legs of said U-shaped exhaust chamber, a pair of cylindrical rotating vanes extending outwardly from said electric motor in opposite direction and are rotated by said electric motor, each of said cylindrical rotating vanes being positioned within and closely fitting one of the legs of said U-shaped exhaust chamber, each of said cylindrical vanes being axially aligned with the other cylindrical vane and said electric motor; dual intake tubes integrally formed on and extending outwardly from the legs of the U-shaped housing of the vacuum producing device, each of said dual intake tubes being axially aligned with said rotating cylindrical vanes and attached to said dual flexible hoses, an exhaust duct integrally formed on and extending outwardly from said housing, said exhaust duct being centrally located between the legs of said U-shaped exhaust chamber and in axially alignment with said electric motor, exhaust tube connected with said exhaust duct and extending therefrom; a time switch positioned within said toilet seat, in contact with said toilet bowl, electrically connected to said vacuum producing device and adapted to activate said vacuum producing device, said time switch being a seat activated time switch with means to remain in the "on" position for a period of time after release of said time switch.