Toilet apparatus with automatic self-cleaning means

Claim 2

In a toilet apparatus having self-cleaning means including the ejection of fluid against a bowl rim surface or a seat member surface, a sealing assembly for preventing escape of said fluid from a chamber formed by said bowl, said seat member, and a cover member, said assembly comprising a housing fixed to the exterior of said bowl proximate said rim surface, and a slide member disposed in said housing, said slide member being selectively moveable to a first position in said housing in which said slide member is removed from said rim surface and to a second position extending from said housing in which an upper surface of said slide member abuts an undersurface of said cover member to effect a seal therebetween.

Claim 3

The toilet apparatus according to claim 1 including a projection extending inwardly of said housing from a vertical wall thereof, said slide member having elongated slot means therein, said projection extending through said slot means such that a portion of said projection is disposed in said slide member dividing said slide member into upper and lower chambers, an inflatable upper tube disposed in said upper chamber, an inflatable lower tube disposed in said lower chamber, and means for selectively inflating one of said tubes while deflating the other of said tubes, whereby to move said slide member in said housing selectively downwardly to said first position removed from said rim surface, or upwardly to said second position in which said upper surface of said slide member abuts said undersurface of said cover member to effect said seal therebetween.