Self-cleaning public toilet and corresponding safety equipment

a technology for public toilets and toilets, applied in the field of self-cleaning public toilets, can solve the problems of toilet systems that do not respect effective safety rules, the cost of cleaning and drying systems is high, and the management costs are significantly increased, so as to achieve the effect of safe use and simple managemen

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-01-08
ECO PROGRAM
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[0014]Consequently, forming the main subject of the present invention is to provide a s

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(1) the systems of cleaning and drying are costly and difficult to maintain;
(2) the toilet systems are subject to frequent acts of vandalism, which considerably raise the costs of management thereof; and
(3) the toilet systems do not respect effective rules as regards safety, both in terms of the aspects regarding safe opening of the exit door or as regards possible moving devices within the toilet itself.
In effect, in the past, there have occurred events, including even tragic ones, in which the exit door failed to open for a wide range of reasons, or else the users were injured by mobile washing devices present inside

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[0027]In FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, designated as a whole by 10 is a self-cleaning toilet forming the subject of the present invention.

[0028]The self-cleaning toilet 10 comprises a substantially parallelepipedal load-bearing structure 11, obtained with traditional systems.

[0029]The load-bearing structure 11 delimits, with its walls 12, 13, 14, and 15, an internal space RM of use designed to house the toilet facilities, as will be described hereinafter.

[0030]In fact, the internal space RM houses in a known way a toilet bowl 16, set up against the wall 13, and a wash-basin 17, resting on the wall 15 opposite to the wall 13.

[0031]The load-bearing structure 11 is equipped with a hydraulic technical space HTS external to the space RM and in effect constituting the aforesaid wall 15. The hydraulic technical space HTS is designed to contain hydraulic equipment (not illustrated), which has the purpose of sending water to the toilet bowl 16, to the wash-basin 17, and to the washing system (see ...

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Abstract

A self-cleaning public toilet comprising a safety and alarm system. The safety and alarm system includes a plurality of load cells that weigh the user who has entered a space; a photoelectric-sensor device, for detecting the presence or otherwise of a person in the space during washing and drying of the inside of the toilet; and at least one pressure switch located in a pneumatic system for supply of a pneumatic cylinder that actuates a rotating arm for cleaning a toilet bowl.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to a self-cleaning public toilet and to the corresponding safety equipment.[0003]More in particular, the present invention regards a self-cleaning public toilet in which washing and drying of the toilet is carried out automatically after each individual use.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]In towns, there is a more and more widespread use of self-cleaning public toilets to be installed in a fixed way in public places, or else in a removable way on the occasion of events (sports events, concerts, etc.) in which large crowds of people gather.[0006]In the past, the use of self-cleaning toilets of this type has highlighted different problems, which can be summarized as follows:[0007](1) the systems of cleaning and drying are costly and difficult to maintain;[0008](2) the toilet systems are subject to frequent acts of vandalism, which considerably raise the costs of management thereo...

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IPC IPC(8): A47K4/00
CPCE04H1/1216E03D9/002
Inventor FELTRI, PAOLO
Owner ECO PROGRAM
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