Global Patent Index - EP 2239380 A3

EP 2239380 A3 20121031 - Ventilated toilet

Title (en)

Ventilated toilet

Title (de)

Belüftete Toilette

Title (fr)

Toilettes ventilées

Publication

EP 2239380 A3 20121031 (EN)

Application

EP 10159516 A 20100409

Priority

US 42201309 A 20090410

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2239380A2] A ventilated toilet includes a toilet bowl having flush holes disposed around a rim of the toilet bowl for discharging water into the toilet bowl, a holding tank for containing a volume of water sufficient to cause the toilet to flush when the volume of water is discharged into the toilet bowl, a flush and refill mechanism for flushing and then refilling the toilet, the flush mechanism controlling a flush valve that covers a drain in a bottom of the holding tank. The toilet also includes a water feed conduit connecting the drain to the holes around the rim of the bowl. A motion-sensitive switch is connected to a movable portion of the flush and refill mechanism for controlling an air ventilation fan that draws malodorous air from the toilet bowl through the flush holes and conduit and then through an air outlet in the toilet bowl.

IPC 8 full level

E03D 9/05 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

E03D 9/05 (2013.01 - EP US); E03D 2201/40 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA ME RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2239380 A2 20101013; EP 2239380 A3 20121031; CA 2699613 A1 20101010; CA 2699613 C 20130611; CA 2810297 A1 20101010; CA 2810297 C 20141223; JP 2010285863 A 20101224; US 2010257667 A1 20101014

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 10159516 A 20100409; CA 2699613 A 20100409; CA 2810297 A 20100409; JP 2010090996 A 20100410; US 42201309 A 20090410