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Self-cleaning sanitation module incorporating a tilting back

US5090069A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 4, 1989
Grant dateFeb 25, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 4, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S4/02
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A self-cleaning sanitation module comprises a toilet pan movable between a use position and a cleaning position in which it is behind a separating wall. A back is provided movable between two positions, a use position and a cleaning position in which the back in disposed vertically above the pan. The displacement of the pan and the back between their use position and their cleaning position is performed in such a way that there is always a very small gap between the back and the pan.

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