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Electric toilet

US6052836A · kind A · utility

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6References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 1999
Grant dateApr 25, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 21, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A50/30
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electric toilet comprising a cabinet or housing (10), an opening (16) in the top side of the cabinet, a lid (14) assigned to the opening (14), an upper bowl (18) arranged inside the opening, which bowl is openable downwards, a combustion chamber (32) arranged beneath the upper bowl (18) with a combustion space (34) and provided with an opening (36) directed upwards, assigned to which opening is a lid (38), heating coils (44) arranged in the combustion space (34) and an evacuation device (48, 50, 52) connected to the combustion space (34). The invention is characterized in that at least the combustion space's (34) lower part is formed principally spherically and that the heating coils (44) are arranged in the upper part of the combustion space round its circumference.

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