Title: Water closet seat warmer and ventilator

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1. A water closet comprising a closet chamber and a closet seat having wings, said wings having front tip portions and rear portions, said rear portions joined together forming an integral closet seat, said water closet further including right and left mounting means for attaching the rear portion of said wings to said closet chamber, said water closet also including a cover for said closet seat, said mounting means pivotally mounting said cover thereupon, said improvement comprising:

a warm air source;

a vacuum source;

suction passageway means for connecting a plurality of suction ports along said wings, between said tip and said rear portions, with said mounting means;

suction connecting means for connecting, through said mounting means, said suction passageway means with said vacuum source;

closet seat warming means comprising at least one passageway in each wing, from the rear portion of the wing to the front tip thereof, said passageway connected to said suction passageway means at said tip; and

warm connection means for connecting said seat warming means with said warm air source, said warm connection means comprising a pivotal connection between said warm air source and said seat warming means permitting the flow of warm air therethrough regardless of the position of said seat allowing said seat to be quickly warmed while at the same time conducting odors and foul air associated therewith from said water closet chamber through said suction ports and into said vacuum source.

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Inventors: Kurataro, Kuze

Application Number: 714836
Filing Date: 1976-08-16
Publication_date: 1978-02-07
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 4/217 4/DIG6
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

929079	Jul, 1909	Cresse	4/DIG.
1839156	Dec, 1931	Lumpkin	4/DIG.
2172506	Sep, 1939	Gerger	4/217.
2240094	Apr, 1941	Foreman	4/217.
2849727	Sep, 1958	Bollinger et al.	4/217.
2875450	Mar, 1959	Umann	4/DIG.
3154793	Nov, 1964	Congdon	4/DIG.
3594826	Jul, 1971	Maurer	4/7.
3953901	May, 1976	Poister et al.	4/217.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Aegerter, Richard E.
Assistant Examiner: Levy, Stuart S.
Attorney: Holman & Stern