Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toilet and operation thereof
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Application No.: US16081133Application Date: 2017-03-01
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Publication No.: US10729290B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Leon Brett Matthew Williams , Jake Aaron Larsson , Ross Cochrane Tierney , Matthew Spencer Collins
- Applicant: CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: GB Cranfield Bedfordshire
- Assignee: Cranfield University
- Current Assignee: Cranfield University
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cranfield Bedfordshire
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@51f42fc3
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/054820 WO 20170301
- International Announcement: WO2017/149036 WO 20170908
- Main IPC: A47K11/02
- IPC: A47K11/02 ; E03D11/12 ; E03D11/10

Abstract:
A toilet is disclosed, having a bowl (400) for receiving human waste and a wiper (402). The bowl (400) is moveable between a waste receiving position and a waste emptied position. This movement is provided based on a waste emptying actuation by a user of the toilet. The wiper (402) is movable to remove residual waste from an inside surface of the bowl (400) by wiping the inside surface of the bowl (400). The movement of the wiper (402) is coupled to the movement of the bowl (400), the wiper (402) being configured to move during the movement of the bowl (400), for at least a part of the movement of the bowl (400) between the waste receiving position and the waste emptied position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190014958A1 TOILET AND OPERATION THEREOF Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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