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Touch Control Toilet Seat Device

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Assignee: CHEN DAVIDPriority: Oct 6, 2008Filed: Oct 6, 2008Published: Apr 8, 2010
Est. expiryOct 6, 2028(~2.2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:David Chen
A47K 13/24E03D 9/08A47K 13/305
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Abstract

A touch control toilet seat device includes a main body and a seat. In the main body there is a microprocessor for processing logic control of the component parts in relation to cleaning the user's body after defecation. A seat having non-contacting circuit switches and a heater element is movably hinged to the main body. The electric supply to the microprocessor is initiated when the human body moves close to the non-contacting circuit switches thereby energizing the heater element to warm up the cold water from the plumbing pipe to clean the user's contaminated part with spraying warm water.

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1 . A touch control toilet seat device comprising:
 a main body containing a microprocessor for processing and performing logic control of component parts in relation with cleaning a user's body after defecation; and   a seat movably hinged to said main body and having at least one non-contacting circuit switch equipped along an inner edge of a seat surface so as to initiate an electric supply to said microprocessor as soon as a human body being moved close to actuate said non-contacting circuit switch.   
   
   
       2 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein said slosestool further includes a cover movably hinged to said seat to cover said toilet seat device and to be lifted up in case of using said toilet seat device. 
   
   
       3 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein a heater element is attached to the inner edge of said seat surface so as to be actuated by said microprocessor which being initiated by said non-contacting circuit switch energized by approaching the human body thereby causing said heater element to warm up said seat. 
   
   
       4 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein said non-contacting circuit switch is a touch sensor. 
   
   
       5 . The toilet seat device of  claim 1 , wherein said non-contacting circuit switch can change characteristics thereof by externally adding an extra capacitor so as to obtain a different transmissibility. 
   
   
       6 . A touch control toilet seat device comprising:
 a main body containing a microprocessor for processing and performing logic control, said microprocessor manipulating a nozzle unit, a pump unit and a heat supply unit in relation with the cleaning function, said microprocessor controlling running water to be supplied from a plumbing pipe to said heat supply unit for heating, and then warmed water being pumped up to said nozzle unit by said pump unit; wherein said nozzle unit contains reciprocating nozzles to clean a user's contaminated part of body with the warm water sprayed from said nozzle after defecation;   a seat movably hinged to said main body and having at least one non-contacting circuit switch and a heater element equipped along an inner edge of a seat surface so as to initiate an electric supply to said microprocessor as soon as a human body being moved close to actuate said non-contacting circuit switch thereby energizing said heat element to warm up said seat; and   a control unit disposed aside said seat, and having several non-contacting circuit switches laid on a surface thereof and electrically in connection with said microprocessor for providing said microprocessor with control signals.   
   
   
       7 . The toilet seat device of  claim 6 , wherein said non-contacting circuit switch has a lay-in sensing electrode and an application circuit, and a surface of said application circuit is affixed with a layer of a touch induction medium. 
   
   
       8 . The toilet seat device of  claim 7 , wherein by tapping with a finger on said medium to electrically connect with said lay-in sensing electrode, information about finger position is converted into control signals of said main body or said seat. 
   
   
       9 . The toilet seat device of  claim 7 , wherein said lay-in sensing electrode is a conducting surface of a printed circuit welded board. 
   
   
       10 . The toilet seat device of  claim 7 , wherein said lay-in sensing electrode is a conductive ITO film printed on a transparent touch screen. 
   
   
       11 . The toilet seat device of  claim 6 , wherein said non-contacting circuit switch can change characteristics thereof by externally adding an extra capacitor so as to obtain a different transmissibility.

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