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URINAL WITH HYGIENIC SPRINKLER
Technical field
This invention refers to a urinal with hygienic sprinkler for personal
hygiene, operated via a
separate control.
Description of the prior art
Urinals of various shapes and sizes have been currently in use with which the
main emphasis
is laid on their use in a hygienic way, while most of the concern refers to
design of sprinklers
and cleaning devices such as various jets and sprinkler heads that can provide
for a perfect
cleaning of the urinal following the use. These are closely linked with other
mechanisms
designed for actuation of the above in form of optoelectronic sensors or
mechanical devices
operated by hand or foot, or such that are built-in the doors or door frames.
Furthermore, the
urinals are equipped with a variety of sophisticated, appropriately designed
components such
as traps for draining flush water from the urinal and preventing the
troublesome and
undesirable sanitary sewerage odour from spreading. The shape and proportions
of urinal
dimensions play a significant role, in respect of the urinal hygienic use, to
prevent the urine
from splashing back after it strikes the urinal inner surface. Because of this
the urinals that
are currently in production are of various shapes. Last but not least a
variety of designs exist,
which address the issue of fastening the shell onto the wall and/or floor.
These urinal designs,
however, fail to provide an adequate solution for a hygienic sprinkler. This
availability has
been provided so far through the use of bidets, installed separately in
toilets or bathrooms,
which require that these facilities should be of greater size. Included in the
related art are also
toilet bowls provided with personal hygiene components. The Czech utility
design No. 6812
presents the toilet bowl with a bottom complementary sprinkler. This is
positioned in a way
ensuring that the water stream is directed upwards and consists of a device
for fastening the
sprinkler arm onto the toilet bowl allowing adjusting the sprinkler head to a
standby position
under the toilet bowl seat or to a working position in the centre and of a
heated or warm water
supply facility supplying the water into the sprinkler head arm. The arm is of
a tubular shape,
and serves as the water conduit running between the seat and the bowl. The
inlet, which may
be articulated around the vertical axis, is connected to a blender fitting or
a valve.
Summary of the invention
The above shortcomings are overcome with a design solution according to this
invention the
nature of which consists in addressing the design of the pissoir with
sprinkler intended for
personal hygiene particularly for males who have undergone a medical operation
on their
phallus, but also for the use of pissoir in a conventional way. The nature of
the invention
consists of the body of the urinal itself, with the built-in attachment
components for
fastening the shell onto the wall, or another support structure, components
for draining the
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urine and flushing water from the urinal, with flushing water supply
components for flushing
and cleaning of the shell being provided in upper part of the shell. The upper
part of the urinal
also holds the hygienic sprinkler with an adjustable articulated joint and
supply of cold, hot or
lukewarm water via a blender fitting. Flushing and cleaning water is let into
the urinal by
operating the flushing and cleaning control handle or, more conveniently,
using an
optoelectronic sensor. The hygienic sprinkler is initiated with a manual
control, or with an
optoelectronic sensor responding to intentional hand motions within 5 to 40 cm
distance
adjusted in a way preventing the hygienic sprinkler mechanism from triggering
following an
incidental traverse of a person past the urinal. The controls need not be an
integrated part of
the urinal shell. The blender fitting will set an appropriate amount of cold
and hot water to
obtain the required water temperature, presetting of the blender may be manual
and/or
electronic. The hygienic sprinkler is adjustable using an articulated
attachment, while the
sprinkler head end position will be such so as to prevent the flushing water
from overflowing
the inner edge of the urinal.
Description of filzures shown in the drawings
Fig 1 shows the front view of the urinal with a hygienic sprinkler.
Fig 2 shows the side view of the urinal with a hygienic sprinkler.
Examples of the preferred embodiment of invention
The body 3 of the urinal is provided with the attachment elements 4 to provide
for fastening
of the urinal onto the wall or to some other supporting structure. In the
bottom part of the
urinal there are the drainage outlets 6 for draining the liquids from the
urinal, in the upper part
there are the water inlets 5 for supplying the water for flushing and cleaning
of the urinal. In
its upper part there is also the hygienic sprinkler 1 with an adjustable
articulated attachment 2
and water inlet for supply of the hot, cold or lukewarm water needed for
flushing and
cleaning, including a blender. The articulated attachment 2 is adjustable with
the end position
of the sprinkler being such that the water flowing into the urinal 1 is may
not overflow the
inner edges of the urinal 3. Flushing and cleaning water is let into the
urinal by operating the
flushing and cleaning control handle7 or, more conveniently, by an
optoelectronic sensor. The
hygienic sprinkler 1 is activated by means of the sprinkler control handle8
or, more
conveniently, by an optoelectronic sensor responding to intentional hand
motions within 5 to
40 cm distance, adjusted in a way preventing the hygienic sprinkler 1
mechanism from
triggering following an incidental traverse of a person past the urinal. These
controls 7, 8
need not be integrated parts of the urinal body 3.
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List of the used symbols
1 hygienic sprinkler
2 articulated attachment
3 urinal body
4 fastening elements
water inlet components
6 outlet components
7 flushing and cleaning water control
8 sprinkler control
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