US2774078A - Bidet seat - Google Patents

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Filed Dec. 35, 1954 N. PAZOS 2,774,078

BIDET SEAT 2 Sheets-Sheet l D IN VENTOR fVzca/aafiazaa Dec. 18, 1956 N. PAZOS 2,774,073

BIDET SEAT Filed Dec. 13,1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 United States Patent BIDET SEAT Nicolas Pazos, Havana, Cuba Application December 13, 1954, Serial No. 474,768

3 Claims. (Cl. 4-7) This invention relates to bidet seat for water-closet bowls and its main object is to provide the seat of the bowl with a complete bidet service comprising cold and hot water supply to a douche member which in its inoperative position is arranged nnder the lower face of the seat, and once the person seated thereon has used the water closet service and wishes to use the douche, same is moved into operative position towards the center of the bowl, and cold and/ or hot water combined flushes through the nozzle of the douche at will of the user, the douche being maintained in that operative position while the user is seated by virtue of a spring device in contact between the seat and the bowl, but which on being released when the person leaves the seat, automatically returns the douche to its inoperative position under the seat and the water flow is stopped.

With this object in view the invention consists of the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will appear in the following specification and recited in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which the same reference numerals indicate the same parts throughout the various figures, and in which:

Fig. 1 is an upper plan view of the bidet seat arranged on the water closet bowl, showing in dotted lines the douche member in its operative and inoperative positions.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged partial cross vertical section on line 2-2, of Fig. 1 in the operative position of the douche member, that is, when the user is seated and the inlet of water is opened.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the douche tube in its inoperative position, and in dotted line when swung to its operative position.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that of Fig. 2 in the inoperative position of the douche, that is, when the user has left the seat and the inlet of water is closed.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the bowl with the bidet seat in its inoperative position, showing in dotted lines the seat resting on the bowl and the position assumed by the douche member when same is to be used.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section across the hinged leaf of the block to which the rear portion of the seat is secured, showing the toothed bar for manually operating the douche member to its operative position.

Fig. 7 is a partial plan view of the block to which the seat is hinged and of the spring actuated douche member 7 2,774,078 Patented Dec. 18, 1956 dotted lines the position of the rod when the end of the latch is inserted on the groove; and

Fig. 10 is a cross section view of the rod mounted on its sliding guide and the retaining latch in its position inserted in the groove of the rod.

Referring to the drawings, 1 the upper edge of the water closet bowl on whose plane rear base 2 is mounted the metal block 3 having an upper horizontal forwardly projecting leaf 4 and two lower forwardly projecting shoulders 4 which are secured by means of screws 5 to the rear upper and lower faces respectively of the seat 6, the block being hinged to the pipe for cold and hot water 7 and 8, provided with hole 3' for the inlet of water to the block, and having cut-off valves not shown, which pipe is fixed by the collars 9 and 10, the whole being secured to the base 2 of the rear part of bowl 1 by the supports 11 and 12. I

Block 3 is provided with a downwardly directed vertical conduit 13 (Figs. 2 and 4) and at the rear part of the block facing the lower portion of said conduit 13 there is provided a threaded opening for receiving a threaded plug 14 provided at its inner end face with a packing 15 acting as a butt to the inner end of the douche pipe 16, which is slidably mounted on a guide formed by an annular edge 17 and an annular recess 18 of an aperture in the front part of the block 3 for slidably receiving the end portion of the douche pipe 16, thus forming a sealing closure by means of the stufiing-box 19 lodged in said recess.

Around the douche pipe is coiled a spring 20 having a bent end secured to the lower face of the seat and its other end is inserted in a hole 21 of a bracket hoop 22 tightly mounted on the douche pipe 16 and being provided at its periphery with a cam stop of inclined plane 23 facing a similar cam stop 24 integrally connected to a shoulder 25 formed on the outer face of block 3, the bracket hoop being formed by the annular base of 'arm 26 of the geared sector 27 adapted to mesh with a toothed portion 28 of the hand rod 29 which is slidable mounted on a forked support 30, the opposite end of the hand rod being provided with a spherical handle 31. 7

Block 3 is provided with an arm 23' acting as'a catch to the cam stop having a helicoidal surface so that the douche pipe 16 may not draw back more than what it is necessary.

The douche pipe 16 is straight at its end portion adjacent the block 3 and curved at its opposite end, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be accommodated under the lower face of the seat, but on pulling outwardly the rod 29 by means of the handle 31, causing the geared sector 27 to rotate to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 6, the curved portion of tube 16 carrying at its end the spray ing nozzle 32 is moved to its operative position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3.

Seat 6 has at its lower face at a side thereof in its rear portion a recess 33 in which it is fixed the upper end of a strong coil spring 34 whose opposite end is fixed to the long plane arm 35 of an angular lever of unequal arm-s, said long arm 35 carrying at its end a spherical rubber butt 36 contacting with the upper edge of the bowl 2, the lever being mounted on a horizontally pivoting pin 37 supported on two lugs 38 pending from a supporting plate 39 which secured by screw 40 to the upper face of seat 6 turns down over the rear end of the seat and extends forwardly underneath the lower face thereof, the short arm 41 of the lever being forked and fitting between the two lugs 38 of said supporting plate 39 and embracing an angular rod-like latch 42 provided with a stop collar 43 beyond an inverted U shaped member 44 having eyelets through which pass the horizontal branch of latch 42, which is slidable mounted through holes formed in lugs. 45 and 46 pending from plate 39, there being coiled on latch 42 a coiled spring 47, which at one end bears against the U-shaped member 44 and. at the opposite end. on the. cotter pin.

35.4-1', and the, U; member 44 pushes outwardly the spring. 47} thus, causing latch 4-2 to slide out somewhat thereby preparing the angular branch of the latch 42 for being lodgedin groove 49 of rod 29 as. soon, as said groove facesv the angular; branch of the latch 42, when the person seated on the seat 6 pulls out rod 29. by grasping with his hand the spherical handle. 31, which will cause the simultaneous rotation of the geared sector 27, and owing to the action of the cam stop 23 rotating in contact with the stationary cam stop 24, the bracket hoop 2 2 is caused to draw back together with the geared sector 27 against the elastic tension of spring 29, which causes the drawback of the open end of the douche pipe 16 separating same from packing connected to plug 14, whereby the water entering into block 3 throughthe pipe 7-8 which constitutes the shaft on which. hinges the block 3, flows through hole 3 and vertical conduit 13 into the douche pipe 16 simultaneously with the rotation of same in an angle of 90 by virtue of similar rotation of the geared sector 27 to which it is connected and the water flushes up throughthe spraying nozzle 32; but when the person leaves the seat and the pressure on spring 34 ceases, the seat will reassume the inoperative position indicated in Fig. 5, the lever 3541 and the angular latch 42 going back to the position shown in Fig. 8, the. geared sector 27 will be rotated back-by the spring, 2.9, the cam stop 23 returning to its normal position sliding on the stationary cam stop 24', whereby the. douche tube 16 advances again until its end butts against the packing is connected to plug 14 thus closing the water supply to the douche tube, which turns back to its inoperative position under seat 6 as indicated in-Figs. 2 and 4, thus automatically closing the flow of water to the douche even if the user forgets to cutoil the supply of water to pipe 73 by closing the valves not shown.

The cold water supply may be taken from that of the water closet and the hot water from the nearest pipe, so that it may not be necessary to break the floor for underground connections.

While the invention is shown as applied to a bowl of the type provided with a rear portion having holes for inserting thereto the bolts for securing the seat, it is obvious that the invention can also be applied to such other types of bowls having an integral seat by securing the block and other parts thereof in any conventional manner to the back portion or" such other types of bowls.

It is likewise obvious that the form, proportion, and details of construction may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention, as defined in the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a bidet seat connected to a block hinged to a shaft secured to the rear portion of a water closet bowl, said shaft being a pipe and serving as a water inlet, a douche pipe having an open end slidably mounted through an opening in the block, said douche pipe having its open end adapted for fitting against packing fixedlylocated within the block, the said open end of the douche pipe being straight and rotatably mounted in the block and the opposite end terminating in a spray nozzle and being curved. to follow the contour of the seat, a spring 4 coiled around the douchepipe, a geared sector secured to the straight portion of said douche pipe, said spring having one end secured under the seat and the other end secured to the geared sector and being under tension to normally rotate the curved portion of said douche pipe beneath the seat and urge the open end of the douche pipe into sealed engagement with said packing, a hand actuated rod slidably mounted on the block and provided with teeth at a portion thereof meshing with said sector, the block and a portion of the geared sector having cam surfaces thereon, which, when the geared sect-or is rotated cause the same to raw back with the douche pipe pressing the said spring and unseating the open end of the douche pipe from the packing while the curved end of the douche pipe is swung from beneath the seat so that the spray nozzle is in operative position.

2. In a bidet seat as defined in claim 1, wherein latch means is provided for holding said rod in the operative position and for releasing the same when aperson leaves the seat, said means comprising an angular lever of unequal arms pivotally mounted under the seat, and whose longer arm is connected to the end of a coiled spring inserted at one end in a recess in the lower face of theseat and terminated at its other end in a spherical rubber butt resting on the upper edge of the bowl, the shorter arm of the lever forming a fork which embraces an angular rodlike latch slidably supported on lugs pending from a supporting plate fixed beneath one side of the seat and from which projects a horizontal fork which slidably supports the toothed rod, a coil spring surrounding said latch and tensioned between an inverted U-shaped member connected to the short arm of the lever and a stop on saidlatch to bias said latch against the rod when a person is on the seat, said rod having a groove adapted to receive the latch and to thereby retain the rodv in itsoutwardly extended position while the person is seated and has pulled out the. rod, thus, maintaining the water supply to the douche while same is in its operative position, said lever being actuated by the spring disposed between such lever and the seat, when the person leaves the seat, to swing the shorter arm of the lever and its associated U- shaped member away from the latch to relieve the tension on the spring coiled about said latch and disengage said latch from said rod.

3. In a bidet seat connected to a block hinged to a shaft secured tov the rear portion of a water closet bowl, said shaft being a pipe serving as a water inlet, a douche pipe having a straight end and its remaining portion curved and terminating. in a spraying nozzle, the straight portion being slidably and rotatably mounted in the block, the open end. of the douche pipe being adapted for fitting against a packing connected toa plug threaded in an opening in the wall opposite the opening through which the douche pipe projects, a spring coiled around the straight portion of the douche pipe, a geared sector secured to the straight portion of the douche pipe, said spring having one end secured under the seat and the other end secured to the annular base of the geared sector and being under tension tov normally. rotate the curved portion of the douche pipe beneath the seat and urged the openxend of the douche pipe into sealed engagement Withsaid'packing, a toothed rod slidably mounted on the seat and having a groove therein, an angular latch having one arm slidably mounted underneath the seat and another arm extending vertically to engage in said groove, an angular lever pivotally mounted on the seat and having unequal length arms, a spring inserted in the lower face of the seat engaging the longer arm of said lever and terminating in a spherical buttresting on the upper edge of the bowl; so that when a person is seated, the lever is pivoted against the tension of .the last mentioned spring, a spring coiled about said slidably mounted latch arm, and disposed between an abutment on the latch andthe shorter arm of 5 6 said lever so that when a person is seated, the latch is latch to retract the latter from said rod when the person resiliently urged against the rod and seats in the groove, leaves the seat. a pair of earn elements, one secured to the block and the other connected to the geared sector, said cam surfaces Refefellcfis Cited in the file Of this Patent being cooperative to disengage the open end of the douche 5 UNITED STATES P S pipe from the packing when the sector is rotated by the rod, and means on said lever and engageable with said 53119 Cralgie 1866

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