Patent ID: 6584620
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A toilet ventilation system for venting toilet gases through an outlet duct from the toilet to a lavatory room vent comprising a slotted cover plate over a building duct end, the toilet including a base with a bowl within and a seat on a seat hinge and spaced apart from a toilet base rim around the toilet bowl by seat supports, the improvement comprising,a vent head having a passageway therethrough detachably mounted on the toilet base side for ease of cleaning with a head collection portion adapted to rest on the toilet rim with an opening directed toward the toilet bowl through which gases in the toilet bowl are collected into the head, the collection portion having a thin profile fitting in height between the toilet seat and the toilet base rim and in width on the toilet base side between the seat supports or a seat support and the hinge, an outlet duct providing fluid communication between the vent head and the lavatory room vent, wherein the vent head and outlet duct are detachably mounted to the toilet base without removal, replacement or modification of the toilet hinge or seat, a room vent insert to which the outlet duct is connected, mountable between the room vent cover plate and the building duct, adapted to cover and uncover cover plate slots such that when the insert is in its covered position, gas is drawn primarily from the outlet duct into the building duct and when the insert is in its uncovered position, gas is drawn primarily through slots of the cover plate, wherein the vent insert comprises a first plate having a first plurality of slots that provide airflow in cooperation with the room vent cover, a second plate opposite the first plate and having a second plurality of slots, the second plate shifting between an open position in which this second plurality of slots align with the first plurality of slots of the first plate and a closed position in which the second plurality of slots do not align, the cover plate then covering the first plurality of slots effectively stopping air flow through the room vent cover, and wherein the vent insert comprises a battery-operated solenoid actuated remotely that operationally shifts the second plate relative to the first plate.