Patent ID: 6769140
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A toilet seat having an opening providing access through the toilet seat, said toilet seat being provided with a cleansing facility, said cleansing facility comprising an arm supported at a one end thereof by said toilet seat at one side of the periphery of the opening, said one end being supported from the toilet seat by a mounting which enables the arm to be capable of substantially longitudinal movement along a path which is substantially parallel with the central fore and aft axis of the toilet seat, said mounting also enabling pivotal movement of the arm between a stored position at which the arm lies within or closely adjacent an inner periphery of the toilet seat and an active position at which the arm extends laterally from the inner periphery of the toilet seat across the opening such that its other end lies generally in the region of the central fore and aft axis of the toilet seat, the arm being capable of said longitudinal movement when in the active position, said arm comprising a water supply duct adapted to receive water from a water delivery means, the water supply duct terminating at the other end of the arm as a water outlet, the water outlet being directed upwardly when the arm is in its active position, said arm further comprising a first air supply duct adapted to receive air from an air delivery means, the first air supply duct terminating at the other end of the arm as an air outlet, the air outlet being directed upwardly when the arm is in its active position, said cleansing facility having a control means operatively associated with a drive means and the water delivery means, said control means being adapted to cause activation of the drive means to cause the arm to move from its stored position to its active position, to move along the path to one or more locations along the path, to cause activation of the water delivery means to enable the delivery of water from the water outlet when at the one or more locations, wherein the water supply duct and the first air supply duct are disposed substantially parallel to each other and the cross-sectional dimension of the first air supply duct is greater than the cross-sectional dimension of the water supply duct.