Patent ID: 8205275
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
1. An external automatic flush helper comprising: a housing having an opening; fixing means for fixing the housing onto an outside of a toilet tank having a button; a DC power supply provided within the housing; a controller provided within the housing and powered by the DC power supply; an infrared sensor and a motor provided within the housing and connected with the controller, and an actuating mechanism provided within the housing and connected with the motor, comprising an end actuator, wherein the end actuator of the actuating mechanism is arranged in alignment with the button of the toilet tank, and the end actuator is actuated and moves out of the opening in the housing when a user status is detected by the infrared sensor and thus presses the button of the toilet tank, wherein the external automatic flush helper forms an independent structure and does not change an original structure of the toilet tank.