Patent ID: 8214930

Claim:
An odor removal apparatus for a toilet bowl, the odor removal apparatus comprising: a toilet tank having an internal cavity for holding flesh flush water coupled to the toilet bowl; the toilet tank having a bottom section with an outlet port into the toilet bowl; the toilet bowl having a seat situated above a rim having a circumference with a plurality of holes surrounding therein; the toilet bowl and the toilet tank in fluid communication through a flush channel aligned below the outlet port and extending laterally into the plurality of holes along the rim of the toilet bowl; an air flow passage having an upper end starting at the flush channel and extending downward to a terminating end at a siphon leading to a sewer opening located through a floor into a connected sewer pipe; a combination solenoid disposed within the internal cavity of the tank; the combination solenoid having an upper solenoid disposed directly above a lower solenoid; a flush valve consisting of a flush tower and the upper solenoid positioned directly above a flush valve body; the flush tower encapsulating the upper solenoid and the flush valve body; an air flow valve consisting of the lower solenoid, a stopper, and the flush valve body; the lower solenoid situated within the flush valve body and directly connected to the stopper disposed at an entrance opening between the flush channel and the air flow passage; a motorized fan encapsulated by a supporting structure mounted at the entrance opening between the flush channel and the air flow passage below the stopper, a controller mechanism mounted on the tank or externally near the tank and in electronic communication with the combination solenoid for controlling an open and close position of the flush valve and the air flow valve; when a user sits on the seat, the controller mechanism adapted to send a signal to the lower solenoid wherein the stopper is raised to open the air flow valve causing the motorized fan is automatically start such that the odorous air is drawn into the air flow passage through the flush channel into the sewer pipe; when the user gets off the seat, the controller mechanism adapted to terminate the signal to the lower solenoid wherein the stopper is lowered closing the air flow valve causing the motorized fan is automatically stop; and simultaneously, when the user gets off the seat, the controller mechanism is adapted to send a signal to the upper solenoid wherein the flush valve is opened causing the flush tower to be raised above the flush valve body such that the flush water enters the toiled bowl.