Introduction
The past decade has seen the rapid change on sanitary products with the emphasis on water conservation and user comfort. Toilets, as one of the basic necessities, have also experience a revolutionary change from squatting style to sitting ones. However, a major health problem is the unsanitary toilet seat which cannot be sterilized immediately after every use. Provided with unpleasant splash on the toilet seat, users will have unsatisfied experience and be exposed to many infectious diseases. So far, few solutions, whose costs are relatively high, are only implemented in upscale office buildings and hotels. Therefore, one important motivation driving design efforts is to invent affordable self-cleaning products. This report describes an innovation on toilet seat named ‘mechanical toilet sanitizer’ by applying an automatic water flushing mechanism to it. Review on the existing solutions will first be provided, followed by a detailed description. Feasibility and benefits of this project will then be discussed.
Background and literature review
Currently there are two solutions on cleaning the toilet seat, namely seat covering method and circular cleaning method.
The seat covering method applies a one-off seat cover on the seat ring, which will automatically be deposed and renewed after every use [1]. The cleaning cover is usually a plastic membrane or fabric. This method inherently ensures qualified sanitation degree because it efficiently blocks human excreta from users. In addition, its daily maintenance procedure is simple and the mechanism presents stability. However, with high user flow, the expense of the cover cloth will soar. More importantly, numerous solid wastes formed from the deposed seat cover are hard t...
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... maintain a comfortable restroom environment. The working function is with the additional water flushing mechanism on the toilet seat ring, users will have a pleasant experience when sitting on a sterile toilet. With simplified design and stable operation, the sanitizer minimizes the cost and the entire product is eco-friendly as well as energy efficient.
Works Cited
[1] Z.Zhang, ‘Disposable toilet seat cleaning laying cloth’, SIPO patent: CN201098075 Y, issued date August 13, 2008. Available: http://www.google.com/patents/CN201098075Y?cl=en&hl=zh-CN
[2] C.Li, ‘Automatic toilet seat cleaning device’, SIPO patent: CN2713029 Y, issued date July 27, 2005. Available: http://www.google.com/patents/CN2713029Y?cl=en&hl=zh-CN
[3] Dettol®(2012). DETTOL Disinfectant Liquid [Online]. Available: http://www.dettol.co.uk/products-for-your-home-bathroom-disinfecting-liquid
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