Patent Application
20210101106
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The disclosure relates to purification devices and more particularly pertains to a new purification device for maintaining a clean smelling bathroom.
The prior art relates to purification devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing that defines an interior space. A coupler that is coupled to the housing is configured to selectively couple to a tank of a toilet to couple the housing to the tank. A pump and a filter are coupled to the housing and are positioned in the interior space. An opening that is positioned in the housing is configured to vent the interior space. A tube is coupled to and extends from the housing to a bowl of the toilet. The pump is configured to draw air from the bowl through the tube. The filter is configured to absorb malodorous compounds in the air to purify the air to maintain a clean smell in proximity to the toilet.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A coupler 16 that is coupled to the housing 12 is configured to selectively couple to a tank 18 of a toilet 20 to couple the housing 12 to the tank 18. The coupler 16 may comprise a hook 22 that is coupled to and extends from a top 24 of the housing 12, as shown in
A pump 28 and a filter 30 are coupled to the housing 12 and are positioned in the interior space 14. An opening 32 that is positioned in the housing 12 is configured to vent the interior space 14. The opening 32 may be positioned in the top 24 of the housing 12, as shown in
A tube 40 is coupled to and extends from the housing 12 to a bowl 42 of the toilet 20, as shown in
The filter 30 is permeated with an aroma compound 44 so that the filter 30 is configured to release the aroma compound 44 into the air that passes through the filter 30 to freshen the air.
The filter 30 may be positioned between the pump 28 and the opening 32, as shown in
A pipe 46 is coupled to and extends bidirectionally from the tube 40 distally from the pump 28, as shown in
A fastener 52 that is coupled to the pipe 46 is configured to selectively couple to the seat of the toilet 20 to couple the pipe 46 to the seat of the toilet 20. Alternatively, the fastener 52 can be used to couple the pipe 46 to a lip of the bowl 42. The fastener 52 may comprise an adhesive 54, as shown in
A battery 58 is coupled to the housing 12 and is positioned in the interior space 14. The battery 58 is operationally coupled to the pump 28 so that the battery 58 is positioned to selectively power the pump 28.
A switch 60 that is coupled to the housing 12 is operationally coupled to the battery 58 and the pump 28. The switch 60 is configured to be switched to selectively couple the pump 28 to the battery 58. The switch 60 may be slide-switch type, as shown in
A grate 62 is selectively couplable to the housing 12 to screen the opening 32, as shown in
In use, a user simply switches the switch 60 upon entering the bathroom to use the toilet 20. The pump 28 draws the air from the bowl 42 and pushes the air through the filter 30, which absorbs the malodorous compounds in the air and releases the aroma compound 44 so that the air is both purified and freshened before exiting the housing 12 through the opening 32.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
