Odorless toilet

Abstract

An apparatus for preventing objectionable odors from escaping from a toilet bowl consisting of an air-tight seal between the toilet seat and the bowl rim, an air-tight seal between the flush tank and its cover, and a blower that exhausts gases from the toilet bowl through the water apertures in the bowl rim into the flush tank and from there to a point outside the bathroom.

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       9 . In a toilet including a bowl with a rim thereon and a seat engaging the rim, the rim having a plurality of apertures communicating with the bowl and a manifold communicating with the apertures, and also having a water tank with a cover and a flush tube communicating with the manifold, the toilet residing in a bathroom having a ceiling and a crawlspace above the ceiling and walls with joist spaces communicating with the crawlspace, and a sewer vent pipe in the walls, an improved apparatus for preventing objectionable odors from escaping from toilet bowl, the apparatus comprising: 
 (a) an air-tight seal between the toilet seat and the bowl rim;    (b) an air-tight seal between the water tank and the cover; and    (c) a blower communicating with the flush tube and adapted to pull gases from the bowl through the apertures, the manifold, and the flush tube, wherein the tank is specially manufactured to hold the blower and to connect to the vent.    
   
   
       10 . In a toilet including a bowl with a rim thereon and a seat engaging the rim, the rim having a plurality of apertures communicating with the bowl and a manifold communicating with the apertures, the toilet residing in a bathroom having walls and a sewer vent pipe in the walls, an improved apparatus for preventing objectionable odors from escaping from the toilet bowl, the apparatus comprising: 
 (a) an air-tight seal between the toilet seat and the bowl rim;    (b) an exhaust duct communicating with the manifold; and    (c) a blower communicating with the exhaust duct and adapted to pull gases from the bowl through the apertures, the manifold, and the exhaust duct to the sewer vent pipe.    
   
   
       11 . The apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the exhaust duct further comprises a vent pipe attached to the water feed pipe of a commercial toilet.