Sanitary toilet seat

Abstract

An energy saving and intelligent electronic sanitary seat comprises a hinge base, a seat portion, a temperature controlling unit, a germicidal device, a control unit, a sensing unit, a hydroelectric unit and a thermoelectric unit. The seat portion includes an upper and lower seat plates. Said germicidal device consists of a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which can emit ultraviolet light, a ventilation system and a photocatalytic layer. Said sensing unit comprises of two infrared sensors and two pressure monitoring devices. The hydroelectric unit consists of a first and second hydroelectric generators provided respectively about an inlet and outlet of a water tank of a toilet.

1 . A sanitary toilet seat comprises of:
 A hinge base having a first compartment defined therein;   A seat portion having a second and a third compartments jointed with said hinge base;   A temperature controlling unit is provided at a top of an inner side of said second compartment;   A germicidal device provided within said third compartment;   A control unit connected electrically with said temperature controlling and germicidal devices is provided within said first compartment;   A sensing unit connected electrically with said control unit is provided within said seat portion;   A hydroelectric unit connected electrically with said control unit is provided within a water tank; and   A thermoelectric unit connected electrically with said control unit is provided within said second compartment, facing said temperature controlling unit;   Said seat portion includes a top seat plate and a bottom seat plate mounted on a transparent plate;   Said germicidal device consists essentially of a plurality of ultraviolet Light Emitting Diodes (LED) disposed within said third compartment and facing the transparent plate; at least one ventilation device provided within said third compartment for transmitting air into the seat portion; and a photocatalytic layer applied onto said ventilation device;   Said sensing unit includes two infrared sensors provided respectively on both ends of said first compartment and two pressure monitoring devices provided respectively about both ends of said seat portion where are jointed with the hinge base;   Said hydroelectric unit comprises of a first hydroelectric generator provided at an inlet of the water tank and a second hydroelectric generator provided at an outlet of said water tank.   
     
     
         2 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said control unit further includes a power cable whose one end connected electrically with the control unit and another end is exposed from said hinge base to connect a mains supply. 
     
     
         3 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said control unit is further connected with an electric power accumulator which storing the electricity generated by the hydroelectric and thermoelectric units. 
     
     
         4 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said electric power accumulator is a battery or a super capacity. 
     
     
         5 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said temperature controlling unit is a resistance heater, a carbon fiber electric cord, or an infrared heating tube. 
     
     
         6 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a heat resisting sleeve is provided onto said temperature controlling unit. 
     
     
         7 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a metallic heat dissipating plate is attached at a bottom of said thermoelectric unit. 
     
     
         8 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said thermoelectric unit is a thermoelectric board made of semi conductor. 
     
     
         9 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said thermoelectric unit is a dual-metallic thermoelectric board. 
     
     
         10 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said hinge base consists of a hinge recess for jointing the seat portion and a substrate for receiving the control unit. 
     
     
         11 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of frontal air pores are defined on a frontal side of an inner rim of the seat portion and a plurality of rear air pores are defined on a rear side of side inner rim. 
     
     
         12 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 11 , wherein each frontal and rear air pore is engaged with a waterproof film to avoid water entering inside of the seat portion. 
     
     
         13 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein a lid is mounted onto said seat portion. 
     
     
         14 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said first hydroelectric generator comprises of a casing, a rotating wheel provided axially within said casing, a plurality of permanent magnets stacked up inside said wheel, a rotor disposed axially inside said rotating wheel, a cap for sealing said wheel and a frame for positioning the casing. 
     
     
         15 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said first hydroelectric generator comprises of a casing, a rotating wheel provided axially within said casing, a plurality of permanent magnets stacked up inside said wheel, a rotor disposed axially inside said rotating wheel, a cap for sealing said wheel and a frame for positioning the casing. 
     
     
         16 . The sanitary toilet seat as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said pressure monitoring device is an angular transducer.