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Granted Patent B2
US 11,751,854 · App. 16/245,760 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Liquid-collecting mechanism with arrayed mesh collection area and smart toilet containing same

Inventors: Qin Zhiyu (Beijing, CN); Qintao Sun (Beijing, CN); Ping Yuan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Shanghai Kohler Electronics, Ltd.
A61B10/007E03D9/00
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Patent No.
US 11,751,854
App. No.
16/245,760
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid collecting mechanism that includes a liquid collection tube arm and a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the tube arm. A sealing spacer is arranged at a joint connecting the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm, and the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a liquid collection cavity. An area of the liquid collection tube head located above the liquid collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area. The mechanism includes a liquid suction tube passing through the tube arm and tube head, and the liquid suction tube has an open first end located in the liquid collection cavity and an open second end configured to connect with a pump body mechanism.

Claims (54)

1. A liquid collecting mechanism, comprising:

a liquid collection tube arm;

a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the liquid collection tube arm, wherein the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a urine collection cavity, an area of the liquid collection tube head located above the urine collection cavity is a mesh collection area, and a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area;

a sealing spacer arranged at a joint between an end of the liquid collection tube head and an end of the liquid collection tube arm;

a liquid suction tube passing through a through hole on a surface of the sealing spacer to extend into the liquid collection tube arm, the liquid suction tube comprising:

a first end having an opening located in the urine collection cavity; and

a second end having an opening configured to connect with a pump body mechanism; and

a liquid discharge tube passing through the through hole on a surface of the sealing spacer to extend into the liquid collection tube arm, the liquid discharge tube comprising:

a first end having an opening located in the urine collection cavity; and

a second end having an opening configured to connect with the pump body mechanism;

wherein a tube wall of the liquid discharge tube located in the urine collection cavity includes an auxiliary liquid discharge hole configured to discharge cleaning liquid out of the urine collection cavity.

2. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of collecting holes in the mesh collection area is arranged in an array arrangement mode.

3. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the liquid collection tube head is provided with an air discharge hole or an air discharge groove in fluid communication with the urine collection cavity.

4. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of auxiliary liquid discharge holes is arranged in an array along an axial direction of the liquid discharge tube.

5. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein the liquid suction tube and the liquid discharge tube are fixedly connected together in a side by side configuration.

6. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the liquid discharge tube located in the urine collection cavity is integrally formed with the liquid collection tube head.

7. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 6 , wherein a portion of the liquid suction tube located in the urine collection cavity is integrally formed with the liquid collection tube head.

8. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 7 , wherein the liquid collection tube head, the liquid collection tube arm, and the sealing spacer are integrally formed as a unitary member.

9. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the liquid collection tube head and the liquid collection tube arm is integrally formed with the sealing spacer.

10. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , further comprising a liquid level sensing unit used for monitoring a liquid volume collected in the urine collection cavity in real time.

11. The liquid collecting mechanism of claim 10 , wherein the liquid level sensing unit comprises:

a steel needle having a first end arranged in the urine collection cavity and a second end, wherein an end face of the first end of the steel needle is located at an upper portion of the urine collection cavity and does not exceed a vertical plane of a collecting hole of the plurality of collecting holes that is closest to the liquid collection tube arm;

a control circuit board; and

a wire electrically connecting the second end of the steel needle to the control circuit board.

12. A smart toilet, comprising the liquid collecting mechanism of claim 1 , wherein when the liquid collecting mechanism collects urine, the urine is received by the plurality of collecting holes in the mesh collection area.

13. A smart toilet having a liquid collecting mechanism, the liquid collecting mechanism comprising:

a liquid collection tube arm;

a liquid collection tube head coupled to an end of the liquid collection tube arm, the liquid collection tube head comprising an outer wall defining a urine collection cavity and having a plurality of collecting holes fluidly connected to the urine collection cavity;

a sealing spacer disposed at a joint between an end of the liquid collection tube head and an end of the liquid collection tube arm;

a liquid suction tube passing through a through hole on a surface of the sealing spacer to extend into the liquid collection tube arm, the liquid suction tube comprising an open first end located in the urine collection cavity and an open second end located outside of the liquid collection tub arm; and

a liquid discharge tube passing through the through hole on a surface of the sealing spacer to extend into the liquid collection tube arm, the liquid discharge tube comprising:

a first end having an opening located in the liquid collection urine cavity; and

a second end having an opening;

wherein a tube wall of the liquid discharge tube located in the liquid collection urine cavity includes an auxiliary liquid discharge hole configured to discharge cleaning liquid out of the urine collection cavity.

14. The smart toilet of claim 13 , further comprising a pump body mechanism, wherein the open second end of the liquid suction tube is configured to connect with the pump body mechanism.

15. The smart toilet of claim 14 , further comprising a liquid level sensing unit configured to monitor a liquid volume collected in the urine collection cavity in real time.

16. The smart toilet of claim 15 , wherein the liquid level sensing unit comprises a needle having a first end located in the urine collection cavity and a second end, a control circuit board, and a wire electrically connecting the second end of the needle to the control circuit board.

17. The smart toilet of claim 16 , wherein an end face of the first end of the needle is located at an upper portion of the urine collection cavity and does not exceed a vertical plane of a collecting hole of the plurality of collecting holes that is closest to the liquid collection tube arm.

18. The smart toilet of claim 17 , wherein the opening of the second end is configured to connect with the pump body mechanism.

19. A liquid collecting mechanism, comprising:

a liquid collection tube arm;

a liquid collection tube head fixed at a front end of the liquid collection tube arm, wherein the liquid collection tube head is internally provided with a urine collection cavity;

a sealing spacer arranged at a joint between an end of the liquid collection tube head and an end of the liquid collection tube arm;

a liquid suction tube passing through a through hole on a surface of the sealing spacer to extend into the liquid collection tube arm; and

a liquid discharge tube passing through the through hole on a surface of the sealing spacer to extend into the liquid collection tube arm,

wherein a tube wall of the liquid discharge tube located in the urine collection cavity includes an auxiliary liquid discharge hole configured to discharge cleaning liquid out of the urine collection cavity.

20. The liquid collecting mechanism according to claim 19 , wherein an area of the liquid collection tube head located above the urine collection cavity is a mesh collection area,

wherein a plurality of collecting holes is provided in the mesh collection area,

wherein the liquid suction tube comprises:

a first end having an opening located in the urine collection cavity; and

a second end having an opening configured to connect with a pump body mechanism,

wherein the liquid discharge tube comprises:

a first end having an opening located in the urine collection cavity; and

a second end having an opening configured to connect with the pump body mechanism.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: QIN, ZHIYU; SUN, QINTAO; YUAN, PING
To: BEIJING PEAKHONOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052911/0745 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2020
From: BEIJING PEAKHONOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SHANGHAI KOHLER ELECTRONICS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052912/0607 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810032512.4 · Jan 12, 2018 · national
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