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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Akira Sorimachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A Western style toilet seat and seat cover opening-closing device is disclosed, in which a rotating shaft is rotatably mounted in the axial direction of a case body designed to be mounted on the toilet bowl, and a first rotation control of the rotating shaft is provided in a part housed in the case body. In the case body above or below the first rotation control a second rotation control of the rotating shaft are vertically juxtaposed. Between the second rotation controls and the first rotation control mechanism, a driving power transmitting mechanism is disposed. On the rotating shaft, one of the seat or seat cover mounting sections is rotatably mounted through a bearing, while the other is so fixed as to rotate together with the rotating shaft.
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