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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Oriya Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Katoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A holder arrangement for a toilet-bowl having a body, a seat and a lid includes a holder with a case and a bottom opening for inserting a pair of operating hinges and a pair of opposite, coaxial, side openings at opposite ends of the holder case. A pair of fixtures project horizontally from the holder case for fixed the arrangement to the body of the toilet bowl. The pair of operating hinges each have a hinge case with a pair of legs and a rotating shaft projecting from the hinge case. The hinge cases and rotating shafts are coaxial to each other in the holder case, the operating hinges being inserting into the holder case through the bottom opening of the holder case and the rotating shafts extending out of the holder case through the side openings of the holder case. One rotating shaft is adapted for connection to the seat and the other is for connection to the lid. An engagement mechanism has of a pair of engagement pieces inside the holder case. Each engagement piece is for engaging one leg of each hinge case for fixing each hinge case in an axial position in the holder case.