Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:870865

Almon, Amy C ^[1]

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1. 410 Waverly Dr., Augusta, GA 30909

Method and device for disinfecting a flush toilet. The device is an electrocell mounted in the tank of the toilet, with two wire mesh electrodes immersed in the water in the tank and a battery applying approximately one to two volts of electric potential to the electrodes so that they chemically reduce a portion of the water in the tank to hydrogen peroxide. Then, when the tank is flushed, the peroxide is carried into the bowl where it can kill bacteria.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• Assignee: Almon, Amy C. (410 Waverly Dr., Augusta, GA 30909)
• Patent Number(s): US 5611088
• OSTI ID: 870865
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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