Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl
Abstract
Method and device are disclosed for disinfecting a flush toilet. The device is an electrolytic cell 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. 2 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 458580
- Patent Number(s):
- 5611088
- Application Number:
- PAN: 7-843,027
- Assignee:
- PTO; SCA: 552000; PA: EDB-97:057848; SN: 97001758994
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 18 Mar 1997
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; TOILETS; DISINFESTATION; ELECTROLYSIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; BACTERIA; ELECTRIC BATTERIES
Citation Formats
Almon, A C. Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl. United States: N. p., 1997.
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Almon, A C. Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl. United States.
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"Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl". United States.
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title = {Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl},
author = {Almon, A C},
abstractNote = {Method and device are disclosed for disinfecting a flush toilet. The device is an electrolytic cell 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. 2 figs.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1997},
month = {3}
}
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