Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl
Abstract
This invention is comprised of a 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.
- Inventors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10129454
- Patent Number(s):
- PATENTS-US-A7843027
- Application Number:
- ON: DE94007339; PAN: 7-843,027
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- Resource Type:
- Patent Application
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; TOILETS; SURFACE CLEANING; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; DESIGN; INVENTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; 420200; FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND TECHNIQUES
Citation Formats
Almon, A C. Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl. United States: N. p., 1992.
Web.
Almon, A C. Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl. United States.
Almon, A C. 1992.
"Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10129454.
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title = {Method and device for disinfecting a toilet bowl},
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abstractNote = {This invention is comprised of a 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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1992}
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