Zac,
Well done. Great presentation and clever design.

PS - I reckon if you put a slight fall (out) on the foot step it will shed any potential ponding of spillage from standing users - i.e. men who don't have the best aim

Thanks sausage,
It doesn't really come across in the images but there is a slight angle backwards on the step. (Something I must have overlooked when putting up images!)
Hopefully any spillage would go away from you. towards the back of the toilet and not leave a puddle or noticeable drips falling down the front of the step!

As an optional extra, a couple of foot rests which can be fixed to the back of the door may be a draw card.

pretty cool but for one thing ive always wanted in a toilet design....... an easy access to the sewer / pan collar for clearing of random stuff that gets lodged in there, resulting at times, in removal of the loo itself to get at it.
its pretty much all i do for a living

edit - i stand corrected after watching the display again. i like much.

I can't say it 100% eliminates splashback but it would do a pretty good job. I've shaped the bowl to try and keep any splashback within the bowl!

Nut pinch can become an issue as you age...Maybe a cut out in the lid as an entry gap for your figs.

Also don't have the water level to high (unless you heat it).

one of the biggest problems with the increase of water efficiency people forget is after it goes past the loo theres a whole lotta pipe that stuffs gotta get through. ive lost count of how many paper n poo blockages ive cleared, with no visible cause, other than lack of water to push it through. some are several metres long. some cost hundreds of dollars.

Already been done:

zacd said..

See I think almost all toilets now aren't water efficient. They might save water but just cutting down the flush isn't what I would call being efficient. What I was aiming to do, is use the water better so that all of the water is used in the best way. Which is the aim of distributing the water in the flush more evenly and reducing water compared to load would mean that you could flush a good amount of water and overall still save water. Hopefully this would make sure the toilet stays clean for longer and reduce blockages.
Thanks for all the compliments though, I had my final class this week so now will start job hunting. So if anyone knows of anything it'd be awesome if you could let me know!

Fancy working in England? These guys would be right up your alley (so to speak)
www.idealspec.co.uk/armitage-shanks.html

Gorgo said..

It weighs the contents of the bowl so it can use the correct amount of water to flush. How does it deal with floaties and Klingons?

Well the shape of the bowl should reduce the amount of Klingons and because the water is flushed around the whole bowl it there is also less chance.

The flush distribution should also be more efficient at sucking the water down (like when you swirl a water bottle around the water comes out quicker) so hopefully they wont be too much of a problem.

The sensors need to be set to zero when you install it and if their is not enough weight to register their is an infrared sensor that will give a minimum flush.
So if there is anything sticking around they should either be added on to the next load so more water to compensate or if they are big enough to register the toilet will flush again to get rid of them.

I hope that makes sense.

I need to make a fully working prototype to really know for sure if it works.

ikw777, I wouldn't mind working in England, do you know someone there? After spending 6 months living in Germany last year the idea of two European winters in a row isn't super appealing. But I'm just super keen to start getting into it all properly and a job is a job even if it is a little cold!

zacd said..

I can't say it 100% eliminates splashback but it would do a pretty good job. I've shaped the bowl to try and keep any splashback within the bowl!

Sometimes, after a particularly potent vindaloo, a bit of splashback is not entirely unwelcome....