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Non-Powered Air Time Control Module

Country of Origin: South Korea
Reference Number: TOKR20180518001
Publication Date: 18 May 2018

Summary

A Korean company has studied for innovative changes in bathroom, especially toilet for twenty years. Toilet should be flushed down when levers are pressed, and the company found out that it is not hygienic and convenient, so they have come up with the idea of modules that flushes down the water automatically without physical touch. Also, the modules are performed with no aid of power and electricity. The company is open to license and commercial agreement with technical assistance.

Description

A Korean company established in 2012 has developed the technology applicable to bathroom products. The toilet is the company's representative product, and its cover is fitted with modules that detect users' weight and function auto-flush.



Hygiene, convenience, and water-saving are three main points the company focused on to development of this technology.



For example, there are three core technologies applicable to the modules. They function as sensors by detecting human weight, and they distinguish urine and feces by managing time on the toilet without power. The module also gives time for toilet paper disposal depending on either urines or feces. 

Water-saving is mentioned on development of this technology because when it flushes down the water, it controls it as decided whethere it is urines or feces.

For urines, only 30% of water is used while 100% of water is used for feces.



The company is open to license and commercial agreement with technical assistance. Under license agreement, the company wants their technology know-how to be taken and applied on the partners’ technologies or products for development, and the partnerships of commercial agreement with technical assistant would enable for their technologies to be utilized in industry of bathroom products, especially toilets.

Advantages and Innovations

A use of company’s technology would enable to 



- Distinguish feces and urines and adjust the time for disposal 

  depends on them

- Sensor of the human weight

- Save water 30% to 50% in case of urines

- Flush down the water with no need of levers, and it works without  power

- Fix when it needs to be repaired easily

- Applicable to any type of toilet, such as valve type or water tank 

  type

Stage Of Development

Already on the market

Requested partner

- Type of partner sought: SME, Large company 



- Specific area of activity of the partner: Partners should involve in manufacturing bathroom products, and they should be interested in applying the technology to the existing products.



- The task to be performed: Under the license agreement, the company’s technology would be transferred and used in the field of the bathroom. Moreover, partners should take the form of commercial agreement with technical assistance because the company would like their technologies and products to be commercialized by fitting all types of toilets all over the world, and they wish to have long-term relationships for other bathroom products, such shower booth or sink as well.