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When decorating the bathroom, everyone will be inseparable from the bathroom tool is of course the toilet, whether it is the mainland or foreign countries, the toilet as a very practical tool, almost every family will be installed in the bathroom to solve people's reproductive excretion problems.
However, in terms of toilet design, the toilet in the mainland is very different from the toilet in the West, that is, a U-shaped notch is designed in front of the toilet.
Toilets in our country are generally flat-lidded, and only the more advanced toilets are slightly concave inwards to form an O-shaped shape.
But most people don't know what problem this U-shaped toilet is designed to solve, some people say that it is convenient for men, and some people say that it is for the convenience of women, what is this for?
1. Why do American toilets leave a U-shaped gap?
U-shaped toilet seats are very common in the restrooms of the United States, not only in the bathrooms at home, but also in public toilets in the United States, it is required to change the toilet seat to make it a U-shaped shape, so as to prevent urine from getting on the inside of the toilet seat.
However, in the mainland, it is rare to see this U-shaped toilet seat, only some high-end hotels or luxury hotels use U-shaped toilet seats in the bathroom, but in our country, this U-shaped toilet seat is more used in the toilet, so few people will use this kind of toilet.
However, this kind of U-shaped barrel has its own uniqueness, even in foreign countries, although the U-shaped toilet seat is very popular in the United States, but it is not the case in other foreign countries.
When discussing where to solve the "crisis" during the meal, foreigners often say "washroom", which refers to the bathroom, and it is also customary to say this in the United States, because this "washroom" is regarded as a more formal term by Americans, while "toilet" is considered more casual by them.
But in the UK, the official word for the bathroom is "toilet", but some people think that "lavatory" is also a very formal word.
Although the bathroom is called "washroom" in the United States, most of the time Americans use "toilet" in colloquial language, but in the United Kingdom, people will use the corresponding noun in different occasions, and generally speaking, if they choose in a public place, they will like to use very formal expressions, so Americans and British people still have different verbal expressions for the bathroom.
However, the Americans are good at the reform of the bathroom, the laws and regulations on the toilet in the United States are very strict, and the United States has a lot of regulations on the U-shaped gap on the toilet, such as their national standard requires that the width of the toilet seat shall not be less than 14.76 inches, the height shall not be less than 1.97 inches, and the position of the middle line of the toilet seat relative to the edge of the toilet lid should be 1.57 inches on each side of the middle, so as to be qualified.
2. Why are there O-shaped and U-shaped toilets?
And the toilets in our country are also made according to this standard.
However, according to the latest revision of the hygiene standard "Public Toilet Hygiene Standards", the specifications and dimensions of trash cans, toilet seats, and toilet plates in the toilets, as well as different specifications and requirements, have made strict regulations.
But the tradition of our country is more inclined to use squatting toilets, and when on the mainland, the use of squatting toilets is very high, while the use of toilets is very low.
And most people's usage habits are also more inclined to use squatting toilets for toilets, and because most people are accustomed to the use of O-shaped toilets, the toilets in the mainland will be more inclined to use flat-lid toilets, and an O-shaped gap is designed on it.
However, the thinking of Americans is different from ours, and in terms of the habit of using the toilet, Americans prefer to use the seated toilet, so a U-shaped notch is designed on the toilet seat, so that it will feel more comfortable when sitting.
But why are the toilets on the mainland not very comfortable to use either?
Mainly because people in our country always like to sit on the toilet, but the hygiene habits of Americans are just the opposite, people only "sit" on the toilet, in general, to relax the "things" in the stomach before proceeding.
Especially those who have a big belly or are fat, once they "sit" on the toilet, they will find that they have toilet seats on their two thighs, and the experience is very bad, plus there are still some psychological cleanliness factors in the mainland's hygiene habits, and a large number of toilets are inverted caused by huge psychological pressure, resulting in the mainland paying great attention to hygiene, so the toilet seat in the mainland is designed as an O-shaped gap.
But the United States is different, there is an editor named Ryan, who said that in the bathroom of the Americans, the U-shaped gap on the toilet is stipulated, and there are relevant data showing that it only takes 5 minutes to swallow this U-shaped toilet seat, no matter how strong it is, there is a certain resistance, which is a very high performance index.
This U-shaped toilet seat has a very obvious standard, but experts have made such a corresponding regulation, changing it to an O-shaped toilet seat and a U-shaped toilet seat respectively, the O-shaped toilet seat can cover the liquid on the horizontal plane intact so as to cover the smell together, but the U-shaped toilet seat is different, he just covers the liquid, and the smell will escape.
Therefore, in order to better prevent the liquid on the horizontal plane from escaping, the experts have improved it, so that there is a third kind of toilet seat, which not only covers the liquid, but also covers the smell, but in this way, over time, the liquid odor on the toilet seat will react, so that it does not smell good enough.
3. Conjectures about U-shaped toilets.
Some people even speculate that this is made for men when they use the toilet, but this view is not valid to a certain extent, although there are relatively few obese people in this world, but it is not uncommon, so this view is untenable.
If you don't think about men, there is also the problem of this toilet to pay attention to, which is the potential meaning of not having children.
Some people condemned the fact that Americans do not care about this problem, which is not a small problem after all, children often use toilets.
For this kind of time-honored toilet with a sewer, don't compare, because a developed country like the United States, Europe and the United States, their toilets have sewers, so the mainland, a country with an ancient civilization, of course, also has a toilet with sewers like the United States.
Of course, some people will be puzzled, thinking that the toilet with sewers is an ancient civilization, what does this have to do with sewers?
These are all related to the ancient toilets, which are related to the ancient sewers of the continent that had such a way of going from the top to the bottom of the ancient sewers.
Although there are many disadvantages of this method, it is undoubtedly a very cheap way, so countries with conditions may install sewers on the toilet, which will be more convenient and people will feel safer, but countries without conditions will hold this way from top to bottom, which is also a very practical way.
epilogue
The U-shaped design on the toilet is to make everyone more comfortable and flexible when using the toilet, so that it can also better maintain hygiene, and at the same time there will be no liquid escaping, resulting in odor emanation, whether it is O-shaped or U-shaped, it is formulated according to people's usage habits and national conditions, but there is no doubt that U-shaped is a better solution.
No country is tall here, both of which are designed to make people's lives more convenient and healthier, and both are good design solutions, but they are based on realistic considerations.