Vehicular toilet

• US 4,376,314 A
• Filed: 06/12/1981
• Issued: 03/15/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kidde Limited (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kidde Limited (Carrier Global Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwans, Robert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Marcus, Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Putnam, Kenneth S.
• Application Number:
  US06/273,189
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 4/300, 4/316, 4/321, 4/323, 4/328, 4/329, 4/332, 4/347, 4/348, 4/352, 4/420-420.5, 4/431-434, 4/443-448, 4/661
• US Class Current: 4/431
• CPC Class Codes: E03F 1/006 Pneumatic sewage disposal systems; accessories specially adapted therefore

Abstract

A vehicular toilet comprising a toilet bowl having an upper rim defining a bowl opening and a lower outlet, a flush valve for selectively controlling the application of a vacuum to the bowl outlet for flushing the toilet, a flush ring proximate the toilet bowl rim having apertures for directing liquid downwardly onto the surface of the bowl during flushing, means for increasing the cleaning effectiveness of the liquid as it flows downwardly over the toilet bowl during flushing including means for sealing the toilet bowl opening, a manifold having air inlet apertures and air outlet apertures communicating with the interior of the toilet bowl above the flush ring, and a baffle for directing the air pulled into the bowl from the air manifold during flushing downwardly over the liquid discharged from the flush ring.

Claims

1. A vehicular toilet comprising

a toilet bowl having an upper rim defining a bowl opening and a lower outlet,

means for selectively controlling the application of a vacuum to said bowl outlet for flushing the toilet,

flush ring means proximate said toilet bowl rim having aperture means for directing liquid downwardly onto the inner surface of said bowl during flushing,

means for increasing the cleaning effectiveness of the liquid as it flows downwardly over the toilet bowl during flushing including

means for sealing said toilet bowl opening,

manifold means having air inlet aperture means and air outlet aperture means communicating with the interior of said toilet bowl above said flush ring means, and

means for directing the air pulled into said bowl from said air manifold during flushing downwardly over the liquid discharged from said flush ring means.

2. A vehicular toilet according to claim 1 wherein said outlet aperture means are selectively sized so that the velocity of air pulled therethrough will be greater than the velocity of the liquid flowing down the bowl surface for increasing the velocity thereof.

3. A vehicular toilet according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said sealing means includes a toilet lid having an open position and a closed sealing position.

4. A vehicular toilet according to claim 1 or 2 wherein said rim comprises said manifold means and said air directing means.

5. A vehicular toilet according to claim 1 or 2 additionally comprising metering means for injecting a selected volume of flush liquid into said bowl through said flush ring during flushing.

6. A vehicular toilet according to claim 5 wherein said selected volume of flush liquid is not greater than 8 ounces per flush.