Portable chemical toilet system
Abstract
Abstract A PORTABLE TOILET SYSTEM MOUNTED ON A RAILROAD CAR INCLUDING A TOILET HOUSING COMPARTMENT POSITIONED WITHIN THE RAILROAD CAR AND HAVING A RECEIVING TANK POSITIONED THEREIN ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A LIQUID CHEMICAL SOLUTION FOR DECOMPOSING PURPOSES AND A TOILET SEAT HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH MOUNTED IN THE COMPARTMENT. THE RECEIVING TANK HAS A PASSAGEWAY COMMUNICATING WITH THE TOILET SEAT OPENING AND IS ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE EXCREMENT FROM THE TOILET SEAT OPENING. THE SYSTEM ALSO INCLUDES AN ENCLOSED HOLDING TANK POSITIONED BELOW THE RECEIVING TANK AND EXTERIORLY OF THE RAILROAD CAR THEREBENEATH WHICH IS ADAPTED AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE AND HOLD PERIODIC DISCHARGES OF THE CONTENTS OF THE RECEIVING TANK AFTER EXCRETA HAS BUILT UP THEREIN, AND PASSAGE MEANS COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE TANKS WITH SELECTIVELY OPERABLE VALVE MEANS POSITIONED IN THE PASSAGE MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE CONTENTS OF THE RECEIVING TANK INTO THE HOLDING TANK. THE HANDLE OF THE VALVE MEANS IS INACCESSIBLE TO THE USER OF THE TOILET WITHIN THE COMPARTMENT AND IS OPERABLE FROM A POSITION EXTERIORLY OF THE RAILROAD CAR.
Inventors
- 👤 Francis L Ellis
- 👤 John H Thornton
- 👤 Burley Frank Inman
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