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US Patent Application 20070256218 - TOILET

Application 20070256218 Filed on May 2, 2007. Published on November 8, 2007

Inventor

US Class

4/111.1With heating meas

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Class

A47K 11/02


Claims


1. A toilet system that incinerates refuse, said toilet system comprising:a seat;a funnel connected to said seat and to a flapper, said funnel directing refuse from a user of the toilet system into a combustion chamber;said flapper, located a the bottom of the funnel and connected to a combustion chamber, said flapper being open to allow refuse to enter the combustion chamber and being closed when the toilet system incinerates said refuse in the combustion chamber;said combustion chamber storing the refuse from a user and provides the location for incineration of said refuse;an exhaust that originates in the combustion chamber and allows fumes and vapour to exit from the toilet system during incineration; anda burner, tiltedly mounted to the combustion chamber, aimed directly at the location of the incoming refuse, the burner producing a flame that directly ignites and incinerates the refuse.

2. The toilet system of claim 1 further comprising a fuel inlet, wherein said burner is fuelled via the fuel inlet.

3. The toilet system of claim 2 wherein the toilet system is located inside a cabin of a transport truck, the toilet system receiving fuel into the fuel inlet from the transport truck.

4. A method of using a toilet system that incinerates refuse; said method comprising the steps of:lifting a flapper that covers a combustion chamber;using a toilet system, thereby disposing human refuse into a combustion chamber;lowering the flapper to cover the refuse in the combustion chamber; andsetting a timer for a period of time a burner will burn the refuse in the combustion chamber; andburning the refuse with the burner, for the period of time.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said setting step further comprise a fan starting to run for a period of time prior to the burning step, said fan continuing to run for a period of time after the burning step.

6. The method of claim 4 further comprising the step of raising a top cover of said toilet system, said raising step occurring prior to said setting step, said raising step providing cooling to the toilet system.

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