Patent ID: 11918155
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A waterless toilet, comprising:
a toilet bowl having a bowl upper opening and a bowl lower opening, a feed mechanism having a feed mechanism receiving opening in fluid communication with said bowl lower opening and having a feed mechanism dispensing opening, and a drive motor drivably connected to said feed mechanism and electrically connected to an electric power source, and a collection container having a collection container receiving opening in fluid communication with said feed mechanism dispensing opening;
and a flexible tubular liner for feeding into said bowl upper opening, and through said toilet bowl and thereby lining said toilet bowl, and then out of said bowl lower opening and into said feed mechanism receiving opening, and through said feed mechanism which progressively draws said flexible tubular liner through the toilet bowl and feed mechanism when said feed mechanism is activated, and out of said feed mechanism dispensing opening, through said collection container receiving opening and into said collection container, wherein said feed mechanism comprises:
an upright first end plate and an upright a second end plate;
first and second roller axles extending between and mounted to said first and second end plates;
a first roller and a second roller positioned horizontally and adjacent and mutually parallel to each other and rotatably mounted on respective said first and second roller axles, said first and second rollers being rotated by one of a drive motor connected to an electric power source and a hand crank, and thereby advancing said flexible tubular liner through said toilet bowl and through said feed mechanism and into said collection container;
wherein one: of said motor is activated to flush the toilet, said motor rotating said rollers to advance said tubular liner and any waste within said tubular liner through said feed mechanism and said hand crank is rotated to flush the toilet, said hand crank is operated to rotate said rollers to advance said tubular liner and any waste within said tubular liner through said feed mechanism; and

a vented module secured relative to said toilet bowl to extract odors from inside said toilet bowl and to deliver such odors into a discharge duct which carries the odors away from the toilet, said vented module comprising a looped channel sized and shaped to follow the rim of said toilet bowl and having at least one air admission opening, and said looped channel having a channel segment forming one of a fan mounting region and a blower mounting region with a mounting port into which one of a fan and a blower is mounted to evacuate air and odors from said toilet bowl through said looped channel and into said discharge duct.