Patent ID: 9651250
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: A47K,B60P,E03F,F23G,Y02A,Y02E

Claim:
1. A system for transporting and collecting bio-waste without using water as a carrier of the bio-waste, the system comprising: a plurality of bio-waste carts, the plurality of bio-waste carts being configured to receive and transport bio-waste along a plurality of predefined pathways, wherein at least a subset of the plurality of predefined pathways converge at a central chute; a bio-waste depository associated with the central chute, wherein the bio-waste depository is configured to collect transported bio-waste; and a transport system for moving the plurality of bio-waste carts along the plurality of predefined pathways, the transport system comprising a plurality of locomotive devices configured to advance and return the plurality of bio-waste carts to and from the central chute along the plurality of predefined pathways and through a plurality of tunnel structures, wherein the plurality of tunnel structures conceals at least a portion of the transport system; wherein the plurality of locomotive devices are manually operated locomotive devices configured to advance in response to work applied to the manually operated locomotive devices via a user manipulated operation mechanism, and wherein the plurality of manually operated locomotive devices are configured to return in response to additional work applied to the manually operated locomotive devices via the user manipulated operation mechanism.