Patent ID: 6330725
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B60R,B61D,B64D,E03F

Abstract:
A vacuum toilet system for a vehicle, especially a passenger aircraft, the toilet system comprising:a plurality of toilets, a collecting tank, a conduit system connecting the plurality of toilets to the collecting tank via a flush valve per each individual toilet, a vacuum generator is fluidly connected to the collecting tank, a flush water tank connecting to the plurality of toilets via a flush water system having a flush water valve or a flush water pump per the individual toilet;the vacuum toilet system comprises a flush water control which acts on the flush valve and the flush water valve or the flush water pump of the individual toilet, the flush water control includes an actuating device and a standard flush program stored therein for flushing the individual toilet;the toilet system further comprises a central empty-flush control which acts on the vacuum generator, the flush valve and the flush water valve or the flush water pump of all toilets, wherein the central empty-flush control includes an empty-flush program per the individual toilet, the empty-flush program having at least one empty-flush cycle for allowing flush water of the toilets to flow through the conduit system and into the collection tank when the empty-flush control is actuated.