Patent ID: 9149163
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A47K,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A toilet, comprising: an aperture located in an upper part of the toilet; a dispenser arranged beneath the aperture for dispensing a tube of collection bag material in a downward direction; a first dividing means, the first dividing means adapted to simultaneously draw the tube downwards and create the divide in the tube by pressing the sides of the tube together, wherein the divide prevents solid waste and odor passing through the divide, while allowing liquid to pass, and the divide created by the first dividing means extends across at least part of the width of the tube; wherein the first dividing means comprises first and second movable conveyors for accepting the tube between them, each of the first and second conveyors having a plurality of corresponding first dividing members thereon, adapted such that, on moving the conveyors in a certain direction, one or more first dividing members from the first conveyor engages with one or more corresponding first dividing members from the second conveyor to press the sides of the tube together to form the divide in the tube and draw the tube downwards; and the first dividing members on the first and second conveyors each have a first and second portion, wherein the first portion is elongated and when the one or more first dividing members on the first conveyor engage with the one or more corresponding first dividing members on the second conveyor forming the divide in the tube, each of the first portions of the first dividing members on the first and second conveyor has upper surfaces that are angled downward from the horizontal, said angle being in the range of more than 0 to 30° from the horizontal, and each of the second portions is elongated and extends from the lower end of the first portion.