Patent ID: 6408448
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A toilet system controller comprising, in combination:a toilet bowl having at a bottom thereof a discharge opening; a treating chamber having an intake opening, the intake opening being connected to the discharge opening of the bowl; a macerator located in the treating chamber; a discharge pump located in the treating chamber for discharging treated effluent to a waste pipe; a motor having a starting circuit and a running circuit and operably connected to the macerator and discharge pump for effecting simultaneous operation of the macerator and discharge pump; a valve connecting the toilet bowl to a source of water and operable to admit water to the bowl to flush the bowl; and a timer to regulate operation of the motor and the valve during a flushing cycle, wherein the flushing cycle is initiated by operation of the motor starting at time zero and continuing for five seconds thereafter, followed by opening of the valve starting at time zero plus one and one half seconds and continuing for six and one half seconds; wherein power is directed to the starting circuit starting at time zero and continuing for five hundred milli seconds, followed by power being directed to the running circuit for the remainder of the five seconds during which the motor is running.