Patent ID: 7449107

Claim:
A self-contained dehydration toilet having an infusion odor capturing steam and water recovery system comprising: a toilet bowl having an outlet passage; a human waste dehydration engine connected to the toilet bowl outlet passage; a water infusion supply tank having supply water and having a first outlet conduit connected to said toilet bowl for providing flush water to said toilet bowl; said infusion water supply tank also including at least one infusion chamber disposed in said water supply tank, said infusion chamber closed at the top and open at the bottom, said chamber bottom submerged in said supply water; a first steam and gas diffuser mounted in said infusion water tank in said first chamber and submerged in the supply water in said supply tank, said steam and gas diffuser having a first diffuser conduit connected to said dehydration engine for receiving steam and gases from said dehydration engine; a vacuum pump connected to and in fluid communication with said first diffusion chamber for receiving diffused steam and gases in the upper closed part of said chamber for directing said gases in said upper chamber above the water fluid line to ambient atmosphere; and a power source supplying power to the dehydration engine and the vacuum pump.