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Device in a toilet for biological degradation of excrement

US4240164A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 1978
Grant dateDec 23, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 23, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S4/12
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A toilet for biological degradation of excrement comprises a collecting vessel for excrement and for material suitable for the degradation thereof and a container for receiving a mixture of excrement and material discharged from the collecting vessel. The mixing and the discharge of the excrement and material are performed by a cultivator rotationally supported in the collecting vessel. The cultivator consists of a wire construction running continuously between two opposed walls of the collecting vessel and preferably being manufactured in one single piece.

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