Patent · US Expired

Quick-change toilet system

US4271539A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1979
Grant dateJun 9, 1981
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Expiry dateMar 1, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE03D5/016
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A quick-change toilet system capable of being readily converted between a non-flushing toilet and a recirculating flushing toilet is disclosed. The system includes a waste holding tank with an open frame member mounted on the top thereof. The system utilizes a non-flushing toilet cover and a flushing type toilet cover, both of which have a similar locking pin arrangement which permits either type of cover to be removably secured to a locking bar permanently affixed to the frame member. The non-flushing toilet cover includes an opening having a conventional toilet seat and toilet seat cover disposed thereover. The flushing toilet cover, which is of the recirculating variety, is similar to the non-flushing cover but additionally includes a toilet bowl having a flushing fluid outlet. A manually operated pump draws flushing fluid from the waste holding tank through a filter and delivers a quantity of filtered flushing fluid to the toilet bowl for flushing purposes through the flushing fluid outlet. The system permits the non-flushing and flushing cover, including the pump and associated filter, to be readily interchanged thereby enabling one to convert between a flushing and a non-flus…

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