JPWO2020142574A5

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Publication number: JPWO2020142574A5
Application number: JP2021539152A
Authority: JP
Publication date: 2023-04-06
Anticipated expiration: 2040-01-03

Claims

A flush portable toilet,
a support structure configured to be positioned over a toilet;
a waste container pivotally connected to the support structure and rotatable between a rest position and a waste position;
a tube support member rotatably coupled to the support structure and operable to lower and raise a suction tube into and out of the toilet;
a pump in fluid communication with the suction tube;
a motor for driving the pump, thereby drawing fluid from the toilet through the inlet tube and expelling a portion of the fluid into the waste container when the waste container is in the waste position; and,
A flush portable toilet.

The flush portable toilet according to claim 1, wherein the suction tube is wrapped around the tube support member.

a drain tube in fluid communication with the pump and extending to the waste container to drain the portion of the fluid into the waste container when the waste container is in the waste position; The flush portable toilet of claim 1, further comprising:

4. The portable flush toilet of claim 3, wherein the drain tube is exposed when the waste container is rotated to the disposal position.

the motor rotates the waste container to move the waste container between the rest position and the waste position; rotates the tube support member to lower and raise the suction tube; 2. The portable flush toilet of claim 1, further driving the .

further comprising a user-controllable actuator manually actuatable by the user to perform one or more actions, the one or more actions comprising:
rotating the waste container between the rest position and the waste position;
rotating the tube support member to lower the suction tube;
rotating the tube support member to raise the suction tube;
operating the pump to draw the fluid from the toilet through the intake tube;
operating the pump to expel the portion of the fluid into the waste container;
6. The flush portable toilet of claim 5, comprising:

7. The portable flush toilet of claim 6, further comprising an electronic system electrically coupled to said user-controllable actuator and operable to perform said one or more operations.

6. The motor of claim 5, wherein the motor is operatively connected to a clutch selectively operable to operate the pump, rotate the waste container, and rotate the tube support member. Flush portable toilet.

further comprising a damping arm coupled to the support structure at a first rotational coupling, wherein the waste container is coupled to the damping arm at a second rotational coupling;
2. The waste container of claim 1, wherein the first rotary connector and the second rotary connector configure the waste container to move between the rest position and the disposal position by translation and rotation. flush portable toilet.

2. The motor is further operable to drive the pump to expel the remaining portion of the fluid into the waste container as the waste container rotates back to the rest position. The flush portable toilet described in .

A method of operating a motorized compression flush portable toilet comprising:
placing the compact flush portable toilet on a fixed toilet bowl, the compact flush portable toilet including a support structure mateable with the stationary toilet bowl;
rotating a tube support member rotatably coupled to the support structure, thereby lowering a suction tube into the fixed toilet bowl;
engaging a motor and thereby operating a pump in fluid communication with the suction line, whereby fluid present within the fixed toilet bowl is forced through the suction line to the pump; being drawn into,
rotating the tube support member thereby raising the suction tube;
rotating a waste container pivotally connected to the support structure from a rest position to a waste position, thereby discharging waste within the waste container into the fixed toilet bowl;
engaging the motor to thereby operate the pump to expel a portion of the fluid into the waste container while the waste container is in the waste position;
rotating the waste container back to the rest position;
A method, including

exposing a drain tube in fluid communication with the pump when the waste container is rotated to the disposal position;
discharging said portion of said fluid into said waste container through said discharge tube;
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

engaging the motor to rotate the tube support member;
engaging the motor to rotate the waste container between the rest position and the disposal position;
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

further comprising manually actuating a user-controllable actuator to perform one or more actions, the one or more actions comprising:
rotating the waste container between the rest position and the waste position;
rotating the tube support member to lower the suction tube;
rotating the tube support member to raise the suction tube;
operating the pump to draw the fluid from the compression flush portable toilet through the inlet tube;
operating the pump to expel the portion of the fluid into the waste container;
14. The method of claim 13, comprising:

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising performing the one or more operations using an electronic system electrically coupled to the user-controllable actuator.

12. The motor of claim 11, wherein the motor is operatively connected to a clutch selectively operable to operate the pump, rotate the waste container, and rotate the tube support member. Method.

Engaging the motor thereby operating the pump to expel the remaining portion of the fluid into the waste container as the waste container rotates back to the rest position. 12. The method of claim 11 .