US20230144334A1 - Vacuum toilet and container body for a vacuum toilet - Google Patents

Vacuum toilet and container body for a vacuum toilet Download PDF

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US20230144334A1
US20230144334A1 US17/916,286 US202117916286A US2023144334A1 US 20230144334 A1 US20230144334 A1 US 20230144334A1 US 202117916286 A US202117916286 A US 202117916286A US 2023144334 A1 US2023144334 A1 US 2023144334A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03F—SEWERS; CESSPOOLS
    • E03F1/00—Methods, systems, or installations for draining-off sewage or storm water
    • E03F1/006—Pneumatic sewage disposal systems; accessories specially adapted therefore
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system
    • E03D5/02—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system operated mechanically or hydraulically (or pneumatically) also details such as push buttons, levers and pull-card therefor
    • E03D5/024—Operated hydraulically or pneumatically
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61D—BODY DETAILS OR KINDS OF RAILWAY VEHICLES
    • B61D35/00—Sanitation
    • B61D35/005—Toilet facilities
    • B61D35/007—Toilet facilities comprising toilet waste receiving, treatment, storage, disposal or removal devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D1/00—Water flushing devices with cisterns ; Setting up a range of flushing devices or water-closets; Combinations of several flushing devices
    • E03D1/24—Low-level flushing systems
    • E03D1/28—Bowl integral with the flushing cistern
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D5/00—Special constructions of flushing devices, e.g. closed flushing system

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  • the present invention relates to a vacuum toilet and a container body for such a vacuum toilet.
  • the vacuum toilet has a toilet bowl and a container body, for example a transfer tank with a first tank interior, and a flushing water tank with a second tank interior.
  • the flush water tank is configured and connected such that flush water can be transferred from the flush water tank to the toilet bowl by means of an overpressure that can be applied in the flush water tank.
  • the transfer tank is designed and connected in such a way that suction mass can be sucked out of the toilet bowl into the transfer tank with the aid of a negative pressure that can be applied in the transfer tank.
  • Vacuum toilets are used, for example, as mobile toilets in vehicles (such as rail vehicles, aircraft, watercraft, buses, etc.) and offer the possibility of extracting suction mass from the toilet bowl with the aid of a vacuum and transferring it to a wastewater reservoir, e.g. a tank.
  • a wastewater reservoir e.g. a tank.
  • Such a vacuum toilet is known, for example, from EP 1 913 208 B1.
  • the vacuum toilet comprises a seat, a bowl arranged thereunder, a pipeline and controlled valves for transporting suction mass from the bowl into a transfer tank and from there into a wastewater line.
  • the vacuum toilet further comprises a flushing water tank from which rinse water can be transferred to the bowl.
  • the transfer tank, flushing water tank, piping and valves are substantially located in the space below the seat. The manufacture of the transfer tank as well as the flushing water tank and their installation on the vacuum toilet are complex and cost-intensive.
  • the transfer tank and the flushing water tank are formed by a container body having a partition with a first side and a second side facing away from the first side.
  • the first side delimits the first tank interior of the transfer tank
  • the second side delimits the second tank interior of the flushing water tank.
  • the transfer tank and the flushing water tank are formed as a single component, for example by injection molding or rotational molding.
  • the container body can be made of metal, in particular sheet metal, with individual pieces of metal or sheet metal being joined together in a sealing manner by means of welding.
  • suction mass is understood to mean the mass removed from the toilet bowl during flushing thereof.
  • the suction mass may contain flushing water as well as fecal matter and other components.
  • negative pressure is further understood to mean a pressure that is lower than the atmospheric pressure at sea level, in particular lower than 1.013 bar.
  • a negative pressure is 0.5 bar to 1.013 bar.
  • overpressure is understood to mean a pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure at sea level, in particular greater than 1.013 bar.
  • an overpressure is 2 bar to 6 bar.
  • the partition forms the flush water tank in the form of a truncated hollow cone, the flush water tank having a bottom with a first opening formed as a drain opening at a first end and having a second opening at a second end opposite the first end.
  • the drain opening is connected to the toilet bowl via a plurality of hoses so that flush water can be delivered from the flush water tank into the toilet bowl via a plurality of inlets in the toilet bowl.
  • the drain opening is located at the lowest point of the flush water tank to allow complete emptying of the flush water tank.
  • the flushing water tank is filled with such a quantity of flushing water that is sufficient for flushing the toilet bowl once.
  • the flushing water tank has a first inner diameter at its first end and a second inner diameter at its second end that is larger than the first inner diameter.
  • the flushing water tank widens from the first inner diameter toward the second end to the second inner diameter.
  • the second opening is circular and has an opening diameter equal to the second inner diameter of the flushing water tank.
  • the second opening extends over an entire end face of the hollow circular cylinder.
  • the flushing water tank has a demolding slope along which the flushing water tank expands.
  • the demolding slope is inclined by about 1° to 3° to a longitudinal axis of the flushing water tank.
  • the container body has an outer wall and the flushing water tank is connected at its second end to the outer wall such that the second opening of the flushing water tank is formed in the outer wall of the container body. This avoids undercuts in the flushing water tank. If the container body is manufactured, for example, by injection molding or rotational molding, this enables simple demolding of the container body from the mold.
  • the second opening of the flushing water tank is closed by a lid, the lid having an inlet opening for filling the flushing water tank with flushing water and a compressed air opening.
  • a float switch also protrudes through the lid, which senses the filling level in the flushing water tank and interrupts the supply of rinsing water through the supply opening when a desired filling quantity is reached.
  • the transition between the lid and the flushing water tank is sealed with the aid of a gasket.
  • the lid is configured as a mounting receptacle for mounting system components of the vacuum toilet.
  • system components may be valves, connectors, hose lines or further electronic components such as ejectors or pumps.
  • the lid is made of metal so that a secure fastening is made possible.
  • the system components can be fastened easily and quickly. For example, if the system components are a rinse water connection by means of which rinse water is filled into the flushing water tank, the length of hoses required to connect the rinse water connection to the flushing water tank is minimized.
  • the flushing water connection is connected directly to the flushing water tank so that no connecting hoses are required.
  • the drain opening of the flushing water tank is connected to a drain channel and the drain channel is connected to the outer wall of the container body such that a channel drain opening of the drain channel is formed in the outer wall.
  • the channel drain opening in the outer wall of the container body allows individual hoses to be connected to the flushing water tank. Preferably, this is achieved via a manifold connecting the channel drain opening to the individual hoses.
  • the use of a drain channel enables the transfer tank to surround the flushing water tank on the one hand, but the flushing water to drain from the flushing water tank and be conveyed beyond the outer wall of the container body in the direction of the toilet bowl.
  • the outer wall of the container body together with the partition wall and an outer wall of the drain channel form the transfer tank.
  • the transfer tank and the rinse tank are separated from each other only by the partition wall.
  • a first portion of the partition wall forms the flushing water tank and a second portion of the partition wall together with the outer wall of the container body and the outer wall of the drain channel form the transfer tank.
  • the first and second parts are adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction of the flushing water tank.
  • the transfer tank is fluidically connected to the toilet bowl and is fluidically connectable to a wastewater reservoir.
  • a switchable valve is provided between the toilet bowl and the transfer tank and between the wastewater reservoir and the transfer tank, respectively.
  • the container body can be manufactured by rotational molding or injection molding. These processes allow simple production of complex geometries.
  • the container body is made of polyethylene (PE), polyamide (PA) or polyvinylidene fluoird (PVDF). It has been shown that these materials are resistant in contact with suction mass, especially in contact with fecal matter.
  • the above-mentioned task is also solved by a container body having the features of protective claim 12 .
  • the container body for a vacuum toilet comprises a transfer tank with a first tank interior and a flushing water tank with a second tank interior.
  • the flushing water tank is designed and connected in such a way that flushing water can be conveyed from the flushing water tank into a toilet bowl of the vacuum toilet with the aid of an overpressure which can be applied in the flushing water tank.
  • the transfer tank is designed and connected in such a way that suction mass can be sucked out of the toilet bowl into the transfer tank with the aid of a vacuum that can be applied in the transfer tank.
  • the transfer tank and the flush water tank are formed by the container body, the container body having a partition with a first side and a second side facing away from the first side.
  • the first side defines the first tank interior of the transfer tank
  • the second side defines the second tank interior of the flushing water tank.
  • the container body may be sold individually as a replacement part, for example, or produced as a contract manufacture fora manufacturer of vacuum toilets.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a vacuum toilet with a container body
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the vacuum toilet with the container body according to FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the container body.
  • the vacuum toilet 1 comprises a toilet bowl 2 and a container body 3 having an outer wall 4 .
  • the container body 3 is made of polyethylene (PE) by rotational or injection molding.
  • PE polyethylene
  • other materials may be used to make the container body 3 by rotational or injection molding, such as polyamide (PA) or polyvinylidene fluoird (PVDF).
  • PA polyamide
  • PVDF polyvinylidene fluoird
  • the container body can also be made from sheets which are joined together in a sealing manner by means of welding.
  • the container body 3 forms a transfer tank 5 with a first tank interior 6 and a flushing water tank 7 with a second tank interior 8 .
  • the container body 3 has a partition 9 with a first side 10 and a second side 11 facing away from the first side.
  • the first side 10 delimits the first tank interior space 6 of the transfer tank 5 and the second side 11 delimits the second tank interior space 8 of the flushing water tank 7 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 is designed and connected in such a way that flushing water can be conveyed from the flushing water tank 7 into the toilet bowl 2 with the aid of an overpressure that can be applied in the flushing water tank 7 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 has the shape of a hollow truncated cone and is formed by the partition wall 9 of the container body 3 .
  • the flush water tank 7 has a bottom 13 with a first opening formed as a drain opening 14 .
  • the drain opening 14 is arranged at the lowest point of the flushing water tank 7 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 has a second circular opening 16 with an opening diameter (D ⁇ ff ).
  • the flushing water tank 7 has a first inner diameter D 1 at its first end 12 and a second inner diameter D 2 at its second end 15 , which is larger than the first inner diameter D 1 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 has a demolding slope 28 along which it widens from the first inner diameter D 1 in the direction of the second end 15 to the second inner diameter D 2 .
  • the opening diameter (D ⁇ ff ) of the circular opening 16 corresponds to the second inner diameter D 2 at the second end 15 of the flushing water tank 7 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 is connected at its second end 15 to the outer wall 4 of the container body 3 in such a way that the second opening 16 of the flushing water tank 7 is formed in the outer wall 4 of the container body 3 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 is thus completely open at its upper end face.
  • the second opening 16 of the flushing water tank 7 is closed by a lid 17 .
  • the lid 17 has an inlet opening (not shown) for filling the flushing water tank with rinsing water and a compressed air opening (not shown).
  • a float switch 18 projects through the lid 17 into the flushing water tank 7 .
  • a seal 19 is arranged between the lid 17 and the container body 3 to seal the connection between the lid 17 and the container body 3 .
  • the vacuum toilet 1 further comprises a plurality of system components, such as water and compressed air connections 20 , a control unit 21 , and an ejector 22 .
  • the control unit 21 is adapted to control the ejector 22 .
  • the ejector 22 is adapted to generate overpressures as well as underpressures in the flushing water tank 7 as well as in the transfer tank 5 .
  • the overpressures in the transfer tank 5 can be about 2 bar.
  • the overpressures in the flushing water tank 7 can be approx. 5 bar.
  • the negative pressures in the transfer tank 5 are approx. 0.5 bar to 0.8 bar.
  • the cover 17 is designed as a mounting receptacle for attaching the water and compressed air connections 20 .
  • the drain opening 14 of the flushing water tank 7 is connected to a drain channel 23 .
  • the drain channel 23 has a channel drain opening 24 formed in the outer wall 4 of the container body 3 .
  • the transfer tank 5 of the vacuum toilet 1 has a first connection 25 , by means of which the transfer tank 5 can be fluidically connected to the toilet bowl 2 .
  • the transfer tank 5 further comprises a second connection 26 , by which the transfer tank 5 is fluidically connectable to a waste water reservoir (not shown).
  • the transfer tank 5 is formed by the outer wall of the container body 3 together with the partition 9 of the container body 3 and an outer wall 27 of the drain channel 23 .
  • the flushing water tank 7 is filled with flushing water from a flushing water reservoir (not shown) via a water connection 20 .
  • the filling takes place until the float switch 18 in the lid 17 of the flushing water tank 7 signals a predefined amount of flushing water present in the flushing water tank 7 .
  • the predefined amount of flushing water is sufficient for a single flushing of the toilet bowl 2 .
  • the toilet bowl 2 is to be flushed after use of the vacuum toilet 1 , this is communicated to the control unit 21 by pressing a switch (not shown) by the user of the vacuum toilet 1 .
  • the control unit 21 controls the ejector 22 in such a way that it generates an overpressure of approximately 5 bar in the flushing water tank 7 and thereby conveys the flushing water located in the flushing water tank 7 via the drain opening 14 of the flushing water tank 7 , the drain channel 23 and hoses connected thereto (not shown) into the toilet bowl 2 .
  • control unit 21 closes a first valve between the toilet bowl 2 and the first port 25 of the transfer tank 5 and a second valve between the second port 26 of the transfer tank 5 and a wastewater reservoir (not shown).
  • control unit 21 controls the ejector 22 in such a way that it generates a vacuum of approx. 0.5 bar to 0.8 bar in the transfer tank 5 .
  • the vacuum in the transfer tank 5 sucks off the aspirated mass in the toilet bowl 2 into the transfer tank 5 .
  • the first valve is then closed again by means of the control unit 21 and an overpressure of approx. 2 bar is generated in the intermediate tank in the transfer tank 5 via the ejector 22 .
  • the extraction mass in transfer tank 5 flows into a wastewater reservoir connected to transfer tank 5 .

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