Toilets with improved removability for passenger transport vehicles
AssigneeMAG Aerospace Industries, LLC
InventorsDavid A. Beach, Robert G. Ratliff, Howard C.B. Kuhns
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to quick release toilet concepts, which can be useful particularly on-board aircraft and other passenger transport vehicles. Further specific embodiments relate to a quick release rinse valve, a quick release flush valve, an integrated rinse ring, a replaceable toilet bowl, an integrated anti-siphon/rinse valve, and improved flush valve performance.
Claims21
A toilet system for use on-board a passenger aircraft, the system comprising:
- (a) a toilet frame;
- (b) a quick release rinse ring and valve system comprising a rinse ring that can be secured and removed from an upper surface of the toilet frame via a securement system;
- (c) a quick release flush valve system comprising a flush valve body that can be fluidly connected to a waste outlet of a toilet bowl via a quick connection feature;
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- (d) a removable toilet bowl.
A quick release rinse ring and valve system for use on a vacuum toilet frame on-board a passenger transport vehicle, comprising:
- (a) a rinse ring that can be secured and removed from an upper surface of the vacuum toilet frame;
- (b) a securement system for removing and securing the rinse ring without tools;
- (c) a system for maintaining a distance between the upper surface of the vacuum toilet frame and an upper surface of the rinse ring;
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- (d) an anti-siphon valve and a rinse valve.
A quick release flush valve system for use on a vacuum toilet frame on-board a passenger transport vehicle, comprising:
- (a) a flush valve body that can be fluidly connected to a waste outlet of a toilet bowl via a quick connection feature,
- (b) the flush valve body having a vacuum waste system connection arm and a toilet bowl outlet connection arm;
- (c) the toilet bowl outlet connection arm shaped to cooperate with a toilet bowl outlet and having at least one portion of the quick connection feature;
- (d) a toilet bowl having a waste outlet having at least a second portion of the quick connection feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.