Recirculating electrolytic toilet

A method for reducing the volume of waste matter accumulated in a holding tank in fluid flow communication with a toilet bowl wherein said tank receives a mixture of a salt-containing fluid and solid and liquid waste matter deposited in said bowl, and an electrolytic decomposition unit, spaced from and separate from said holding tank and in fluid flow communication therewith, said unit having a pair of spaced electrodes disposed therein, said method comprising the steps of:

• pumping said mixture from said tank;
• macerating and communiting said mixture pump from said tank into a fine slurry in colloidal solution;
• applying a voltage to each of said electrodes;
• circulating said fine slurry back into said tank and through said unit while agitating said fine slurry into contact with spaced electrodes in said unit;
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• continuing the circulation of said fine slurry into contact with said electrodes until chlorine and oxygen are liberated by the contact of said fine slurry with said electrodes and said liberated chlorine and oxygen reacts with the remainder of said slurry to thereby clarify said slurry and generate an odor-free effluent therefrom.

A self-contained toilet system comprising:

• a holding tank in fluid flow communication with a toilet bowl for accepting a mixture of a salt-containing fluid, and solid and liquid waste matter deposited in said bowl;
• an electrolytic decomposition unit spaced from and separate from said holding tank having an interior in fluid flow communication with said tank, said unit having at least a pair of spaced electrodes disposed in the interior therein, voltage means operatively connected to each of said electrodes, and heating means associated with said unit for heating the interior thereof;
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• macerating and communiting pump means separate from said tank and in fluid communication with both said unit and said holding tank for pumping the mixture of salt-containing fluid and solid and liquid waste matter from said holding tank, macerating and communiting said pumped matter into a fine slurry in collodial solution and circulating said fine flurry back into said holding tank and from said tank into the interior of said unit in an agitated state and into contact with said electrodes therein while heating the interior of said unit until liberated chlorine and oxygen produced by the contact of said slurry with said electrodes react with the remainder of the slurry to clarify and evaporate said slurry and generate an odor-free effluent therefrom.

A method for reducing the volume of waste matter accumulated in a holding tank in fluid flow communication with a toilet bowl wherein said tank receives a mixture of a salt-containing fluid and solid and liquid waste matter deposited in said bowl, and an electrolytic decomposition unit spaced from and separate from said holding tank and in fluid flow communication therewith, said unit having at least a pair of spaced electrodes disposed therein and means for heating the interior associated therewith, said method comprising the steps of:

• pumping said mixture from said tank;
• macerating and communiting said mixture pumped from said tank into a fine slurry in colloidal solution;
• applying a voltage to said electrodes;
• circulating said fine slurry back into said tank and through said unit into contact with spaced electrodes in said unit;
• heating the interior of said unit in fluid communication with said slurry being circulated therethrough;
• and
• continuing the circulation of said fine slurry into contact with said electrodes while heating said slurry until chlorine and oxygen are liberated by the contact of said fine slurry with said electrodes and said liberated chlorine and oxygen reacts with the remainder of said slurry to thereby clarify and evaporate said slurry and generate an odor-free effluent therefrom.