Toilet of compost type
OwnerErnest G. Widhaminventor
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Abstract
Compost toilet having in the waste receptacle thereof a gate in the form of two hinged companion wings swingable into closed and open positions in and out of the path, respectively, of urine passed into the receptacle by a user of the toilet in standing position, with the wings having scattered leakage paths through which urine passed into the receptacle in closed gate position will trickle into the waste matter below.
Claims2
In a compost toilet, the combination with a longitudinal waste receptacle and a seat with an opening to and centered on the receptacle therebeneath, of a gate in said receptacle providing hinged companion leaves for their swinging movement into open and closed gate positions, with said leaves having parting sides and being in closed gate position substantially continuous with each other at said parting sides, said parting sides being disposed substantially horizontally and extending longitudinally and substantially midway of said waste receptacle in closed gate position, and said leaves being located in said receptacle to be in and out of vertical alignment with said seat opening in closed and open gate positions, respectively, with said leaves slanting upwardly to said parting sides in said closed gate position, and having restricted urine leakage paths therethrough scattered in transverse directions within the vertical confines of said seat opening in said closed gate position.
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