Toilet installation implementing composting with worms
AssigneeEcosphere Technologies, Inc.
InventorPierre Colombot
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Abstract
The invention relates to a composting toilet installation comprising: a toilet seat placed over a gravity outlet opening; receiver means for receiving liquid effluent, fecal matter, and other waste; recovery means for receiving the liquid effluent; and displacement means for moving the fecal matter and other waste from the reception zone towards a storage zone. The installation further comprises in the storage zone: a composting medium constituted in particular by the fecal matter and other waste brought in by the displacement means and containing worms of a variety suitable for transforming the fecal matter and other waste into compost; and dampening means for keeping the composting medium damp other than by means of urine.
Claims18
A composting toilet installation comprising:
- a toilet seat placed over a gravity outlet opening;
- receiver means for receiving liquid effluent, fecal matter, and other waste, the receiver means being placed beneath the outlet opening and serving to separate the liquid effluent from the fecal matter and other waste;
- recovery means for recovering the liquid effluent;
- and
- displacement means for displacing the fecal matter and other waste away from the reception zone situated beneath the outlet opening towards a storage zone and actuated by control means;
- the installation further comprising, in the storage zone:
- a composting medium constituted in particular by fecal matter and other waste brought in by the displacement means, and containing worms of a variety suitable for transforming the fecal matter and other waste into compost;
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- dampening means for ensuring that the composting medium remains damp, other than by means of urine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.