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US 9,789,981 B1Granted
Compactor for space toilet
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsDavid Autrey, Terrell Lee Morrison, Cory Kaufman
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Abstract
A toilet for use on a space vehicle has a toilet bowl having a storage canister at a remote end for receiving human waste. The compactor includes a cable connected to a lever which pulls the cable in a direction forcing the compactor into the storage canister to compact the captured waste when the lever is actuated.
Claims20
A toilet for use on a space vehicle comprising:
- a toilet bowl having a storage canister at a remote end for receiving human waste;
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- a compactor including a cable connected to a lever which pulls the cable in a direction forcing a plunger into the storage canister to compact the captured waste when the lever is actuated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.