Claims
- 1. A filter cassette adapted to be used as part of a self-contained sewage waste disposable system employing a toilet bowl for receiving human waste, recirculating fluid for facilitating the transportation of the human waste from the bowl to the filter cassette, pump means including interconnected conduits to transport the fluid between the bowl and the filter cassette and control means to circulate the fluid through the system to facilitate the collection and disposal of sewage waste within the system is a predetermined sequence, the filter cassette comprising; a casing having a hollow interior and an entrance opening adapted to be positioned for receiving contents flushed from the bowl and an exit opening for interconnection with conduits for removing stored filtered fluid from the cassette for recirculation, filter means in the cassette for separating the coarse and fine particles of solid waste material from the liquid received from the bowl, storage means in the cassette to store the solid material in a compact manner for subsequent disposal upon rmoval of the cassette, and means on the cassette for removably interconnecting the control means therewith to facilitate passage of the fluid through the system and the collection and disposable sewage waste within the system in a predetermined sequence.
- 2. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the pump means including interconnected conduits also transports excess fluid from the system.
- 3. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein means is provided for sanitizing and deodoring the recirculating fluid.
- 4. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the filter cassette includes a casing mounted in alignment with a discharge opening in the toilet bowl and having an opening therein in communication therewith, a supply of filter material in the cassette, take up means in the cassette in position to draw filter material from the filter supply into alignment with the opening in the cassette and to receive and filter sewage waste from the toilet bowl and then to collect and store the filter material and accumulated solid waste material within the cassette.
- 5. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein the take up means in the cassette includes a take up roll connectable to the control means for holding up a predetermined portion of filter material and collected solid waste upon demand.
- 6. The invention in accordance with claim 5 wherein the take up roll is polyagonal in configuration to facilitate collection of the filter material and collected solid waste.
- 7. The invention in accordance with claim 6 wherein the take up roll is triangular in configuration to facilitate collection of the filter material and collected solid waste.
- 8. The invention in accordance with claim 6 wherein the filter material includes a first sheet of screen material having a porosity to collect the larger particles of solid waste and a second sheet of filter material positioned adjacent the first sheet of screen material to receive the fluid and smaller particles of solid waste passed therethrough and further filtering the fluid to remove additional solid waste material.
- 9. The invention in accordance with claim 8 wherein the first sheet of screen material extends from a supply roll across the cassette onto the take up roll and the second sheet of filter material extends from a second supply roll across the cassette and onto the take up roll, the first and second sheets of filter material being one above the other in alignment with the opening in the upper side of the cassette which is aligned with the discharge opening in the toilet bowl.
- 10. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein a storage chamber is located in the bottom of the filter cassette for collection of filtered fluid.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 320,595, filed Nov. 12, 1981, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,393,524.
US Referenced Citations (6)
Divisions (1)
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