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.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Compactor for space toilet


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2017-10-17


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / A47K Sanitäre Ausstattung, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / B30B PRESSES IN GENERAL , Pressen allgemein / B65F GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE , Sammeln oder Entfernen von Haus- oder ähnlichem Müll



    Compactor for Space Toilet

    Autrey, David / Morrison, Terrell Lee / Kaufman, Cory | NTRS | 2017


    COMPACTOR

    SUGASHIMA SHINYA / IIDA TSUTOMU / HAYASAKA YOSHINORI | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    SPACE-SAVING IN-FLIGHT TRASH COMPACTOR

    CUNNINGHAM CRAIG / GODECKER WILLIAM / THAYER R BRUCE et al. | European Patent Office | 2017

    Free access

    Space-saving in-flight trash compactor

    CUNNINGHAM CRAIG / GODECKER WILLIAM / THAYER III R BRUCE et al. | European Patent Office | 2017

    Free access

    Forage compactor

    DALEIDEN KEVIN L | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access