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.
Compactor for space toilet
2017-10-17
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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 |
NTRS | 2017
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