Urine-feces separation toilet bowl and excreta disposal system using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11060272-B2
Application number	US-201816345215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2018
Priority date	Nov 29, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

Provided is a urine-feces separation toilet bowl including a urine and feces separator configured to separate urine and feces and use them to generate renewable energy. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl includes: a main body portion configured to accommodate excreta; a cover portion having a plate shape, having a first surface and a second surface, and provided on the main body portion, the first surface being arranged towards the inside of the main body portion; a toilet seat portion between the main body portion and the cover portion; an excreta accommodation portion including a first accommodation portion configured to accommodate urine and a second accommodation portion configured to accommodate feces; and an excreta separator between the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion and configured to separate the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A urine-feces separation toilet bowl comprising:
a main body portion forming an external appearance and having an opening in an upper portion thereof, the opening allowing excreta to be accommodated in the main body portion;
a cover portion having a plate shape, having a first surface and a second surface, and arranged on the main body portion such that the cover portion covers the opening of the main body portion, wherein the first surface is arranged towards the inside of the main body portion and the second surface is provided on a side opposite to that of the first surface;
a toilet seat portion arranged between the main body portion and the cover portion such that the toilet seat portion is seated on an edge of the opening;
an excreta accommodation portion comprising a first accommodation portion and a second accommodation portion, wherein the first accommodation portion is provided in a front end of the main body portion and configured to accommodate urine via a first opening, and the second accommodation portion is provided in a rear end of the main body portion and configured to accommodate feces via a second opening, and
an excreta separator provided between the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion and configured to separate the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion,
wherein the cover portion comprises a translucent plate configured to block ultraviolet rays emitted from the inside of the main body portion in a central portion of the cover portion, and a sterilization processor is arranged along an edge of the translucent plate.

2. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 1 , further comprising a first washing water supply unit at an upper end of the main body portion and configured to supply washing water for washing at least one of the first accommodation portion and the second accommodation portion.

3. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 1 , further comprising a second washing water supply unit at the front end of the main body portion and configured to supply washing water to the first accommodation portion.

4. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 3 , wherein the second washing water supply unit comprises a second washing water supply hole through which washing water is supplied, wherein the second washing water supply hole is positioned higher than the first opening.

5. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 1 , further comprising a feces discharge hole connected to the second accommodation portion and extending towards a side opposite to that of the first accommodation portion.

6. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 5 , further comprising a vacuum pump connected to the feces discharge hole and configured to discharge to the outside, by vacuum and via the feces discharge hole, feces which have been discharged into the second accommodation portion.

7. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 5 , further comprising a feces collector connected to the feces discharge hole and configured to collect feces discharged to the outside of the main body portion via the feces discharge hole.

8. The urine-feces separation toilet of claim 1 , wherein the sterilization processor is at the first surface of the cover portion and configured to sterilize an inside of the main body portion.

9. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 8 , wherein the sterilization processor comprises an ultraviolet lamp, wherein the ultraviolet lamp is turned on when the cover portion is closed, and turned off when the cover portion is opened.

10. The urine-feces separation toilet bowl of claim 1 , wherein sealing water is present in the second accommodation portion in an amount of 500 ml or less.

Assignees

• Ulsan Nat Inst Science & Tech Unist

Inventors

• Lee Hyun Kyung
• Cho Jae Weon
• Lee Chang Soo
• Kim Ja Ai
• Choi Mi Jin
• Bae Jeong Hyeon

Classifications

• E03D11/13 Primary

  Parts or details of bowls; Special adaptations of pipe joints or couplings for use with bowls {, e.g. provisions in bowl construction preventing backflow of waste-water from the bowl in the flushing pipe or cistern, provisions for a secondary flushing, for noise-reducing} · CPC title

• E03D11/11 Primary

  Bowls combined with a reservoir, e.g. containing apparatus for disinfecting or for disintegrating · CPC title

• E03D9/00

  Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories (hand tools for cleaning the toilet bowl A47K11/10; seats or covers for closets A47K13/00; body supports, other than seats for closets A47K17/02; devices for preventing contamination of drinking-water pipes E03C1/10 ){; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells (cleaning, disinfecting or deodorising the seat A47K13/30)} · CPC title

• E03D5/024

  Operated hydraulically or pneumatically · CPC title

• A61L2/10

  Ultraviolet [UV] radiation · CPC title