Excretion packaging type portable tollet apparatus

Abstract

A portable toilet apparatus of the type is adapted to pack the excretion produced at a time into a flexible bag-like container and hermetically seal the pack, is not very bulk as a whole and allows aged persons and persons handicapped at lower limbs to sit on the toilet seat thereof with ease, while capable of neatly containing several packs of excretion under the toilet bowl, more specifically about four to six packs. A portable toilet apparatus of a type adapted to pack the excretion produced at a time into a flexible bag-like container to form a pack, hermetically seal the pack, drops the pack into a storage section arranged under the toilet main body includes a pack storage section having a shallow box-shaped profile and located substantially right below the dropping pack and pack moving means for moving the dropped and hermetically sealed pack within the storage section, the pack moving means arranged in the pack storage section.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]This invention relates to a portable toilet apparatus adapted to contain the excretion that is produced at a time and put into a pack in a storage section after hermetically sealing the pack. More particularly, the present invention relates to a portable toilet apparatus adapted to efficiently contain packs of excretion in a space saving manner.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]Toilet apparatus adapted to pack the excretion produced at a time into a bag or a tube, hermetically sealing the pack of excretion and storing the pack in storage section with other packs are known and finding practical applications (see, for example, Patent Document 1: JP-A 49-102167, Patent Document 2: JP-A 06-30857 and JP-A 07-275162).[0005]In portable apparatus known from Patent Documents 1 through 3, the hermetically sealed pack of excretion that is produced at a time drops into a lower space of the toilet apparatus by free fall a...

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Benefits of technology

[0012]Thus, according to the present invention, at least about six bag-shaped packs of excretion, each containing the excretion produced at a time, can be contained in the storage section and the dropped packs are prevented from lying one on the other. Therefore, the height of the

Problems solved by technology

On the other hand, such a portable toilet desirably has relatively small external dimensions particularly when the toilet is arranged in a private room of an ordinary home.

Additionally, aged persons who are nearly crippled an

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