SEPARATING TOILET

Abstract

A separating toilet having a separating insert and at least one first collecting unit for urine and a second collecting unit for feces, wherein the separating insert as a whole is inserted into an opening of a transport container and is supported in the vertical direction on projections that protrude from an inner side of the transport container toward an interior of the transport container.

Claims

1. A separating toilet comprising: a separating insert and at least one first collecting unit for urine and a second collecting unit for feces, wherein the separating insert as a whole is inserted into an opening of a transport container and is supported in the a vertical direction on projections that protrude from an inner side of the transport container toward an interior of the transport container.

2. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein a circumferential peripheral edge of the separating insert has recesses with which the separating insert can be placed onto the projections.

3. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein a seat of the separating insert ends flush with an upper edge of the transport container.

4. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein a circumferential peripheral edge of the separating insert is embodied as at least partially stepped in cross-section so that between the separating insert and an upper region of the inner side a circumferential insertion gap is formed when the separating insert is inserted into the transport container.

5. The separating toilet according to claim 4, wherein the insertion gap is oriented and embodied in such a way that rib regions can be guided into the insertion gap.

6. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the separating insert is supported in hinged fashion around at least two projections.

7. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the separating insert has a recessed grip.

8. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the transport container is a stackable container.

9. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the transport container is a wood, metal, or plastic container.

10. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the separating insert is deep drawn from a thermosetting plastic material.

11. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the projections are each formed by a respective cap nut, which is screwed onto a screw that reaches through a side wall of the transport container.

12. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein the first collecting unit, the second collecting unit, and the separating insert can be accommodated in the transport container.

13. The separating toilet according to claim 1, wherein viewed from above, an outer contour of the separating insert is adapted to an inner contour of the transport container and can be inserted into the opening of the transport container without play or almost without play, forming a small gap.

14. The separating toilet according to claim 5, wherein the rib regions are circumferential ribs of a cover.

15. The separating toilet according to claim 6, wherein the separating insert is supported in pivoting fashion relative to the transport container.

16. The separating toilet according to claim 7, wherein the recessed grip is positioned at an edge of the separating insert.

17. The separating toilet according to claim 8, wherein the transport container is a euronorm container.

18. The separating toilet according to claim 10, wherein the separating insert is deep drawn from an ABS plastic plate material.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] The invention will be explained in greater detail by way of example based on the drawings. In the drawings:

[0026] FIG. 1: shows a perspective view of a separating toilet according to the invention;

[0027] FIG. 2: shows a longitudinal section through the separating toilet according to the invention from FIG. 1;

[0028] FIG. 3: shows a perspective view of a separating insert of the separating toilet according to the invention;

[0029] FIG. 4: shows the longitudinal section from FIG. 2, with the separating insert opened in a hinged fashion;

[0030] FIG. 5: shows a cross-section through a side wall of the transport container in the region of a projection protruding inward.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0031] The basic design of a separating toilet 1 according to the invention will be explained below based on FIGS. 1 and 2. In this connection, FIG. 1 shows an isometric view of a separating toilet 1 according to the invention and FIG. 2 shows a longitudinal section along a central plane of the separating toilet 1.

[0032] The separating toilet 1 has a transport container 2, which is open at the top in a vertical direction V and has an opening 3. The transport container 2 encloses an interior 4. A first collecting unit 5 and a second collecting unit 6 are positioned in the interior 4 of the transport container 2. For example, the first collecting unit 5 is embodied as a canister and is used for holding urine. For example, the second collecting unit 6 is embodied as a box or bucket that is open at the top and is used for holding feces.

[0033] The first collecting unit 5 and the second collecting unit 6 are positioned next to each other in a longitudinal direction L of the transport container 2 in the interior 4 of the transport container 2.

[0034] A separating insert 7 is inserted into the opening 3 in such a way that a seat 8 preferably ends flush with a free upper edge 9 in the vertical direction V.

[0035] The separating insert 7 has a first outlet 10 for urine and the first outlet 10 feeds into the first collecting unit 5. The separating insert 7 also has a second outlet 11, which feeds into the second collecting unit 6. The separating insert 7 also has a circumferential peripheral edge 13, which when the separating insert 7 is inserted into the transport container 2 points downward in the vertical direction V toward a bottom of the transport container 2. A small gap 16 is optionally formed between the circumferential peripheral edge 13 and an inner side 14 of side walls 15 of the transport container 2. A gap width of the gap 16 is either 0 mm, which means an insertion of the separating insert 7 without play in the transport container 2, or has a dimension in a range from a few tenths of a millimeter up to preferably at most 1 mm.

[0036] On at least two inner sides 14 of side walls 15, there are projections 17, which protrude a short distance into the interior 4 of the transport container 2. In the depiction in FIG. 2, the projections 17 that are visible therein are embodied as screws 18, which reach through a hole in the side wall 15 of the transport container 2 and are secured relative to the transport container 2 by means of a cap nut 19 (also see FIG. 5).

[0037] In the region of the peripheral edges 13 corresponding to the projections 17, the peripheral edge 13 of the separating insert 7 has recesses 20, which in the inserted state of the separating insert 7, encompass the projections 17 and rest on them. By means of the projections 17, which engage in the recesses 20, the entire separating insert 7 is supported in the vertical direction V. Since the recesses 20 in the exemplary embodiment are slot-shaped recesses, which are open toward the bottom, these recesses also contribute to horizontally guiding the separating insert 7 relative to the transport container 2. The latter is not absolutely required, though, since the peripheral edges 13 that can be supported on the inner side 14 of the transport container 2 can also perform a guiding function in the horizontal direction H.

[0038] FIG. 3 shows an isometric view of the separating insert obliquely from above. The recesses 20 that open downward in the vertical direction V are visible. The peripheral edges 13 are embodied as stepped in the vertical direction V so as to form a preferably circumferential shoulder 21. As a result, an insertion gap 22 is formed that has a larger gap width in comparison to the gap 16 and in particular, is oriented and embodied in such a way that ribs, which optionally protrude downward from a cover (not shown) or from another stacking container (not shown) that can be stacked on the transport container 2, can be inserted into the insertion gap 22. The shoulder 21 and the lower part of the peripheral edges 13 in the vertical direction V thus close the insertion gap 22 toward the bottom or taper to a gap width of the gap 16.

[0039] The circumferential peripheral edge 13 that points downward in the above-described way significantly increases the rigidity of the seat 8 against flexing. In particular, in addition to forming an insertion gap 22, providing the shoulder 21 also achieves a further mechanical stiffening of the separating insert 7 against flexing.

[0040] A recessed grip 23 is advantageously formed in the vicinity of the seat 8 in the edge region of the separating insert 7.

[0041] The separating insert 7 is also preferably supported in hinged fashion around at least two of the projections 17 so that the separating insert 7 can be easily pivoted out of the horizontal position into an open position (see FIG. 4), for example by means of the recessed grip 23. This pivotability is indicated by the arrow 25.

[0042] In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the transport container 2 is embodied as a standardized stacking container, for example as a euronorm container. Through this embodiment, the separating toilet 1 according to the invention can be integrated in a particularly space-saving way for example into a tower composed of multiple stackable containers (euronorm containers) and does not require a separate storage space, for example in a cramped environment such as a camping vehicle.

[0043] The separating toilet according to the invention can thus also be inserted in a particularly easy, space-saving way into any position in a stackable tower consisting of stacking boxes that correspond to one another and can thus be stored and transported therein.

[0044] It can also be particularly advantageous, for example in order to easily adjust a desired seat height for the user of the separating toilet 1, to place or provide one or more other corresponding stacking containers under the transport container 2 that contains the elements of the separating toilet, for example in order to achieve a comfortable seat height.

[0045] The separating toilet according to the invention thus achieves, particularly using inexpensive and readily available standardized stacking containers, a particularly space-saving separating toilet that can be easily produced with a small number of parts, which can be set up and transported in a particularly variable way and can be produced at a low cost from a small number of parts.