Patents Assigned to Santerra Industries Ltd.
  • Patent number: 4313234
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to toilets of the kind which incorporate a waste-receiving tank or chamber in which decomposition of waste material takes place. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the toilet includes an air-manifold assembly upon which waste material collects and which receives heated air for removing moisture from the waste material by evaporation, and perforate baffle means which define air spaces laterally of the mass of waste material, into which heated air can pass for improving efficiency of moisture evaporation. A fan unit is provided for circulating heated air through the air manifold assembly and is readily removable from externally of the toilet housing for facilitating servicing of the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Santerra Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: John M. Stewart
  • Patent number: 4196477
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to toilets of the kind which incorporate a waste-receiving tank or chamber in which decomposition of waste material takes place. According to one aspect of the invention, the toilet includes an air-manifold assembly upon which waste material collects and which receives heated air for removing moisture from the waste material by evaporation. Another aspect of the invention provides perforate baffle means in a waste material receiving chamber of the toilet which define air spaces laterally of the mass of waste material into which heated air can pass for improving efficiency of moisture evaporation. According to a still further aspect of the invention the toilet includes a fan unit which is readily removable from externally of the toilet housing for facilitating servicing of the toilet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: Santerra Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: John M. Stewart