Abstract: A compost-type toilet which includes: a solid-liquid separating means which also serves as a means for transferring the solid component of excrement mounted below the opening of a bowl; a means for treating the liquid component of excrement provided beneath the solid-liquid separating means. The liquid component treating means contains various kinds of adsorbent materials capable of adsorbing the liquid component separated by the above mentioned solid-liquid separating means and the inner structure is so constructed as to enhance the air ventilation to vaporize or volatilize the liquid component adsorbed with the adsorbent materials; a means for treating the solid component of excrement is provided in a position adjacent to the solid-liquid separating means in the transferring direction to the solid component separated by the above mentioned solid-liquid separating means.
Abstract: A toilet for biological degradation of excrement comprises a collecting vessel for excrement and for material suitable for the degradation thereof and a container for receiving a mixture of excrement and material discharged from the collecting vessel. The mixing and the discharge of the excrement and material are performed by a cultivator rotationally supported in the collecting vessel. The cultivator consists of a wire construction running continuously between two opposed walls of the collecting vessel and preferably being manufactured in one single piece.
Abstract: A toilet training device for children is disclosed comprising a portable stairway and a toilet seat mounted to an upper portion of the stairway for pivotable movement about a pivot axis onto the top of an auxiliary toilet bowl. Means are provided for adjusting the height of the pivot axis whereby the seat may be placed substantially level atop auxiliary toilet bowls of diverse heights.