Patents Examined by J. M. Kannofsky
  • Patent number: 4995765
    Abstract: A sanitary waste collection system and a method therefor which enable the free disposal of waste at various places in a building, and saves labor required for carrying and collecting the waste. The waste collection system includes charge ports provided at every floor of the building into which are thrown waste stored in waste containers of a certain configuration, vertical transport tubes connected to each floor of the building as well as charge ports, horizontal transport tubes connected to the lower ends of the vertical transport tubes and extending to a waste accumulation area, and an air blowing mechanism for force-feeding air in the horizontal transport tubes, with the diameters of the vertical and horizontal transport tubes and being a little larger than the outer diameter of the waste container in section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignees: Shimizu Construction Co., Ltd., Shinmeiwa Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya Tokuhiro, Nobutaka Koibuchi, Teruhiko Miyauchi, Koshin Kikuchi, Jun Hirokawa, Kunio Yamashiro, Sakae Nishizuka, Ippei Watanabe, Shozo Maruo, Yohichiro Tsutsui, Sadahito Ishikawa