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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
David L. Phillips, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Gerard K. Caldwell, Corona, CA (US);
Rufino Naval, Jr., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
David L. Phillips, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Gerard K. Caldwell, Corona, CA (US);
Rufino Naval, Jr., San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provide a new and unique macerator assembly or device for coupling and decoupling to a waste disposal port of a holding tank of a recreational vehicle, train, airplane, bus, boat or other portable toilet application for emptying the same. The macerator assembly includes a pump head adaptor and a macerator pump subassembly. The pump head adaptor has means for coupling the macerator device to the waste disposal port of the holding tank, and has a pump head inlet adapter with a garden hose adapter arranged therein for receiving water from a garden hose for flushing the holding tank. The macerator pump subassembly is coupled to the pump head adapter, has an in-take port for receiving waste from the holding tank through the pump head adaptor, has a rotary blade for chopping the waste, and has a discharge port for discharging the waste to a suitable discharge waste repository.