Food waste disposer with food deflecting housing

US8985489B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8985489-B2
Application numberUS-201213542758-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 6, 2012
Priority dateJul 8, 2011
Publication dateMar 24, 2015
Grant dateMar 24, 2015

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A food waste disposer has a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a grinding section including a grinding mechanism, and a motor section including a motor. The grinding section is disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section. The grinding mechanism includes a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly that rotates in the grind ring to grind food waste to form ground matter that combines with the water to form a slurry. The slurry passes into a discharge area in an upper end bell below the shredder plate assembly. The food conveying section includes a housing having a food waste deflecting band with an angular profile at a lower end of the housing.

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What is claimed is: 1. A food waste disposer, comprising: a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a motor section including a motor; a grinding section that receives food waste and water from the food conveying section, the grinding section including a grinding mechanism, the grinding mechanism including a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly that rotates in the stationary grind ring, the rotating shredder plate assembly rotated by…

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    Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

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What does patent US8985489B2 cover?
A food waste disposer has a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a grinding section including a grinding mechanism, and a motor section including a motor. The grinding section is disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section. The grinding mechanism includes a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly that rotates in the grind ring to …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Jara-Almonte Cynthia C, Gapko Donald, Hammer Randall E, and 2 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification E03C1/2665. Mapped technology areas include Fixed Constructions.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).