Counter top food waste disposer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815064-B2
Application number	US-201414277156-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2014
Priority date	May 17, 2013
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A counter top food waste disposer in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a food conveying section, a motor section and a grind and discharge section disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section. In an aspect, the food waste disposer also includes a discharge area in which a container is removably receivable. When the container is received in the discharge area, during operation of the food waste disposer food waste is dischargeable from a discharge outlet of a discharge section into the container. In an aspect, a hose is removably receivable in the discharge area when the container is not present and food waste is discharged through the hose when it is received in the discharge area. In an aspect, the food waste disposer includes a water reservoir from which water can be introduced into the food waste disposer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A counter top food waste disposer, comprising:
a food conveying section, a motor section and a grind and discharge section disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section, the grind and discharge section having a grind section and a discharge section;
the grind section including a grind mechanism with a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly, the rotating shredder plate assembly including a rotatable shredder plate on which lugs are fastened, the grind section including a grind housing that encompasses the grind mechanism and holds the stationary grind ring;
the food waste disposer having a first mode of operation in which food waste is discharged out of the food waste disposer from the discharge section and a second mode of operation in which food waste is discharged into a container received in a discharge area of the food waste disposer; and
the discharge area configured to removably receive a hose and removably receive the container wherein the hose is removably received in the discharge area for the first mode of operation with an upper end of the hose coupled to a discharge outlet of the discharge section and food waste is dischargeable during operation of the food waste disposer in the first mode of operation from the discharge outlet and out through the hose and the container is removably received in the discharge area for the second mode of operation and during operation of the food waste disposer in the second mode of operation food waste is dischargeable from the discharge outlet of the discharge section into the container.

2. The counter top food waste disposer of claim 1 , further including a food waste inlet chute projecting from a housing of the food conveying section of the food waste disposer and having an outlet opening to the food conveying section.

3. The counter top food waste disposer of claim 2 , further including a water reservoir from which water is introducible into the food waste disposer and a water metering mechanism coupled to the water reservoir, the water metering mechanism configured to meter water from the reservoir into the food waste disposer.

4. The counter top food waste disposer of claim 3 wherein the water is introduced into the food conveying section when the water is introduced into the food waste disposer.

5. The counter top food waste disposer of claim 1 and further including a battery pack and the motor section including a motor that is powered by the battery pack.

6. The countertop food waste disposable of claim 1 including a coupling having an inlet end affixed to the discharge outlet of the discharge section and an outlet end over which the upper end of the hose is placeable.

Assignees

• Emerson Electric Co

Inventors

• Hirsch Nicholas J
• Gamble Kelly T

Classifications

• B02C18/2216

  Discharge means · CPC title

• E03C1/2665

  Disintegrating apparatus specially adapted for installation in waste pipes or outlets (disintegrating apparatus per se B02C) · CPC title

• B02C18/0092 Primary

  for waste water or for garbage · CPC title