Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080301871 | Mount System For A Food Waste Disposer - A food waste disposer mounting assembly uses a stainless steel sink-flange with a screw-on collar system as a primary mounting system to a sink. By connecting the stainless steel sink-flange with a bayonet locking reed collar and screw-on nut collar, a vibration and sound transmission path to the sink is both reduced and rendered indirect. Incorporation of reed switches with a stopper and magnets can modify the unit for use as a batch-feed disposer. | 12-11-2008 |
20100294866 | FOOD WASTE DISPOSER AND THREADED MOUNT SYSTEM - A food waste disposer and mount system has a threaded sink flange and a food waste disposer. The threaded sink flange has a tubular body portion and a flange portion extending radially outwardly from a top of the tubular body portion. The tubular body portion has a threaded portion. The food waste disposer has an upper food conveying section that includes a housing having an upper, annular portion having a threaded portion. The upper, annular portion of the housing of the upper food conveying section is threaded to the threaded portion of the tubular body portion of the threaded sink flange when the threaded sink flange is disposed in a draining opening of a sink to mount the food waste disposer to the sink. | 11-25-2010 |
20120180210 | SINK FLANGE AND COLLAR ASSEMBLY FOR A FOOD WASTE DISPOSER - A sink flange and collar assembly for a food waste disposer includes a sink flange having a tubular body portion and an annular flange transversely extending from the tubular body portion. An outer radial surface of the tubular body portion having at least one first dimple extending outwardly from the outer radial surface. A collar has a dimple attachment recess adapted to slidably receive the at least one first dimple, and a dimple insertion track transversely oriented to the dimple attachment recess to releasably engage with the at least one dimple to releasably engage the collar to the sink flange. | 07-19-2012 |
20120193460 | FOOD WASTE DISPOSER WITH INDUCED DISCHARGE TURBULENCE - A food waste disposer has a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a grind section including a grind mechanism, and a motor section including a motor. The grind mechanism includes a rotating shredder plate assembly that is rotated in a grind ring to grind food waste to form a slurry of ground food waste and water. The upper end bell has a circumferentially sloped floor and the upper end bell also includes a turbulence imparting feature that imparts turbulence in the slurry as it flows through a discharge channel of the upper end bell. | 08-02-2012 |
20130015277 | FOOD WASTE DISPOSER WITH PUMPING VANE - A food waste disposer has a food conveying section that receives food waste and water; a grind section including a grind mechanism, and a motor section including a motor. The grind mechanism includes a rotating shredder plate assembly that is rotated in a grind ring to grind food waste to form a slurry of ground food waste and water. The upper end bell has a flat floor and a shredder plate of the rotating shredder plate assembly includes a pumping vane that extends into the discharge channel and occupies at least twenty-percent of a cross-sectional area of the discharge channel. In an aspect, the motor is an induction motor. | 01-17-2013 |
20130048768 | BATTERY POWERED FOOD WASTE DISPOSER - A food waste disposer includes a food conveying section, a motor section and a grind and discharge section. The grind and discharge section is disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section and includes a grind section and a discharge section. The food conveying section conveys food waste to the grind section. The grind section includes a grind mechanism having a stationary grind ring and a rotating shredder plate assembly that rotates within the stationary grind ring to grind food waste. The rotating shredder plate assembly is rotated by a motor of the motor section. The rotating shredder plate assembly includes a shredder plate and one or more lugs. The food waste disposer has a battery coupled to it that provides power to the motor. In an aspect, the battery is a removable, rechargeable battery pack. | 02-28-2013 |
20150251921 | FOOD WASTE COLLECTOR SYSTEM WITH TREATMENT OF RECIRCULATING WATER TO REDUCE BACTERIA LEVELS - A food waste collector system includes a tank and a pump that recirculates water by pumping it from the tank and back into the tank, and a bacteria treatment method and system that treats the recirculating water to reduce bacteria. In an aspect, the bacteria treatment includes irradiation of recirculating water by ultraviolet light to sterilize bacteria. In an aspect, the bacteria treatment includes killing bacteria in the recirculating water with oxidizers. In an aspect, the bacteria treatment includes killing bacteria in the recirculating water with ozone. In an aspect, the food waste collector system includes an ultraviolet (UV) tube holder in which one or more UV tubes are disposed and through which the recirculating water is pumped. In an aspect, the UV tube holder has an inner wall surface with a catalytic surface coating that in conjunction with the UV light provides an oxidation process that generates the oxidizers. | 09-10-2015 |
20160053473 | FOOD WASTE DISPOSER SYSTEM AND STOPPER FOR FOOD WASTE DISPOSER SYSTEM - A food waste disposer system has a food waste disposer and a rechargeable power source that provides power to a motor of the food waste disposer. In an aspect, the motor is a permanent magnet DC motor having a nominal no-load speed in the range of 15,000 revolutions per minute to 30,000 revolutions per minute and the motor section includes a gear reduction mechanism. In an aspect, the food waste disposer system includes a power module that communicates wirelessly with a wireless activator. In an aspect, a stopper receivable in an inlet of the food waste disposer includes or is couplable to a power source which in an aspect is a rechargeable power source and in an aspect, is disposed in a housing of the stopper. In an aspect, the stopper includes a cord for coupling the stopper to the power source which is a source of AC power. | 02-25-2016 |