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US 10,000,429 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for operating a composter device
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsRachel Maghas, Thomas Alan Latack
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a composter device includes a compost container, a condensate reservoir, a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the composting chamber and the condensate reservoir, and a fan moving air from the composting chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow.
Claims13
A composter comprising:
- a compost container defining a composting chamber;
- a condensate reservoir;
- a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the composting chamber and the condensate reservoir;
- a second fluid pathway coupling ambient air and the condensate reservoir and in heat transfer juxtaposition with the first fluid pathway;
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- a fan moving air from the composting chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow and moving ambient air to the condensate reservoir along the second fluid pathway to define a second airflow;
- wherein the second fluid pathway is fluidly isolated from the first fluid pathway, and the first and second airflows mix in the condensate reservoir.
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A composter comprising:
- a compost container defining a composting chamber;
- a condensate reservoir;
- a first fluid pathway fluidly coupling the composting chamber and the condensate reservoir;
- a second fluid pathway coupling ambient air and the condensate reservoir and crossing the first fluid pathway;
- a heat exchanger positioned in-line with the first fluid pathway and the second fluid pathway and transferring heat from the first fluid pathway to the second fluid pathway;
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- a fan moving air from the composting chamber to the condensate reservoir along the first fluid pathway to define a first airflow and moving ambient air to the condensate reservoir along the second fluid pathway to define a second airflow;
- wherein the second fluid pathway is fluidly isolated from the first fluid pathway, and the first and second airflows mix in the condensate reservoir.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.