Device for improving performance of biowaste hopper and related methods of use
OwnerRandy Kruseinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for filling a biowaste tank having an inner body with first and second ends. The first end receives biowaste and the second end directs the biowaste into a tank. The apparatus has an outer body with first and second ends. The first end receives overflow and the second end is flush with the second end of the inner body, and the outer body fully encompasses the inner body. The apparatus has a first pipe with an inlet configured to attach to the tank and an outlet in the inner body, and a second pipe with an inlet in the outer body, and an outlet in the tank, the pipe configured to direct overflow biowaste from the inner body into the tank through a second aperture in the tank.
Claims19
An apparatus for filling a biowaste tank, the apparatus comprising:
- an inner body, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to receive biowaste from an external source, and the second end is adapted to direct biowaste into a tank opening;
- an outer body, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to receive biowaste overflow from the inner body and the second end is flush with the second end of the inner body, and wherein the outer body fully encompasses the inner body;
- a flange disposed at the second end of the inner body, wherein the flange is used to fasten the second end of the inner body, the second end of the outer body, and the tank opening;
- a first pipe with an inlet configured to attach to the tank and an outlet in the inner body;
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- a second pipe with an inlet in the outer body, and an outlet in the tank, the second pipe configured to direct overflow biowaste from the inner body into the tank through an aperture in the tank.
A hopper for improving inflow of biowaste into a tank, the hopper comprising:
- a body assembly, the body assembly comprising:
- an inner body, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to receive biowaste from an external source, and the second end is adapted to direct biowaste into a tank opening, wherein the inner body has a substantially square cross-section;
- an outer body, having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is adapted to receive biowaste overflow from the inner body and the second end is flush with the second end of the inner body, and wherein the outer body fully encompasses the inner body and has a substantially square top portion;
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- a flange at the second end of the inner body, wherein the flange is used to fasten the second end of the inner body and the second end of the outer body to the tank;
- a pipe with an inlet in the body assembly, and an outlet adapted to be attached to the tank, the pipe configured to direct overflow biowaste from the inner body into the tank through an aperture in the tank;
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- a strainer basket operably coupled to the body assembly and removably disposed within the inner body.
A method for filling a biowaste tank comprising the steps of:
- directing biowaste into an inner body disposed above and attached to an aperture in a biowaste tank;
- catching an amount of overflow biowaste over a top of the inner body with an outer body that substantially surrounds the inner body and shares a common attachment to the aperture;
- directing the amount of overflow biowaste into the tank through a pipe having an inlet in the outer body and an outlet configured to attached to the tank;
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- increasing the air flow through the tank and decreasing the backflow of the biowaste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.