Method and device for comminuting kitchen waste and/or food residues
AssigneeMeiko Green Waste Solutions AG
InventorFritz Schneider
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Abstract
A method for comminuting kitchen waste and/or food residues includes receiving kitchen waste and/or food residues in a funnel, a base of which is provided with a grinding unit for comminuting the kitchen waste and/or food residues and which is connected by the grinding unit via a product line to a pump for pumping away comminuted kitchen waste and/or food residues, and pumping away the kitchen waste and/or food residues comminuted by the grinding unit. Prior to the pumping-away step, precomminution of the kitchen waste and/or food residues located in the funnel is carried out in the funnel by means of a precomminution unit projecting into the funnel. A correspondingly designed device for implementing the method is also described.
Claims20
A device for comminuting kitchen waste or food residues, comprising:
- a funnel configured to receive kitchen waste or food residues;
- a grinding unit, arranged at a base of the funnel, configured to comminute the kitchen waste or food residues;
- a precomminution unit, arranged in the funnel and extending from the base of the funnel into the interior of the funnel, configured to precomminute the kitchen waste or food residues in the funnel;
- a pump, connected via a product line to the grinding unit, configured to pump away comminuted kitchen waste or food residues;
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- a controller configured to control the precomminution unit and to subsequently switch on the pump to pump away comminuted kitchen waste or food residues after precomminution of the kitchen waste or food residues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.