Back to results
US 11,235,297 B2Granted
Food waste recycling appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsWade Atkinson, Mohsin Mahamadshafi Attar, Abhishek Pradeep Buzruk, Rajwardhan Deshmukh, Rachel Maghas, Bhushan Vijay Patil
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A food recycler can include a housing defining an interior and an access opening to the interior. A mixing bin can be located within the interior and can have an inlet and an outlet. The food recycler can further include an output bin, the output bin having an inlet. The outlet of the mixing bin can couple or connect to the inlet of the output bin.
Claims20
A food recycler comprising:
- a mixing bin defining a mixing chamber having a first inlet and a first outlet;
- a stirrer having a stirrer drive shaft and at least one blade coupled to the stirrer drive shaft and located within the mixing chamber;
- an output bin defining an output chamber having a second inlet operably coupled to the first outlet and a second outlet;
- and
- a wiper assembly comprising a wiper drive shaft and at least one wiper coupled to the wiper drive shaft, the at least one wiper overlying the second inlet of the output chamber, with the wiper drive shaft overlying the second inlet of the output chamber and operably coupled to the stirrer drive shaft.
2 more elements
A food recycler comprising:
- a mixing bin defining a mixing chamber having a first inlet and a first outlet;
- a stirrer having a stirrer drive shaft and at least one blade coupled to the stirrer drive shaft and located within the mixing chamber;
- an output bin defining an output chamber having a second inlet operably coupled to the first outlet and a second outlet;
- and
- a wiper assembly comprising a wiper drive shaft and at least one wiper coupled to the wiper drive shaft, the at least one wiper overlying the second inlet of the output chamber, with the wiper drive shaft operably coupled to the stirrer drive shaft, wherein the second inlet is located downstream of the first outlet and the at least one wiper is located between the second inlet and the first outlet.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.