US 11,541,397 B2 · System and method for providing a food recycler

Abstract

A food recycler can include a case having a case volume between 8.79 liters and 35 liters, a control system, a user interface in electrical communication with the control system, and a bucket being configured with a bucket volume, wherein a ratio of the bucket volume to the case volume is between 0.0717 and 0.2857. The recycler can include a motor in communication with the control system, the motor being configured adjacent at least in part to the bucket, a gearbox configured below the bucket and in mechanical communication with the motor, a filter system having at least one filter and configured to receive air from a top portion of the bucket and a drying component configured to remove water from waste food items.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A food recycler, comprising:

a housing having a housing volume;
a motor in electrical communication with a controller;
a grinding mechanism in mechanical communication with the motor, the grinding mechanism comprising a grinding arm protruding from a central support;
a bucket having a bucket volume, the bucket being removable and configured with the grinding mechanism contained therein such that waste food placed in the bucket remains in the bucket during a food recycling process;
an attachment that is configured on an interior wall of the bucket and having a member as part of the attachment that extends from the interior wall of the bucket towards the central support, the member periodically overlapping the grinding arm as the grinding arm rotates;
a first filter positioned adjacent to the bucket and configured to receive air from a top portion of the bucket;
and
a second filter configured within the housing volume.

5 more elements

A food recycler comprising:

a case having a case volume;
a control system;
a user interface in electrical communication with the control system, wherein the user interface being usable to cause the control system to initiate a food recycling process;
a bucket being removable from the food recycler and configured with a bucket volume;
a motor in communication with the control system;
a grinding arm extending from a central component within the bucket and configured to rotate when the motor is operating;
an attachment that is configured on an interior wall of the bucket and having a member that extends from the interior wall of the bucket towards the central component, the member periodically overlapping the grinding arm as the grinding arm rotates;
a gearbox configured below the bucket and in mechanical communication with the motor;
a filter system comprising a first filter positioned adjacent to the bucket and configured to receive air from a top portion of the bucket and a second filter configured within the case volume;
and
a drying component configured to remove water from waste food.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/699,450Filed 21 Mar 2022 · continuation

Priority

7 May 2019

Published

US 2022/0212199 A17 Jul 2022

Granted

3 Jan 2023

Term ends

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Classification28 codes

B02C 18/0092
Specially adapted for disintegrating garbage, waste or sewage: for waste water or for garbage
B01D 46/0038
With additional separating or treating functions: with means for influencing the odor, e.g. deodorizing substances
B01D 46/0043
For feeding: containing fixed gas displacement elements or cores
B01D 46/02
Filters or filtering processes specially modified for separating dispersed particles from gases or vapours: particle separators, e.g. dust…

Family

Application62/844,421Us provisional application · filed 7 May 2019

Application62/844,454Us provisional application · filed 7 May 2019

Application62/946,655Us provisional application · filed 11 Dec 2019

Application16/868,482Parent of this continuation · filed 6 May 2020

Application17/164,078Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2021

US 10,906,046 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Feb 2021

US 2022/0212199 A1Pre-grant publication · published 7 Jul 2022

US 11,278,908 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2020/0353474 A1Published application

US 2021/0154676 A1Published application

US 11,541,397 B2This patent

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System and method for providing a food recycler

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