US 2013/0260446 A1 · COMPOSTING DEVICE

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for transforming refuse into compost. The device includes a first chamber having a grinding mechanism to grind refuse. The device also includes a second chamber attached to the first chamber, and a conduit interconnecting the first chamber to the second chamber. The second chamber stores the ground refuse to promote the composting process, and the conduit allows thermal energy and moisture to be shared between the first and second chambers.

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Dependent claims

A device for transforming refuse into compost, the device comprising:

a first chamber having a grinding mechanism operable to grind the refuse;
a second chamber attached to the first chamber, the second chamber storing the ground refuse so as to promote the composting process;
and
a conduit interconnecting the first chamber to the second chamber, so as to share thermal energy and moisture between the first and second chamber.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/852,219Filed 28 Mar 2013

Priority

3 Apr 2012

Published

3 Oct 2013

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

C05F 17/964
Apparatus therefor: constructional parts, e.g. floors, covers or doors
B02C 18/0084
Disintegrating by knives or other cutting or tearing members which chop material into fragments: specially adapted for disintegrating garbage,…
B02C 23/02
Auxiliary methods or auxiliary devices or accessories specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating not provided for in preceding groups or…
C05F 17/907
Apparatus therefor: small-scale devices without mechanical means for feeding or discharging material, e.g. garden compost bins

Composting device

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Composting device

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Abstract

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