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US 2025/0019318 A1Published application
Under-sink composting device
OwnerSerhiy Torak, Todd Alexanderinventors
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Abstract
An under-sink composting device configured to operably couple with a garbage disposal. The composting device includes a waste separator for separating solid waste from liquid in an organic waste material.
Claims25
A composting device for processing organic waste material from a sink drain, the composting device comprising:
- a waste material inlet configured to operably couple with a sink drain;
- a waste separator operably coupled to the waste material inlet, the waste separator configured to separate solid waste from liquid in the organic waste material;
- wherein the waste separator includes:
- an outer case extending axially between a proximal end and a distal end, the outer case having a side wall with a plurality of openings positioned intermediate an inlet opening and an outlet opening,
- a rotatable screw received within the outer case, and
- an actuator operably coupled to the rotatable screw to cause the screw to rotate and move the waste material axially in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end;
- a storage bin positioned to receive the solid waste from the outlet opening of the outer case of the waste separator;
- a heater in thermal communication with the storage bin to facilitate dehydrating of the solid waste;
- and
- a liquid outlet fluidly coupled to the waste separator for discharging liquid extracted from the organic waste material.
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A composting device for processing organic waste material from a sink drain, the composting device comprising:
- a waste material inlet configured to operably couple with a sink drain;
- a waste separator operably coupled to the waste material inlet, the waste separator configured to separate solid waste from liquid in the organic waste material;
- a storage bin positioned to receive the solid waste from the waste separator;
- a heater in thermal communication with the storage bin to facilitate dehydrating of the solid waste;
- a liquid outlet fluidly coupled to the waste separator for discharging liquid extracted from the organic waste material;
- a controller operably coupled to the actuator of the waste separator and the heater;
- a housing receiving the waste separator and the heater, wherein the storage bin is removably received within the housing;
- and
- a fill sensor operably coupled to the controller and configured to detect a level of solid waste within the storage bin.
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A composting device for processing organic waste material from a sink drain, the composting device comprising:
- a waste material inlet configured to operably couple with a sink drain;
- a waste separator operably coupled to the waste material inlet, the waste separator configured to separate solid waste from liquid in the organic waste material;
- wherein the waste separator includes:
- an outer case extending axially between a proximal end and a distal end, the outer case having a side wall with a plurality of openings positioned intermediate an inlet opening and an outlet opening,
- a rotatable screw received within the outer case, and
- an actuator operably coupled to the rotatable screw to cause the screw to rotate and move the waste material axially in a direction from the proximal end to the distal end;
- a storage bin positioned to receive the solid waste from the outlet opening of the outer case of the waste separator;
- a heater in thermal communication with the storage bin to facilitate dehydrating of the solid waste;
- a liquid outlet fluidly coupled to the waste separator for discharging liquid extracted from the organic waste material;
- a controller operably coupled to the actuator of the waste separator and the heater;
- a housing receiving the waste separator and the heater, wherein the storage bin is removably received within the housing;
- a fill sensor operably coupled to the controller and configured to detect a level of solid waste within the storage bin;
- and
- wherein a garbage disposal is fluidly coupled to the sink drain.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.