Garbage disposal unit
AssigneeKarl Mengele & Sohne
InventorBlaz Santic
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Abstract
A garbage disposal unit is provided with a stationery compacting piston fixed at the upper end thereof and with a fixed receptacle member at the lower end thereof. A movable combination member adapted to act as both a receptacle and a compacting piston is mounted intermediate the fixed piston and the fixed receptacle. The disposal unit is thus capable of separately handling different types of garbage, with bottles, cans and the like being placed within the movable combination member to be compacted by upward movement thereof for compacting engagement with the upper fixed piston. Ordinary foodstuffs may be placed within the fixed receptacle at the bottom of the unit and movement of the combination member downwardly enables utilization of the combination member as a compacting piston for crushing garbage within the lower fixed receptacle.
Claims9
A garbage disposal unit comprising frame means defining said disposal unit with an upper end and a lower end, a stationary compacting piston fixedly mounted to said frame means near the upper end of said disposal unit, a stationary receptacle member mounted near the lower end of said disposal unit, a combination piston-receptacle member movably mounted intermediate said stationary piston and said receptacle member, means mounting said combination member for vertical movement within said disposal unit to effect compaction of material contained within said combination member by said piston and compaction of material contained within said receptacle member by said combination member, said piston, said combination member and said receptacle member being configured for nesting interfitting relationship therebetween, and drive means for driving said combination member between operative engagement with said piston and said receptacle member.
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