Waste diverter apparatus for a waste disposal system

A waste diverter apparatus for receiving waste from a single waste supplying chute and selectably controlling the distribution of said waste to a pair of waste outlet chutes, which comprises:

• a waste diverter housing having a single waste inlet opening connected to said waste supplying chute and a pair of waste outlet openings, each said outlet opening connected to one of said waste outlet chutes;
• a flat rectangular metallic waste outlet gate for each of said waste outlet openings;
• a single horizontal metallic lower breaker bar in said diverter housing having two horizontal slotted tracks for slidably supporting the lower portions of said waste outlet gates for horizontal movement, said bar extending beyond said diverter housing at a first side thereof for a distance sufficient to support said gates outside said diverter housing;
• a pair of spaced horizontal upper support bars in said diverter housing, each parallel to said breaker bar and having a single slotted track to receive the upper portion of one of said gates, said upper support bars extending beyond said diverter housing at said first side for a distance sufficient to support said gates outside said diverter housing, and said upper and lower horizontal bars slidably supporting said gates in a vee configuration;
• support means remote from said waste diverter housing for holding the extended portions of said lower breaker bar and said upper support bars in fixed parallel relationship;
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• an independently activated hydraulic driving ram for each waste outlet gate, each said driving ram being mounted on said support means and connected to its associated gate by a driving shaft, for driving each said gate between a first position substantially outside said diverter housing and a second position substantially within said housing.