Method and apparatus for agitating and intermixing aerobic thermophilical composting organic waste materials
AssigneePaygro, Inc.
InventorCarl E. Kipp, Jr.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for more efficiently agitating and intermixing organic waste material in a containing vessel includes a rotary cutting assembly which is vertically advanced downwardly into an accumulated quantity of organic waste material. The rotary cutting assembly separates an end portion of an accumulation of material from the remainder of the material and intermixes the separated portion with ambient air. The separated portion of material is then transported to a new location in the containing vessel.
Claims22
An apparatus for intermixing material, comprising:
- (a) an open topped vessel for housing material;
- (b) a carriage extending across the top of the vessel from one side to the other, said carriage being longitudinally movable upon the vessel from one end to the other;
- (c) a rotary cutting assembly rotatably carried by said carriage, said cutting assembly being vertically movable within the vessel during rotation of said cutting assembly, said cutting assembly serving to agitate and discharge material accumulated in said vessel;
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- (d) transport means proximately located with respect to said cutting assembly for receiving material discharged therefrom.
An apparatus for agitating and intermixing accumulated organic waste material, comprising:
- (a) an open top vessel for housing organic waste material, said vessel having a bottom, two sidewalls and two end walls;
- (b) a pair of tracks extending along the vessel longitudinal length, said tracks being positioned atop the sidewalls of the vessel with one track being positioned upon each sidewall;
- (c) a carriage longitudinally movable along said tracks, said carriage spanning the distance between the sidewalls;
- (d) a rotary cutting assembly carried by said carriage, said rotary cutting assembly being supported by a hanger which vertically raises and lowers the rotary cutting assembly, said hanger being reciprocally movable with respect to said carriage from side to side of said vessel simultaneously with the vertical movement of said rotary cutting assembly with respect to said vessel, said rotary cutting assembly being operative to intermix accumulated organic material and to discharge the intermixed material;
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- (e) an endless conveyor proximally located with respect to said rotary cutting assembly, said endless conveyor being adapted to receive material discharged from said rotary cutting assembly and to transport said material to a predetermined location.
A method of intermixing an accumulated quantity of organic waste material, comprising:
- (a) accumulating a quantity of organic waste material in a vessel;
- (b) positioning a rotary cutting assembly above one end of the accumulated organic waste material;
- (c) vertically advancing the rotary cutting assembly downwardly into the edge of the accumulated organic waste material to cause the edge portion of the organic waste material to separate from the remainder of the material, and discharging the separated material from the rotary cutting assembly to allow the separated edge portion of the accumulated material to intermix with ambient air;
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- (d) transporting the separated and intermixed material from the discharge location of the rotary cutting assembly to a separate and predetermined location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.