Method for cleaning waste disposal units
OwnerLawrence A. Pellegrinoinventor
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Abstract
Presented is a method and means for use in cleaning the inside surfaces of a waste disposal unit. The device does not interfere with the grinding action of the disposal unit, nor is the device forming the subject matter of this invention subjected to the grinding action of the disposal unit while in use. Additionally, the device may include appropriately scented oils effective to make the inside of the disposal unit pleasantly aromatic.
Claims15
The method of cleaning the interior surface of a waste disposal unit equipped with a catch basin forming an interior cavity and having grinding elements disposed within the cavity, comprising the steps of:
- (a) depositing within the interior cavity of the waste disposal unit at least one highly resilient body, said body having a degree of resilience sufficiently high to cause said body to rebound continuously without damage from moving grinding elements of the disposal unit;
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- (b) agitating said at least one highly resilient body while said body is confined within the waste disposal unit cavity, whereby said highly resilient body is propelled in trajectories and at velocities which cause said body repeatedly to impact against and rebound from the interior surfaces thereof to effect a scouring action thereon.
In combination, a waste disposal unit including a catch basin forming a cavity within which waste materials may be deposited and having grinding elements therewithin adapted to be rotated and oscillated rapidly to effect a grinding action on waste materials deposited in the cavity, and a high density, highly resilient, tough, cohesive pellet located within the catch basin cavity of the waste disposal unit, the degree of resilience of said pellet being sufficient to cause it to repeatedly and continuously rebound from said grinding elements without damage when struck thereby to prevent said highly resilient body being ground up by said grinding elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.