Garbage disposer utilizing microwave heating

The garbage disposer which comprises:

• a container means having an opening defined therein and made of microwave shielding material;
• a generally bag-like garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of microwave permeable material, said garbage receptacle also having a multiple of perforations defined therein and being adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means;
• a microwave generating means for radiating microwaves into the container means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means;
• a drain passage means for draining a water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating of garbage within the garbage receptacle, to an outside of the garbage disposer;
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• a bag retaining means cooperable with a peripheral lip region of the container means adjacent the opening thereof to retain a mouth-defining lip region of the bag adjacent the mouth thereof.

A garbage disposer which comprises:

• a chamber-defining means made of microwave shielding material;
• a container means disposed within the chamber-defining means and made of microwave permeable material;
• a generally bag-like garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of a material having both a microwave permeable property and a gas permeable property, said garbage receptacle being adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means;
• a microwave generating means for radiating microwaves into the container means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means;
• a forced air supply means for supplying a forced draft of air into a space defined between the chamber-defining means and the container means;
• an exhaust port means through which the air supplied into the space is discharged to the outside of the garbage disposer;
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• a drain passage means for draining a water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating of garbage within the receptacle, to an outside of the garbage disposer.

A garbage disposer which comprises

• a container means having an opening defined therein and made of microwave shielding material;
• a generally bag-like garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of a material having both a microwave permeable property and a gas permeable property, said garbage receptacle being adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means;
• a microwave generating means for radiating microwaves into the container means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means;
• a heat recovering chamber disposed exteriorly of the container means;
• an air supply means for supplying air into said heat recovering chamber;
• a dishwasher disposed separate from the garbage disposer;
• a supply piping for supplying the air, which has been heated within the heat recovering chamber, to the dishwasher;
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• a drain passage means for draining a water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating of garbage within the receptacle, to an outside of the garbage disposer.

A garbage disposer which comprises:

• a container means having an opening defined therein and made of microwave shielding material;
• a generally bag-like garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of a material having both a microwave permeable property and a gas permeable property, said garbage receptacle being adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means;
• a microwave generating means for radiating microwaves into the container means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means;
• a heat recovering chamber disposed exteriorly of the container means;
• a water supply means for supplying water into said heat recovering chamber;
• a dishwasher disposed separate from the garbage disposer;
• a supply piping for supplying the water, which has been heated within the heat recovering chamber, to the dishwasher;
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• a drain passage means for draining a water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating of garbage within the receptacle, to an outside of the garbage disposer.

A garbage disposer which comprises:

• a container means having an opening defined therein and made of microwave shielding material;
• a generally bag-like garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of a material having both a microwave permeable property and a gas permeable property, said garbage receptacle being adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means;
• a microwave generating means for radiating microwaves into the container means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means;
• a drain passage means for draining a water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating of garbage within the receptacle, to an outside of the garbage disposer;
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• a hot air supply means for supplying a forced draft of hot air into the container means to perform a drying process, at least a final stage of said drying process having a period during which the heating of the garbage is carried out solely by means of the hot air supply means.

A garbage disposer which comprises:

• a chamber-defining means made of microwave shielding material;
• a container means made of microwave permeable material and having an opening defined therein, said container means being disposed within the chamber-defining means;
• a generally bag-like garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of a material having both a microwave permeable property and a gas permeable propertty, said garbage receptacle being adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means;
• a microwave generating means for radiating microwaves into the chamber-defining means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means;
• an air supply means for supplying air into the chamber-defining means;
• a heating means for heating the air to be supplied into the chamber-defining means by the air supply means;
• a drain passage means for draining both of a water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating of garbage within the receptacle, and the air supplied into the container means, to an outside of the garbage disposer;
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• said container means having a plurality of perforations through which the air supplied into the chamber-defining means by the air supply means can flow upwardly from a bottom of the garbage receptacle.