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US 6,489,161 B2Granted
Partitioned composting cage
AssigneeTEG Environmental PLC
InventorsRichard Crossley Bilborough, Kevin Michael Chandler, Alan Heyworth, Philip Jewes
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AssigneeTEG Environmental PLC
InventorsRichard Crossley Bilborough, Kevin Michael Chandler, Alan Heyworth, Philip Jewes
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A perforated enclosure for reception of material to be composted is divided into a plurality of compartments. A trough is capable of being raised and lowered;between a low level filling station and the top of this enclosure, and then travelling across the top of this enclosure to dispense the material to be composted into the compartments. The trough base includes a plurality of side by side rotors having circumferential vanes with radial cross walls whereby the material to be composted is distributed to the compartments. An auger may be mounted below the perforated enclosure between respective guide rails and may travel therealong to extract compost from the base of each compartment. The auger is moved intermittently by a co-ordinated system of hydraulic rams which connect to the guide rails by gripper means.
In a composting cage comprising a perforated enclosure divided into a plurality of compartments, a trough for reception of material to be composted, and means enabling said trough to travel across the top of said enclosure to dispense the material to be composted into said compartments, the improvement wherein said trough has a base which includes a plurality of side by side rotors, each having circumferential vanes and radially extending cross walls whereby the material to be composted can be distributed to said compartments.
A composting cage comprising a perforated enclosure divided into a plurality of compartments, guide rails mounted below said enclosure, an auger also mounted below said perforated enclosure between respective guide rails, and a co-ordinated system of hydraulic rams operative to move the auger intermittently along the respective guide rails to extract compost from the base of each said compartment.
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