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AssigneeVermitech Pty Limited
InventorsRussell Anthony Ritter, Anthony Martin Niederberger, Barry James Smith, Mike Lotzof, Kelvin Bannister
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Apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of waste and/or organic materials which includes a main body having a treatment chamber therein having a base which when the apparatus is in a harvesting mode is arranged with a space there below. The base includes a plurality of generally parallel spaced apart support elements, the support elements being spaced apart at a distance sufficient to support the material within the chamber during the treatment process and enable extraction of the treated material through the spaces between the support elements during a harvesting process. There is also disclosed a harvesting device comprising a plurality of extraction elements which are adapted to project through the spaces between the support elements to dislodge and extract the treated material through the base. The apparatus and harvesting device is particularly useful for removing worm casting in vermiculture.
Apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of waste and/or organic materials, the apparatus including a main body which includes a peripheral side wall, a treatment chamber disposed within the main body, a material support base at a lower edge of the peripheral side wall which when the apparatus is in a harvesting mode is arranged with a space therebelow, the material support base including a plurality of spaced apart posts extending downwardly from the lower edge of opposed sections of the peripheral side wall, the space between adjacent posts defining end openings and a plurality of generally spaced apart support elements at a position spaced from and below the lower edge of the opposed sections of the peripheral side wall so as to form a harvester access zone in the form of a three dimensional space between the support elements and the lower edge of t he opposed sections of the peripheral side wall, the support elements being spaced apart at a distance sufficient to support the material within the chamber during treatment and enable extraction of the treated material through spaces between the support elements during the harvesting process the arrangement being such as to allow unobstructed movement of parts of a harvester between the support elements and in the harvester access zone.
The apparatus according to any preceding claim wherein the support elements may be in the form of elongated bars or rods.
Apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of waste and/or organic materials, the apparatus including a main body which includes a peripheral side wall, a treatment chamber disposed within the main body, a material support base at a lower edge of the peripheral side wall which when the apparatus is in a harvesting mode is arranged with a space therebelow, the material support base including a plurality of spaced apart posts extending downwardly from the lower edge of opposed sections of the peripheral side wall the space between adjacent posts defining end openings and a plurality of generally parallel spaced apart support elements at a position spaced from and below the lower edge of the opposed sections of the peripheral side wall so as to form a harvester access zone in the form of a three dimensional space between the support elements and the lower edge of the opposed sections of the peripheral side wall, the support elements and posts being in the form of substantially U-shaped rods or side bars having uprightly directed arms which form the posts, the support elements being spaced apart at a distance sufficient to support the material within the chamber during treatment and enable extraction of the treated material through spaces between the support element during a harvesting process the arrangement being such as to allow unobstructed movement of parts of a harvester between the support elements and in the harvester access zone.
Apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of waste and/or organic materials, the apparatus including a main body which includes a peripheral side wall, a treatment chamber disposed within the main body, a material support base at a lower edge of the peripheral side wall which when the apparatus is in a harvesting mode is arranged with a space therebelow, the material support base including a plurality of spaced apart posts extending downwardly from the lower edge of opposed sections of the peripheral side wall the space between adjacent posts defining end openings and a plurality of generally parallel spaced apart support elements at a position spaced from and below the lower edge of the opposed sections of the peripheral side wall so as to form a harvester access zone in the form of a three dimensional space between the support elements and the lower edge of the opposed sections of the peripheral side wall, the support elements being spaced apart at a distance sufficient to support the material within the chamber during treatment and enable extraction of the treated material through spaces between the support elements during a harvesting process the arrangement being such as to allow unobstructed movement of parts of a harvester between the support elements and in the harvester access zone, wherein the main body includes a basket unit there being provided a plurality of units disposed one above the other, the apparatus further including a mobile platform which is movable into a position whereby one of the basket units can be transferred in the platform, the platform being movable to a position where the material within the basket can be harvested.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.