Claims
- 1. A food waste disposer having a housing and a rotational source, comprising:
a food conveying section of the housing for receiving food waste; a motor section of the housing having the rotational source; and a grinding section of the housing receiving the food waste from the food conveying section and having a discharge outlet, the grinding section comprising:
a stationary ring disposed in the housing and having an inner wall, a rotatable plate coupled to the rotational source and positioned for rotation relative to the inner wall of the stationary ring, at least one lug attached to the rotatable plate, and a horizontal ledge positioned above the stationary ring.
- 2. The food waste disposer of claim 1, wherein at least one lug is a movable lug.
- 3. The food waste disposer of claim 1, wherein at least one lug is a fixed lug.
- 4. The food waste disposer of claim 1, wherein the horizontal ledge comprises a plurality of teeth separated by openings.
- 5. The food waste disposer of claim 4, wherein the plurality of teeth are equally spaced apart.
- 6. The food waste disposer of claim 4, wherein the openings separating the plurality of teeth are substantially semicircular.
- 7. The food waste disposer of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of teeth has a vertically-oriented downward edge.
- 8. The food waste disposer of claim 4, wherein alternating teeth have a vertically-oriented downward edge.
- 9. The food waste disposer of claim 1, wherein the horizontal ledge is positioned in the grinding section using a plastic adaptor.
- 10. The food waste disposer of claim 1, wherein the inner wall of the stationary ring defines a plurality of teeth.
- 11. The food waste disposer of claim 3, wherein the fixed lug has an end for passing adjacent the inner wall of the stationary ring.
- 12. The food waste disposer of claim 2, wherein the movable lug has an end for passing adjacent the inner wall of the stationary ring.
- 13. A food waste disposer having a housing and a rotational source, comprising:
a food conveying section of the housing for receiving food waste; a motor section of the housing having the rotational source; and a grinding section of the housing receiving the food waste from the food conveying section and having a discharge outlet, the grinding section comprising:
a stationary ring disposed in the housing and having an inner wall, a rotatable plate coupled to the rotational source and positioned for rotation relative to the inner wall of the stationary ring, at least one lug attached to the rotatable plate, and a vertical rasping surface.
- 14. The food waste disposer of claim 13, wherein the vertical rasping surface is positioned above the stationary ring.
- 15. The food waste disposer of claim 13, wherein the inner wall of the stationary ring is the vertical rasping surface.
- 16. The food waste disposer of claim 13, wherein the inner wall of the stationary ring defines a plurality of teeth.
- 17. The food waste disposer of claim 15, wherein a portion of the inner wall above the plurality of teeth is the vertical rasping surface.
- 18. The food waste disposer of claim 15, wherein the rasping surface extends around the entire inner circumference of the grinding section.
- 19. The food waste disposer of claim 13, wherein at least one lug is a movable lug.
- 20. The food waste disposer of claim 13, wherein at least one lug is a fixed lug.
- 21. The food waste disposer of claim 20, wherein the fixed lug has an end for passing adjacent the inner wall of the stationary ring.
- 22. The food waste disposer of claim 19, wherein the movable lug has an end for passing adjacent the inner wall of the stationary ring.
- 23. A food waste disposer having a housing and a rotational source, comprising:
a food conveying section of the housing for receiving food waste; a motor section of the housing having the rotational source; and a grinding section of the housing receiving the food waste from the food conveying section and having a discharge outlet, the grinding section comprising:
a stationary ring disposed in the housing and having an inner wall, wherein the inner wall of the stationary ring defines a plurality of teeth, and wherein at least one of the plurality of teeth has a serrated edge, a rotatable plate coupled to the rotational source and positioned for rotation relative to the inner wall of the stationary ring, and at least one lug attached to the rotatable plate.
- 24. The food waste disposer of claim 23, wherein the serrated edge is located at the leading vertical edge of each tooth.
- 25. The food waste disposer of claim 23, wherein at least one lug is a movable lug.
- 26. The food waste disposer of claim 23, wherein at least one lug is a fixed lug.
- 27. The food waste disposer of claim 26, wherein the fixed lug has an end for passing adjacent the inner wall of the stationary ring.
- 28. The food waste disposer of claim 25, wherein the movable lug has an end for passing adjacent the inner wall of the stationary ring.
- 29. A food waste disposer having a housing, comprising:
a food conveying section of the housing for receiving food waste; a motor section of the housing having a rotational source; and a grinding section of the housing receiving the food waste from the food conveying section and having a discharge outlet, the grinding section comprising:
first means coupled to the rotational source for impacting food waste, and second means coupled to the disposer for shearing food waste in combination with the first means.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/476,386 filed Jun. 6, 2003.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60476386 |
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