Abstract
A food waste disposer includes a housing, a plate, and a shredder. The housing has a food conveying section, a motor section, and a grinding section positioned between the food conveying section and the motor section. The plate is positioned within the grinding section and is rotatable about a central axis. The shredder has an annular support extending circumferentially around the central axis and a plurality of shredder plates coupled to the annular support. Each of the shredder plates is respectively positioned along respective different portions of an inner circumferential surface of the annular support. Each of the shredder plates includes one or more contacting formations for comminuting food scraps.
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What is claimed is:
A food waste disposer includes a housing, a plate, and a shredder. The housing has a food conveying section, a motor section, and a grinding section positioned between the food conveying section and the motor section. The plate is positioned within the grinding section and is rotatable about a central axis. The shredder has an annular support extending circumferentially around the central axis and a plurality of shredder plates coupled to the annular support. Each of the shredder plates is respectively positioned along respective different portions of an inner circumferential surface of the annular support. Each of the shredder plates includes one or more contacting formations for comminuting food scraps.
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Filed
02/25/2026Published
07/02/2026Granted
Not AvailableIPC Codes(2)
B02C 17/20:Disintegrating members
B02C 17/00:Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls (high-speed drum mills B02C 19/11)