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Garbage disposer replacement unit

a garbage disposal and garbage technology, applied in the field of garbage disposal, can solve the problems of overburdening community wastewater systems, excessive food service waste, and environmental problems of restaurant food waste from rinsing dirty dishes, and achieve the effect of reducing the amount of garbag

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-05-24
LUK RICKY
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[0007] A garbage disposer replacement unit according to the present invention includes a pre-rinse basket which can be custom made of stainless steel. The basket has multiple straining holes for filtering larger food chunks off dishes by dishwashing personnel. Below the basket is a unit that primarily comprises a main body constructed by sheets of stainless steel bent and welded or stamped into a shape of a drawer box with a deep bottom floor for holding an accumulation of food wastes for controlled disposal. The main body has a front rectangular opening through which a tray enters and slidably suspended in the interior of the main body. The tray has fine perforations at its bottom to filter out small particles of food wastes that pass the large holes of the basket. The tray has a top opening that is much larger than an available drain diameter of an existing bus bowl in a kitchen. This allows it to receive the first filtered wastes down the bus bowl.
[0008] According to a first embodiment of installation of the main unit body to the sink fixture of a bus bowl, a clip disc formed of a plastic is paired with a number of clip top members to clip the main body onto the flanges of the bus bowl with the assistance of a fastening means. The clip disc has a drain adapter to adapt the unit's hole to the different drain diameters of existing bus bowl fixtures. An optional hole diameter is defined by the innermost of multiple annular grooves, which may be sawn off by an installer of the unit. The clip disc and a top clip member constitute a clip assembly for adjustably clipping the unit main body to the given drain flange easily but securely.

Problems solved by technology

Restaurant food waste from rinsed dirty dishes is an environmental problem.
Garbage disposers are highly efficient at disposing of food waste at a high rate, unfortunately they have other problems.
Drain waste has the potential to create public health hazards.
Excessive food service waste can overburden community wastewater systems and consequently, the oceans and streams of our natural environment.
In this regard, the currently popular powered garbage disposers are problematic.
Heavy-duty disposers have a high initial cost and maintenance with lost operation time at busy restaurants when they need fast dish washing with food disposal.
Thus, the food waste will eventually end up in the ocean where it can cause bacteria blooms and other environmental disasters.
While the previously cited patented inventions may help with household drain straining, they are not well-suited to a high flow restaurant type of environment.
They also have inconvenient design features that would not allow their use as a replacement of a garbage disposer.

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[0023] Referring to FIG. 1, a garbage disposer replacement unit according to the present invention is generally referenced by number 10 and is shown in an exploded view to show its installation to a kitchen sink 11 as well as a wall plumbing 12 typical in any kitchen setting. The kitchen sink 11 has a bus bowl 13 wherein dishes are washed as it drains wastes with running water from a faucet 14. At the bottom enter of the bus bowl 13 is formed a typical drain 15 with certain diameter terminated by outward flanges 16 for installing a waste treatment means such as a motorized garbage disposer, which the inventive sink unit 10 is replacing.

[0024] Different bus bowls with various drain diameters have produced and are available in the market. For, example, small drains are sized 3½″, 4″, 4½″, 5″, 5½″, 6″, and 6½″. Bigger drains include diameters of 7½″, 8″, 8½″ and 9″.

[0025] The garbage disposer replacement unit is also called a sink unit 10. The sink unit 10 comprises a main body 20 co...

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Abstract

A garbage disposer replacement unit includes a pre-rinse basket with food waste straining holes. A main body houses a tray slidingly suspended that retains small particles food waste via fine bottom perforations. The tray has a top opening larger than a drain diameter of an existing bus bowl in a kitchen. A plastic clip disc pairs with clip top members to clip the main body onto bus bowl flanges. The clip disc drain adapter adjusts and adapts the unit's outlet to different drain diameters of existing bus bowl fixtures. The clip disc and a top clip member constitute a clip assembly for adjustably clipping the unit main body to the given drain flange easily but securely. Optionally, a four-legged riser replaces the clip assembly to attach to the unit main body top for bus bowls with a flangeless standard drain fitting.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] A. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a garbage disposal, and more particularly to a garbage disposer unit for use in food industries to replace motorized disposers that have become an environmentally harmful way to dispose of food wastes. [0003] B. Description of Related Art [0004] Restaurant food waste from rinsed dirty dishes is an environmental problem. Garbage disposers are highly efficient at disposing of food waste at a high rate, unfortunately they have other problems. Drain waste has the potential to create public health hazards. Excessive food service waste can overburden community wastewater systems and consequently, the oceans and streams of our natural environment. In this regard, the currently popular powered garbage disposers are problematic. Heavy-duty disposers have a high initial cost and maintenance with lost operation time at busy restaurants when they need fast dish washing with food disposal. Some c...

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IPC IPC(8): E03C1/26A47K1/14
CPCE03C1/264
Inventor LUK, RICKY
Owner LUK RICKY
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