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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2020
Applicant:

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Daniel T. Sellars, West Liberty, OH (US);

Joel W. Agner, Bluffton, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 33/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C05F 17/05 (2020.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 33/00 (2013.01); C05F 17/05 (2020.01); C12M 23/02 (2013.01); C12M 33/14 (2013.01); C12N 1/12 (2013.01); C12M 21/02 (2013.01); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); Y02P 20/145 (2015.11); Y02W 30/40 (2015.05);
Abstract

A system and method for converting food waste and other biologically-derived waste materials into nutrients for an algal growth system using worms to produce such nutrients is described. In one embodiment, a method for converting food waste into nutrients for an algal growth system using worms includes providing food waste to a container including a plurality of worms. The method also includes collecting castings from the food waste processed by the plurality of worms. The method further includes providing a wash to the container. The wash causes the castings to move to a bottom portion of the container adjacent to a moveable screen. The method includes actuating the moveable screen so that the castings pass through a plurality of holes in the moveable screen. The method also includes providing the passed castings to an algal growth system.


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