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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2025
Insinkerator Llc, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Ward, Kenosha, WI (US);
Kelly T. Gamble, Waterford, WI (US);
Dane Hofmeister, Mount Pleasant, WI (US);
INSINKERATOR LLC, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
Waste disposer systems and assemblies and related mechanisms and assemblies, and related methods, are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a food waste disposer includes a motor, a switch module coupled to the motor and operable to control a power flow to the motor, and a housing including a bottom housing portion and a top housing portion, where the switch module and motor are supported within an interior region within the housing. Each of the bottom housing portion and the switch module are configured to be capable of being coupled, at respectively a first time and a second time, to each of a terminal assembly by which the food waste disposer can receive first power from a hardwired power link, and a power cord assembly by which the food waste disposer can receive second power from a wall power outlet, respectively.