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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1991
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electric garbage disposer of a construction comprising a container means having an opening defined therein and made of microwave shielding material; and a garbage receptacle having a receiving mouth defined therein and made of material having both of a microwave permeable property and a gas permeable property. The garbage receptacle is adapted to be removably accommodated within the container means with the mouth substantially aligned with the opening of the container means. A microwave generating means is used for radiating microwaves into the container means to heat garbage contained in the garbage receptacle within the container means. A water component produced by the garbage as a result of microwave heating is drained to an outside of the garbage disposer.