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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1998
Thomas E Cantrell, McMinnville, TN (US);
Bouldin & Lawson, Inc., McMinnville, TN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and batch or continuous flow method of thermodynamically reducing and converting household garbage into useful by-products capable of being recycled and reused or otherwise transformed into useful articles. The method of transforming household garbage into useful material comprises the steps of: providing a quantity of household garbage having a first volume and a liquid content; reducing the garbage having a first volume to an aggregate shard having a second volume smaller then the first volume; optionally expelling liquid from the aggregate shard; and heating the aggregate shard under pressure greater than ambient pressure to create an aggregate shard pulp. An embodiment of the system includes: a grinder for reducing the volume of the household garbage to an aggregate shard; an optional expeller for extracting liquids from the aggregate shard; and a hydrolizer which may be a batch or a continuous flow hydrolizer for decomposing the remaining aggregate shard after the liquid has been removed and transforming it into an aggregate shard pulp.