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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Marco Santandrea, Barberino Val d'Elsa, IT;
Marco Santandrea, Barberino Val d'Elsa, IT;
ATOP S.p.A., Barberino Val d'Elsa, Florence, IT;
Abstract
The apparatus for treating waste (, W), in particular organic waste, comprises from the above to below: a loading section (), a grinding section () and a section () for storing the waste. A possible succession of steps of a functioning cycle of the apparatus starts with opening a loading container (), for example by using a handle (), and loading the waste (, W) that requires treatment inside the apparatus. The container comprises a box-like body () and a base (), which can move with respect to the body for bringing the container from a waste supporting configuration to a waste releasing configuration in the grinding section.