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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2011
Jerry G. Ryder, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Jerry G. Ryder, Lake Bluff, IL (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A food waste disposer has a grinding mechanism that improves fineness and speed of grinding food waste, and also controls or meters the size of the comminuted food waste particles that are discharged from the food waste disposer. It does so by utilizing a more aggressive grind ring of the grinding mechanism that includes horizontal shredder elements in addition to openings, and blocking all except the openings in a minor circumferential portion of the grind ring from discharging comminuted food waste and water to a discharge outlet. In an aspect, a resilient seal is used to seal the adapter ring to a housing of an upper end bell of the grinding section and also provide a seal for a rotating shredder plate assembly of the food waste disposer.