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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Gail D. Loos, Centennial, CO (US);
James E. Jones, Golden, CO (US);
James P. Monahan, Denver, CO (US);
Jeffery L. Schaefer, Lakewood, CO (US);
Shane Korthuis, Aurora, CO (US);
Gail D. Loos, Centennial, CO (US);
James E. Jones, Golden, CO (US);
James P. Monahan, Denver, CO (US);
Jeffery L. Schaefer, Lakewood, CO (US);
Shane Korthuis, Aurora, CO (US);
Ingenious Marketing LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for pre-composting organic material, comprising: a housing with two openings and a pre-composting means between the two openings wherein kitchen scraps may be fed in the first opening and the pre-composted scraps exit the second opening. In an embodiment of the present invention the pre-composter includes: a lid assembly which may facilitate feeding scraps into the pre-composter; a hopper and blade assembly for pre-composting or cutting and shredding the scraps; a component tray for securing the housing to the hopper; a bin for collecting the pre-composted scraps; and a crank assembly which delivers rotational power to the blade assembly.