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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2014
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Nicholas J. Hirsch, Wind Lake, WI (US);
Kelly T. Gamble, Waterford, WI (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A counter top food waste disposer in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a food conveying section, a motor section and a grind and discharge section disposed between the food conveying section and the motor section. In an aspect, the food waste disposer also includes a discharge area in which a container is removably receivable. When the container is received in the discharge area, during operation of the food waste disposer food waste is dischargeable from a discharge outlet of a discharge section into the container. In an aspect, a hose is removably receivable in the discharge area when the container is not present and food waste is discharged through the hose when it is received in the discharge area. In an aspect, the food waste disposer includes a water reservoir from which water can be introduced into the food waste disposer.