Apparatus for the fermentation of solid organic waste materials for making compost

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMPOST FROM UNCOMMINUTED NON-FLUID WASTE MATERIALS CONTAINING FERMENTABLE ORGANIC SUBSTANCES, WHICH COMPRISES, A SOLISD-WALLED, ELONGATED CONTAINER, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID CONTAINER FOR ROTATION ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AXIS, MEANS FOR FEEDING UNCOMMINUTED WASTE MATERIAL INTO SAID CONTAINER AT ONE END THEREOF, DISCHARGE MEANS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID CONTAINER FOR DISCHARGING TREATED MATERIAL FROM SAID CONTAINER AT THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FROM SAID FEEDING END, MEANS FOR INJECTING AERATION MEDIUM INTO SAID CONTAINER, SAID INJECTION MEANS BEING ARRANGED AT THE PERIPHERAL WALL OF SAID CONTAINER AND SAID INJECTION MEANS BEING DISTRIBUTED AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG SAID WALL IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID CONTAINER, AERATION MEDIUM SUPPLY MEANS ARRANGED ON SAID CONTAINER WALL, ONE SUPPLY MEANS PER INJECTION MEANS AND COMMUNICATING MEANS BETWEEN SAID SUPPLY MEANS AND SAID INJECTION MEANS FOR PUTTING SAID SUPPLY MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID AERATION MEDIUM INJECTION MEANS, SAID COMMUNICATING MEANS INCLUDING VARIABLE MEANS FOR VARIABLY CONTROLLING THE ADMISSION OF AERATION MEDIUM INTO SAID CONTAINER THROUGH SAID INJECTION MEANS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE CONTAINER AND MEANS AT A POSITION OF SAID SUPPLY MEANS REMOTE FROM SAID COMMUNICATING MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AERATION MEDIUM UNDER PRESSURE INTO SAID SUPPLY MEANS.