Apparatus for compositing waste material

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMPOST FROM FERMENTABLE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WASTE MATERIAL COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY AIR-TIGHT ELONGATED DECOMPOSITION CHAMBER, AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR POSITIONED WITHIN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR FEEDING THOROUGHLY MIXED, GROUND AND MOISTURE-LADENED WASTE MATERIAL TO AN END OF SAID CONVEYOR UNTIL THE UPPER RUN OF SAID CONVEYOR IS COMPLETELY LOADED, A SECOND ENDLESS CONVEYOR POSITIONED WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITH SAID FIRST CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID SECOND CONVEYOR IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT OF THE FIRST CONVEYOR, SAID SECOND CONVEYOR BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID MATERIAL FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST CONVEYOR FOR MOVING SAID MATERIAL THROUGH SAID CHAMBER IN A DIRECTION TOWARD THE FIRST END OF SAID FIRST CONVEYOR, A PLURALITY OF MOTORDRIVEN FANS IN SAID CHAMBER ADJACENT TO EACH OF SAID CONVEYORS FOR CIRULATING AIR OVER AND AROUND AND INTO SAID MATERIAL ON SAID CONVEYORS FOR FERMENTING SAID MATERIAL WITHIN SAID CHAMBER, MEANS IN SAID CHAMBER ACTUATED BY SAID FANS FOR ADMITTING ATMOSPHERIC AIR THERETO FOR CONTROLLING THE FERMENTATION OF THE MATERIAL THEREIN AND TEMPERATURE-SENSING ELEMENTS MOUNTED IN SAID CHAMBER FOR CONTROLLING SAID FAN MOTORS, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CHAMBER FOR PERFORATING AND AERATING THE SIDES OF THE MATERIAL CARRIED BY SAID CONVEYORS.