Apparatus for treating organic and inorganic waste material

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COMPOSING FERMENTABLE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WASTE MATERIALS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY AIRTIGHT COMPARTMENT, A CONVEYOR OF A WIDTH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID COMPARTMENT POSITIONED WITHIN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID COMPARTMENT, MEANS FOR RECEIVING THOROUGHLY MIXED AND GROUND REFUSE WASTE MATERIAL FOR FEEDING SAME TO SAID CONVEYOR, A PLURALITY OF BAFFLE MEMBERS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER IN SAID COMPARTMENT FOR ENGAGING SAID MATERIAL TO INSURE ITS RETENTION ON THE CONVEYOR AND MAINTAIN IT IN SPACED RELATION TO THE SIDES OF THE COMPARTMENT, SAID CONVEYOR AND MATERIAL THEREON DEFINING WITH THE SIDES OF SAID COMPARTMENT VERTICALLY EXTENDING PASSAGEWAYS, A PLURALITY OF ROTARY CUTTING MEMBERS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID COMPARTMENT SUPERJACENT SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CUTTING MEMBERS BEING ARRANGED IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER INTERMEDIATE PAIRS OF SAID BAFFLES WITH THEIR AXIS OF ROTATION BEING TRANSVERSE TO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CONVEYOR, SAID CUTTING MEMBERS, ENGAGING SAID WASTE MATERIALS FOR CHOPPING AND MIXING SAID MATERIAL ON SAID CONVEYOR, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CUTTING MEMBERS FOR MOISTENING SAID MATERIAL CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID MATERIAL BY SAID CUTTING MEMBERS, AND MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID COMPARTMENT FOR DELIVERING ATMOSPHERIC AIR TO SAID PASSAGEWAYS FOR CONTROLLING THE FERMENTATION OF THE MATERIAL ON SAID CONVEYOR.