Apparatus for composting waste materials

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING COMPOST FROM DECOMPOSABLE ORGANIC AND INORGANIC MATERIAL COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, A VERTICALLY EXTENDING SUPPORT MOUNTED THEREON, A PLURALITY OF CIRCULAR TRACKS ARRANGED IN CONCENTRIC RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID BASE AND SUPPORT A CONTAINER ROTATABLY MOUNTED UPON SAID SUPPORT, A PLURALITY OF ROLLERS PROVIDED ON SAID CONTAINER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TRACH FOR SUPPORTING SAID CONTAINER, MEANS FOR DELIVERING THOROUGHLY MIXED, GROUND AND MOISTURE-LADENED MATERIAL TO SAID CONTAINER, DRIVING MEANS ENGAGING SAID CONTAINER FOR ROTATING SAID CONTAINER AND MATERIAL ON SAID TRACK ABOUT SAID SUPPORT, A HOLLOW TUBULAR MEMBER POSITIONED ABOVE SAID CONTAINER, SAID TUBLAR MEMBER HAVING ONE END ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AND THE OTHER END CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF POWER POSITIONED EXTERNALLY OF AND ADJACENT TO SAID CONTAINER FOR ROTATING SAID TUBULAR MEMBER CONTRARWISE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATING OF THE CONTAINER, APLURALITY OF RADIALLY PROJECTING AGITATING MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER FOR ENGAGING THE MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF ORIFICE PROVIDED THEREIN INTERMEDIATE THE AGITATING MEMBER, A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO THE END OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR DELIVERING A TREATING FLUID TO SAID MATERIAL AND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE TREATED MATERIAL.