Garbage disposal unit

Claim 1

A garbage disposal unit comprising 1. a garbage receptacle; 2. a hopper; 3. means for closing the hopper vacuumtight; 4. a garbage feed conduit connecting the hopper to the receptacle; 5. a ram housed in the conduit for intermittently feeding garbage from the hopper to the receptacle; 6. a garbage delivery main connected to the hopper for delivering garbage thereto; 7. cyclone means having an input and an outlet for gas and an outlet for dust and fines; 8. compressor means having an intake and an output; 9. conduit means connecting the intake of the compressor means with the cyclone means and the hopper, the conduit means including a. a first pipe connecting the hopper to the input of the cyclone means and b. a second pipe connecting the cyclone outlet for gas to the compressor means intake whereby the compressor means produces a vacuum in the hopper and air flows from the hopper to the cyclone means to move dust and fines from the hopper to the cyclone means, the cyclone means separating the dust and fines, and the vacuum in the hopper sucking the garbage from the delivery main into the hopper; 10. conveying means for the dust and fines connected between the outlet for dust and fines of the cyclone means and the hopper for intermittently transporting separated dust and fines back to the hopper; 11. a flue connected to the output of the compressor means; and 12. a dust filter in the flue.