Food waste disposer and threaded mount system
US8220731B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49947
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A food waste disposer and mount system has a threaded sink flange and a food waste disposer. The threaded sink flange has a tubular body portion and a flange portion extending radially outwardly from a top of the tubular body portion. The tubular body portion has a threaded portion. The food waste disposer has an upper food conveying section that includes a housing having an upper, annular portion having a threaded portion. The upper, annular portion of the housing of the upper food conveying section is threaded to the threaded portion of the tubular body portion of the threaded sink flange when the threaded sink flange is disposed in a draining opening of a sink to mount the food waste disposer to the sink.
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