Patent ID: 9586244
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: A61L,B09B

Claim:
1. A waste processing system, comprising: a receptacle for receiving waste material, including bags of waste, and a liquid to be mixed with the waste material, said receptacle having an inlet, a waste outlet, and at least one nozzle opening; at least one slicing nozzle that sprays a slicing fluid under pressure into the receptacle via the at least one nozzle opening; a pressure system that pressurizes the slicing fluid, the pressure system and the at least one slicing nozzle producing a spray sufficient to manipulate the waste material; a pump for chopping the waste material and circulating and mixing the liquid and waste material, said pump having a pump inlet and an outlet; a waste inlet conduit extending between said waste outlet and said pump inlet; a waste outlet conduit extending between said pump outlet and said receptacle inlet, said receptacle, pump, waste inlet and waste outlet conduits defining a closed, pressurized waste processing circuit through which the mixed liquid and waste material can be circulated; and a heating system operable to heat the mixture of the liquid and the waste material to a temperature in excess of the boiling point of the liquid at standard pressure, said temperature being sufficient to effect biological sterilization of the mixed liquid and waste material, all surfaces of said waste processing system with which the waste material comes into contact being processed to attain said biological sterilization.