Patent ID: 9694365
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B02C,E03C

Claim:
1. An under-sink disposal, comprising: (a) an under-sink disposal unit comprising (b) a metal detector assembly surrounding the intake of the under-sink disposal unit and comprising a metal detector coil and associated circuitry, (c) a switch actuated by the metal detector assembly to shut off power supply for shredding to the under-sink disposal unit upon detection of a metallic object passing through the intake of the under-sink disposal unit, and (d) an alarm configured to indicate to a user when the switch has shut off power supply for shredding to the under-sink disposal unit upon the detection of the metallic object passing through the intake of the under-sink disposal unit, wherein the switch must be reset before power supply for shredding can be turned on to the under-sink disposal unit.