Patent ID: 6548294
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: A01K,C02F,C05F,Y02P,Y02W

Abstract:
Apparatus suitable for use in the treatment of waste and/or organic materials, the apparatus including a main body which includes a peripheral side wall, a treatment chamber disposed within the main body, a material support base at a lower edge of the peripheral side wall which when the apparatus is in a harvesting mode is arranged with a space therebelow, the material support base including a plurality of spaced apart posts extending downwardly from the lower edge of opposed sections of the peripheral side wall, the space between adjacent posts defining end openings and a plurality of generally spaced apart support elements at a position spaced from and below the lower edge of the opposed sections of the peripheral side wall so as to form a harvester access zone in the form of a three dimensional space between the support elements and the lower edge of t he opposed sections of the peripheral side wall, the support elements being spaced apart at a distance sufficient to support the material within the chamber during treatment and enable extraction of the treated material through spaces between the support elements during the harvesting process the arrangement being such as to allow unobstructed movement of parts of a harvester between the support elements and in the harvester access zone.